The night vision goggles we had in the corp were amazing! I remember one time laying down on the ground looking to the stars on a moonless night. I probably seen millions of stars! back then they cost $10,000. The battery was small, I think it was lithium ion. But it lasted for over 40 hours.
Nothing but the best for Uncle Sam's Misguided Children. Right? (I had some Soviet surplus 'starlight' binoculars and looking up at the sky with those was amazing too...though I quit using them when I heard they emitted eye-damaging X-rays.)
@@scottsanders9498 Welp, there you have it! I didn't see it written anywhere where Uncle Sam's Misguided Child had to quit using his. Get what you pay for I s'pose🙄
In 1998, while stationed in Hawaii (25th LID) I knew a poor bastard that lost his NVGs during night maneuver training after a mudslide caused him to take a huge tumble. Not only was his leg so seriously injured that he got a medical retirement, He almost lost his M4/203 under the mud and got himself buried. We found him waist deep, luckily and the barrel of his weapon was sticking out about a half inch from the mud. The Army was going to make him pay them 1/2 of the $10k the NVGs were worth, but luckily right after it was determined that the accident wasn’t his fault, a couple combat engineers went out with metal detectors and a mine locator and were able to retrieve his NVGs and they still worked. The whole thing was just chalked up as a learning lesson for everyone about the potential dangers of Mud slides during Night maneuvers.
@@callsignvail9020 FLIR One (there are two versions, one for IOS and one for Android) theres also the FLIR One Plus thats basically a FLIR One with a rugged case on it for 100 extra dollars, the One Plus kinda isnt worth it.
@@user-fh9qt6eo1h The 3rd gen FLIR One comes in two versions; a standard version and Pro. The Pro version is around 400USD, but has better range and resolution. Parrot makes an aerial drone that comes with a FLIR One Pro.
Callsign Vail also check out the Seek Thermal compact, it's slightly cheaper and has a higher resolution sensor. It lacks the visual camera overlay that Flir's cell phone system has, but the extra resolution is attractive.
The Night Fox 120R is $100 bucks more, but has rechargeable LiPo batteries, and the ability to record video. With the cost of 8 quality batteries, it's not hard to see the battery cost could pay for the upgrade in time.
That model is Currently unavailable. We don't know when or if this item will be back in stock. www.amazon.com/Nightfox-Widescreen-Rechargeable-Recording-Infrared/dp/B078HGJK3Y?SubscriptionId=AKIAILSHYYTFIVPWUY6Q&tag=duckduckgo-ffcm-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B078HGJK3Y
Chuck Redhill I have never had or seen an i r that doesn’t have a red spot. 940 nm will glow smaller . Every emitter can be seen looking straight at it even my Pulsar laser 915 nm.
Yes low power ir you can't see with your eyes, but has a very short range, the high power ir is very visible to the naked eye. I had a pair of cheap nvg's years ago and on low power mode you. Couldn't see the or leds illuminated,,,, but you could only see maybe 20' in complete. Darkness through the goggles. On hi power mode you could easilly see the ring of of leds. In high. Power mode you could see maybe 20-30 yards.
I still have my surefire tac light with ir lens cover that I used on deployments. It's virtually invisible to the naked eye but really lights things up in ir.
I got a $40 pair of toy nightvision goggles from zellers and they worked pretty good up to about 25 feet... The only issue was that the IR light wasn't bright enough to shine further, but I'm sure that could have been worked around.
I bought a set also, I used them this past weekend in the Upper Peninsula and for the money they were great. I like them best in the open fields. It was a perfect weekend for testing with the exception the deer were not moving whenever I was out at night. Heavy clouds and it was pitch black, but I could see quite far. I was not disappointed by any measure.
Rechargeable batteries would be good. If you have taller medicine bottles, you can store a spare set in your pack. If you spend a lot of time in the dark, you will probably have abetter set, but these would be good to/ begin with and keep as backup. It might be useful under bright moonlight, clear sky and 1/4 moon or more without the IR illuminater.
Of course it's cheap. This is basically an unfiltered webcam with IR LED illuminator and a small LCD screen. The true NVG don't need illuminator. It amplify a dim light from the stars and other source.
I would have liked to have seen one clip of your yard without the binoculars and then compared the illumination using the NV binoculars ..... It's impossible for us viewers to correctly judge how good the night vision is without seeing how illuminated the area already is. ....
When you look at a clear night sky, you think we have just so many stars around us and that is it. In 2012 I had an opportunity to look into a clear night sky with military night vision binoculars. It looked like someone spray painted the sky with light. Trust me when I say, the universe is large beyond comprehension.
