Selecting Your Night Vision Googles, Binoculars, and Monoculars
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Some important considerations prior to dropping that cold, hard cash.
Taking on the darkness of night is something hunters, navigators, defense ers, and other users oftenes or need to do. But they can't aci that effectively without selecting the best night vision gles, binoculars, and monoculars. Here are some important considerations or dropping that cold, hard cash.
enins to Know When ing Night Vision
Those who pa to choose between the best night vision monoculars, binocular, and gles o first be able to rnd the ma differences between these.
Goggles: Goggles r the e night vision ilas and monoculars. That said, these oftentimes come with four tubes (two feeding into each eye). This increases the user's field of view.
Binoculars: Binoculars are sm as night vision monoculars. ever, these have two tubes te one.
Monoculars: Monoculars are handheld night vision devices that mify light and make it sier to see your surroundings t night. These have a single tube.
a dincs (pros/cons) between the monoculars, binoculars, and goggles
The a dincs will be the unt of image tubes that come on the device. Obviously, monoculars have a single tube. Binos have two, one to cover each eye. So, if you're king at getting in the door with night vision, a monocular is oly the way to o ot. You can go all the way po a nic goggle, which has , and ies you the est field of view. Of-course, that would likely be for a pe user, or someone with a l of osable in. That's the primary difference h m tubes you want to inrate. ly, as you , the c goes up.
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It's mly the housing construction. If you i you're going to be a little rough with the de or ee to expose it to different environmental factors and conditions, the housing is the first thing. After the housing, if you really w to get into the weeds and get technical, you can start pulling information on image tubes. e of these can be found on the internet. But our tubes are l to stand a higher shock value than the tet military rs.
Night Vision Scope Attachments
Those who areing for a night vision scope attachment, rather than something they hold, have different things to o. The first is the platform itself. ent, night vision scope aces are made forAR10 and AR15 platforms. It's ls important to deti whether this will be a deted nighttime rifle, or not.A great oi for dedicated nighttime rifles is a i, in-line optic. It remains in this position unless you remove it etely. At that time, it will likely lose eo. On the upside, this method tends to be sht hardier and more shock resistant.
Another option is a flip mount. This is e for switching back and forth between daytime (without night vision) and night vision use. However, unless you buy a robust option, such as offerings by Photonis Defense, you risk a lesser u that isn't as rle. While nlikely, it can lead to an optic that loses o.
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