Do we have any night vision EXPERTS in here??

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I am looking to pick up a night vision optic of some sort. I have had the chance to play around with a couple of nice gen 3 pvs14 style units recently. I like to think that I like the good shit so I would think that I am after either a nice gen 3+ or gen 4 pvs14 style unit or a thermal optic.

thermal really looks nice to me but I haev never had a chance to play with one in person.

One thing that I don't know about night vision is that there are apparently several manufactures of tubes and that some of the units I see are advertised as "hand selected tubes" and I don't know what all that means.

My budget is in the 4-5k range and im looking for someone who is in the know to tell me what to look for on either option.

[Chas_svo]

I thought CJ posted something about 2 years ago or more. I know he has some experience with them. I have none. Post whatever u find out, as I’m interested as well.

[01yz2nv]

I don’t know much about either, but for me if that was my budget, I’d be looking at thermal.

[lowthreeohz]

My corp owns exelis who makes high end nv and optics for military, idk if they have any public offerings though. I can ask some people on Monday.

[YALE]

My corp owns exelis who makes high end nv and optics for military, idk if they have any public offerings though. I can ask some people on Monday.

https://ownthenight.com/new-products/product/13135-harris-f5032-lightweight-night-vision-binocular

Yeehaw!

[inline 6]

Ive been looking and reading all day so far and thermal is definitely the way to go. Problem is the one I like is 9k.

[lowthreeohz]

https://ownthenight.com/new-products...sion-binocular

Yeehaw!

I need to check out their (our?) offerings, but i doubt we get any kind of discount.

https://www.gggaz.com/itt-pvs-14-night-vision.html

[Gargamel]

Between standard night vision and thermal, thermal is the way to go.

If you go night vision anything less than Gen3 is pretty much a waste at a tactical level, especially at any sort of range.

Also, you usually will get the best results if you use a separate illuminator.

I don't have the available choo-choo money to get a nice setup, only to use it once in a while.

[YALE]

I need to check out their (our?) offerings, but i doubt we get any kind of discount.

https://www.gggaz.com/itt-pvs-14-night-vision.html

Solid deal!

[Gasser64]

When do we get gen 4 at more reasonable prices?

[svauto-erotic855]

I am looking to pick up a night vision optic of some sort. I have had the chance to play around with a couple of nice gen 3 pvs14 style units recently. I like to think that I like the good shit so I would think that I am after either a nice gen 3+ or gen 4 pvs14 style unit or a thermal optic.

thermal really looks nice to me but I haev never had a chance to play with one in person.

One thing that I don't know about night vision is that there are apparently several manufactures of tubes and that some of the units I see are advertised as "hand selected tubes" and I don't know what all that means.

My budget is in the 4-5k range and im looking for someone who is in the know to tell me what to look for on either option.

I may be wrong but I think CJ posted info about night vision gear in response to my inquiry about it.

Tubes are like diamonds in that each one is a little bit different. They have to be inspected for faults in the tube the same way you inspect a diamond. Typically military NV gear has a few spots in the tube that would not be accepted by a civilian that just payed retail for the optic.

I bought a few PVS-14s; one was US issue and the other was a commercial model. The commercial model is the better of the two but was several times more expensive.

I have since bought some thermal sights to replace the PVS-14s and would highly recommend thermal over anything else. If you go thermal get the ones with a 60hz rating and higher magnification.

Edit: FYI In regard to thermal sights you get what you pay for and there are not any cheap good ones. I would keep an eye on the THF for a used one. Quite a few guys there buy some seriously good gear and sell them every few years as better stuff becomes available.

[davbrucas]

http://www.opticsden.com/best-thermal-imaging-rifle-scopes/#Best_Thermal_Rifle_Scope_for_under_5000

I have the ATN Thor. I highly recommend it and it’s in your budget.


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[helosailor]

https://ownthenight.com/new-products...sion-binocular

Yeehaw!

Those look very similar to the AN/PVS-15 that I used to use. Those things were badass!

[inline 6]

After a shit ton of reading I have narrowed it down to 2 choices. Both of them are FU expensive. I guess I will keep saving, I could put what im not willing to throw cash at it on the plastic but im not going to do that.

https://www.opticsplanet.com/v/tat16...6x50-60hz.html

https://www.opticsplanet.com/trijico...EOREAP-IRMS-35


From what I read that trijicon unit is the tits but everything they make pretty much is.

[svauto-erotic855]

^^^^ The first one on your list is what I have along with the 4x32 version. I caught them slightly on sale from Brownells and hit them will a 10 percent off coupon when I placed the order. Brownells normally does the 10 percent off around the holidays and I wait to make my big ticket purchases then.