@@artsmith103 Lol .. Stop the liberal indoctrination .. It spoils it for normal people.. Weather and climate are cyclical , but GLOBALIST can't get at your money without creating a panic ..🙈
@@brettlaw920 Not buying it , it's another way to get money for 3RD WORLD GLOBALIST parasites and their crooked leadership .. ( notice how quickly TRUMP took AMERICAN money off of the table when he saw how global warming is just FAKE NEWS ,,,, and exaggeration . We can use this new night vision to watch liberals picking " magic mushrooms" in the moonlight.. 🙈😄
For that same price I bought a Stealthcam day/night vision monocular at walmart. 4 AA batteries and a case with a belt loop. It only works out to about 100-150 yards but the IR emitter doesn't have a giveaway glow.
Went and order one. One of my best buys. This binocular is outstanding.. Great for scanning before lighting up your rifle night scop. Works great at 150 yards. Seem to be more focus if you pull away from eyes a little seems to be sharper. Recommend for the money you can't go wrong. Thanks for the video.
Great review, I love it when "cheap" things do exactly what you need them to do. Would have been great if you had included a few outdoor comparison shots, "this is what I see, this is what I can see now", just you know, to compare. Don't need the indoor ones lol, sorta figure out "The room's dark moron, that's what happens when I turn off the lights at night" hehehe
the army in early 2000s we used a ninox monocular, could see pitch black with the cap on that had a pin hole in it and with the cap off it was amazing, no depth perception though it's crazy we don't have that kind of tech available cheaply now.
They made a spy toy version of these that did the very same thing, that had a operational range of 35 feet. It was only 30 bucks at walmart. Best 30 bucks ever...
@@kraizil Here is the link to where you can buy it on Amazon amzn.to/2MERYMu (they have jacked the price) and here is the link to Websters, to help with your English www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dictionary. Have a good one smart ass ;)
I bought a toy version of night vision surprisingly similar to this for $30 on eBay couple years ago. It had a SD card slot and used 4 AA batteries. I'm tempted to get this because recording is not a priority for me
I bought a unit for 3 times the price complete with hands-free head strap. I sold it within a couple of weeks as I wasn't impressed with it. You're better off buying a cheap camcorder that has night vision and then get a piece of infra-red plastic and place it over a flash light/torch. Hey presto, you can record the footage and direct the invisible IR beam. That's what I did.
@@USFreedom yeah it's definitely not ideal, but you're most likely gonna have an edge over most people. Most didn't prepare, at least the lad is even if it's the poor man's version.
@Fishy Tree agreed. You don't need 3-15k nods to be somewhat capable. Having this is better than not, it all comes down to intended purpose. Like those dudes running Sionyx cams to run n gun... deffo not at all recommended lol. I would keep 3-4 sets of these in a faraday cage just in case, like why not have this to pass around to family/friends/barter while you run your main setup?
It's just an IR sensitive camera without the IR filter. Very effective but does not amplify ambient light, only sees in the IR spectrum, which is mostly invisible to the naked eye, but with another set of these binocs the illuminator will shine like a flashlight. I have the ATN X sight II HD sight it's the same thing (roughly)
Budget night vision is cool for preppers looking to have a couple extra sets for friends and family to at least something because something is always better than nothing.
wire a few smaller sized lipo batteries into it like say the ones in solar lights that cost a few bucks, the replacement batteries are a couple dollars for 4 normally, I got mine at Walmart for 3 dollars. They work great for all sorts of things.
They did... Its called the ATN X-Sight and they even just came out with a newer version which is even better for under $800. I've had them, they work great.
Frank Murray. Hello. On the rifle scopes that you just referenced, will that red hue we saw in the above demonstration be visible from those scopes? Thanks.
Well the problem with that is not everybody is good at recharging them or taking care of 18650sand they explode and something that sits on your face isnt what i would want to take the chance with
@Blue Dragon Exactly. I've been vaping since 2008, no exploded batteries. Basically every 18650 I've heard of failing catastrophically has been 100% due to user error(or poor design/cheaping out, like in "hover boards"), either in the moment, or previously and to the point the cell was basically hanging on by a thread and eventually went into thermal runaway. As someone who has had to turn more people away than I can count, I can say the average lack of knowledge in end users is kind of sad. So many people have no clue that the 3A ICR18650 they pulled out of their old laptop battery is absolute shit for the 25A application they're using it in and get offended if you try and tell them different, so I frequently have to tell those people to kick rocks. It definitely doesn't help that these people are usually the ones asking for 18v 600w PWM lipo boxes but have no idea what ohms law is or that series batteries need to be balanced -_- in reality though a properly used device running 18650s is no more dangerous to be near your face than your cellphone. If anything cellphones may statistically be more dangerous.
@@nick-dm3if They rarely explode and those that do are cheap chinese knockoffs. Those vent holes around the positive terminal are to prevent that, and a product designed to use Lithium cells should also be designed with venting in mind as well.
@Mikasa Not really as dangerous as you think, at least not if you have good name brands (i have a ton of Samsung INR's sitting around the house and in the past 15 years have yet to have one vent on me). Ya you do need a charger for them but that's not a big deal. You can get a good charger for less then 15 bucks. But ya good batteries can be pricey especially the high discharge variety, but they will last you up to two years are more depending on use, so well worth the extra cost.
I wish I could find the monocular that was a kids toy that worked for less than 20 bucks. Only see across the yard but 20 bucks as kid toy. My son loved it.
Was he blurry and out of focus, even though nothing else was? I hear it's just the way they look and it's not actually the people who record him's fault. He's just a big, blurry out of focus creature that roams around.
The IR emitter puts out visible light because it works in the lower frequency (longer wavelength) of the IR spectrum. The higher frequency IR emitters are not visible to the human eye.
Nice review. The real test of NV is if can you see WITHOUT using the IR illuminator, cuz it will shout your location. Starlight NV doesn't give you away.
I know that I'm being very technical, but they are NOT BI-noculars. I emphasized the word "Bi", as that would infer the ability for the left eye to see something very slightly different from the right. This is a MONOcular that covers both eyes. It does seem pretty good in comparison to my $250 Bushnell Equinox, but that is rifle mountable and can record the viewed image.
Nice video thanks, You didn’t show the outdoor view without the night vision - could you make out the mailboxes or trees AT ALL with you naked eye? Or was it pitch black? Or something else? Can you explain a little please.
Nice review and I'm sure these are well worth $120, but they're more a monocular that you can use both eyes to look through. That's not the same as being binoculars.
Syrian Army had IR spotlights on their tanks when they attacked Israel. Israeli tank crews literally saw those spotlights from miles away. Might as well use a flashlight and call it night vision because look you turn it on and you can see in the dark.
They saw the IR spotlights because the Israelis were using a newer generation of night vision that didnt need an IR flood light to work. You literally CANT see red IR emitters from miles away without IR optics... If you have passive IR optics they make active IR emitters extremely obvious. If you look at an IR strobe through a night vision optic they look a fucking flashbang grenade going off every few seconds.
Property in the country? Man, this could be a poor man's dream become reality in ALL Kinds of night time stealth mode operations, Covert and Overt Fun with plenty of Beer. Not talking cheap beer, talking Bud in Bottles. Come On!
Another good option is the Stealth Cam Night Vision Monocular Scope sold at Walmart for about $100...buy it, try it, if you don't like it return it within the 13-15 days allowed for refund. Like other gadgets...it has its limitations but for ranges upto 75-100 yards it works great. 4 AA batteries, zoom, night/day mode, light levels, focus. I have tested it on my Vepr 12 shotgun which is one of my go to home defense guns and can confidently say it will serve me well in the middle of the nyte when clearing my home if something should go bump in the nyte. I was able to get at least 1 occassionally 2 shots of #7.5 shot off while testing before it would shut off i would say due to concussion blast but that is enough assurance for me to take a shot should i ever need knowing that it was an intruder on the other end of the scope and not a loved one, friend or neighbor. It has worked just perfectly while camping, working in dark places, searching for game...would come in handy during a disaster.
i have it on there so that before i fire any shot i can be sure not to shoot/kill anyone innocent should i be faced with that situation. If i can better my odds of saving my life or that of anyone else i will. I guess i could just dump a whole mag and then find out i killed a loved one but why take the chance shooting blindly when i have night vision as one option?
I got the nightfox swift and it can pic up about 200yards in bright moonlight not in great detail but you would be able to see a figure walking and about 75 in pitch black I really like my Night vision and I definitely recommend it
Dont know why manufacturers do this But they use the 850NM LED's which CAN be seen as a slight glow its because it is at the lower /mid range spectrum BUT BUT if they had used the 940NM LED you wont see anything with the naked eye, that red glow gives away security camera location quickly and if they only used the next step up, and the reason is 1 cent yes one penny as the difference in cost per LED. want to make your own? get a cheap gopro clone for under $20 and put in a box if you want or one of those cameras that are the size of a quarter and connect with a phone for the screen , if you have a clone that has IR block its a more or less simple task to remove the IR filter and open it up to full spectrum
Amazon shows it as "unavailable" right now. However, the IDENTICAL item, with a "Barska" logo on it is available as the "BARSKA NVX BQ12998". The case and buttons are identical, only the ink on the top is different. However, it costs $152.31, and has two one-star reviews.
I do not know why everyone still claims that IR is not visible by human eye. because I can see it, not so much, but when IR diode is on, I see it very good.
Those look decent for the price. I have the yukon digital night ranger 5x mag ones that can output a video source to a pc or t.v.. These night fox have about the same clarity..
What if you use something like a dbal or separate IR flashlight of some kind that doesn't give off that signature? Can you try that out with it? If that works fine then I could easily see this being a great option!
This night vision like all cheap ones is a camera CCD w/o IR filter over sensor chip, so it works well, but not like a AN/PVS-4, etc, with a true Gen II Microchannel Image Intensifier Tube!!!
As a owner of NV n thermal scopes, 20k worth. This $120 would be well spent imho. Amazing how well it picks up ambient light along with it's own IR projection. When using NV mono even, they eat up batteries big time. I might get a pair as scanning around the woods would allow my batteries charged up for when I need better ID of targets. Jfyi, Trijicon REAP-IR thermal scope is a small package n is military grade equipment. My NV is a ITT PVS14 gen 3 +P, both capable of being mounted on helmet with a Wilcox L4G24 mount. The Trijicon REAP-IR is mounted on my lwrc. Use a Wilcox amber filter using the PVS14 or similar scope. As the bakcklight of using the PVS14 can destroy your eyes if not used. 98% of users have no idea. Besides, with either use. If you run naked it'll light up your head like a beacon.
Okay, I have no real reason to want Night Vision Goggles but I'm gonna be honest with you, I just wanna sneak around my house at night feeling like a ninja
What can you see with the device with the IR light off? That’s usually the difference between a cheap camera and a photomultiplier tube. A camera is worthless without a IR light while a device, even a gen1 device, with a photomultiplier tube can see in the dark using ambient light.
Almost any digital camera will see IR illumination.. I use my phone to check IR remote controls... the pulses are easily seen when you push the buttons
For $120? Beats the AN-PVS 5's I had way-back when in the Army...probably be better than AN-PVS 7 we had later before I got out with some really minor caveats. Crazy good for the money, really.
Not even close to pvs7. You can get gen3 tubes for it that blows this toy out of the water with image quality and battery life alone. Not to mention no need for constant IR illumination
Great camera and price if you want to get into being a peeping Tom at night. Police look at camera and see that it don’t record anything and you get off scot free.
Thx ~ I'll try a pair. Possibly good for that very pre sunrise departure on fishing/boating trips. Radar works but I like to "look and see" what's out there with my eyes. I'll have to wait until next month or keep an eye out for a sale. Already blew my spare cash on a BCA upper this month. Friday deal alert. PS. That BCA upper/PSA lower is good enough so far.
The night vision goggles we had in the corp were amazing! I remember one time laying down on the ground looking to the stars on a moonless night. I probably seen millions of stars! back then they cost $10,000. The battery was small, I think it was lithium ion. But it lasted for over 40 hours.
Nothing but the best for Uncle Sam's Misguided Children. Right? (I had some Soviet surplus 'starlight' binoculars and looking up at the sky with those was amazing too...though I quit using them when I heard they emitted eye-damaging X-rays.)
@@scottsanders9498
Welp, there you have it!
I didn't see it written anywhere where Uncle Sam's Misguided Child had to quit using his.
Get what you pay for I s'pose🙄
In 1998, while stationed in Hawaii (25th LID) I knew a poor bastard that lost his NVGs during night maneuver training after a mudslide caused him to take a huge tumble. Not only was his leg so seriously injured that he got a medical retirement, He almost lost his M4/203 under the mud and got himself buried. We found him waist deep, luckily and the barrel of his weapon was sticking out about a half inch from the mud. The Army was going to make him pay them 1/2 of the $10k the NVGs were worth, but luckily right after it was determined that the accident wasn’t his fault, a couple combat engineers went out with metal detectors and a mine locator and were able to retrieve his NVGs and they still worked. The whole thing was just chalked up as a learning lesson for everyone about the potential dangers of Mud slides during Night maneuvers.
@@Dj.MODÆO Good Mudslide scene in Terminal list
NODS
Finally, i can steal cookies from the kitchen without stubbing my toe.
😂😂😂😂👍👍
The cookies that are 100 meters away
Bro.. why you gotta be such a gangster?
Why are your toes on the counter?
Dude I was just planning that operation.
Now if they could get FLIR technology down to this price point.
Theres a FLIR camera you can attach to your phone for 200 dollars
123 45 got a link or a name?
@@callsignvail9020 FLIR One (there are two versions, one for IOS and one for Android)
theres also the FLIR One Plus thats basically a FLIR One with a rugged case on it for 100 extra dollars, the One Plus kinda isnt worth it.
@@user-fh9qt6eo1h The 3rd gen FLIR One comes in two versions; a standard version and Pro. The Pro version is around 400USD, but has better range and resolution. Parrot makes an aerial drone that comes with a FLIR One Pro.
Callsign Vail also check out the Seek Thermal compact, it's slightly cheaper and has a higher resolution sensor. It lacks the visual camera overlay that Flir's cell phone system has, but the extra resolution is attractive.
The Night Fox 120R is $100 bucks more, but has rechargeable LiPo batteries, and the ability to record video. With the cost of 8 quality batteries, it's not hard to see the battery cost could pay for the upgrade in time.
That model is Currently unavailable.
We don't know when or if this item will be back in stock. www.amazon.com/Nightfox-Widescreen-Rechargeable-Recording-Infrared/dp/B078HGJK3Y?SubscriptionId=AKIAILSHYYTFIVPWUY6Q&tag=duckduckgo-ffcm-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B078HGJK3Y
@enterthetekken I like redundancy, two is one, and one is none.
@enterthetekken AS long as I have two 2, instead of one 1 none 0 :p
@enterthetekken Are you trolling or do you not know what a buck converter it?
enterthetekken um, “buck converter” as in cheap device to regulate power to appropriate for the product.
Bravo Six, going to the kitchen to make myself pizza rolls at 2:30 in the morning
Lol
Manuel Camelo much obliged. Alpha 3-2 out.
@alright joshua why Alpha 3-2? aren't you Bravo 6?
VelmicZ Official lol, it’s just made up
@alright joshua i know it just got me confused
I need this for... reasons..
@phuck ewe Disable it
What, stalking on your 9/10 qt 3.14 neighbor
Some ghost hunting.
So true. lol
@phuc ewe Ever hear about duct tape?!
300 yards to my next door neighbors would be LIVING THE DREAM, it’s more like 12’ in my case. Thank you very much for the review.
You can overcome the red hue by keeping the unit's IR off and using a good IR flashlight that shows no hue.
Chuck Redhill I have never had or seen an i r that doesn’t have a red spot. 940 nm will glow smaller . Every emitter can be seen looking straight at it even my Pulsar laser 915 nm.
Yes low power ir you can't see with your eyes, but has a very short range, the high power ir is very visible to the naked eye. I had a pair of cheap nvg's years ago and on low power mode you. Couldn't see the or leds illuminated,,,, but you could only see maybe 20' in complete. Darkness through the goggles. On hi power mode you could easilly see the ring of of leds. In high. Power mode you could see maybe 20-30 yards.
I still have my surefire tac light with ir lens cover that I used on deployments. It's virtually invisible to the naked eye but really lights things up in ir.
@@terminatortwo9310 My pvs 14 IR can't be seen with the naked eye neither can my IR illuminator or laser.
Ralph Cooper Hi Ralph.. Can you send me more info on your unit? 👍 🐗🐗🐗🐗
You can also use it to look for your new R2 droid when it runs away to find Obi Wan
totally looks like the binos that Han used while lookin for Luke on Hoth, lol
I was just thinking that this is some Luke Skywalker shit
Chris Helms this is deadass the best comment on TH-cam
Michael Closson I didn’t think this was funny, but I have no sense of humor.
Are these the droids I’m looking for??
I got a $40 pair of toy nightvision goggles from zellers and they worked pretty good up to about 25 feet... The only issue was that the IR light wasn't bright enough to shine further, but I'm sure that could have been worked around.
I have the same ones and YES they work great.. prob the same as this 120$ pair!!!!
I bought a set also, I used them this past weekend in the Upper Peninsula and for the money they were great. I like them best in the open fields. It was a perfect weekend for testing with the exception the deer were not moving whenever I was out at night. Heavy clouds and it was pitch black, but I could see quite far. I was not disappointed by any measure.
"You don't get a case but get the unit itself"... hmmmm I sure hope so, I wouldn't want to get an empty box lol
Hahaha
interesting
The squirrels in my back yard are no longer safe.
Rechargeable batteries would be good. If you have taller medicine bottles, you can store a spare set in your pack. If you spend a lot of time in the dark, you will probably have abetter set, but these would be good to/ begin with and keep as backup. It might be useful under bright moonlight, clear sky and 1/4 moon or more without the IR illuminater.
Of course it's cheap. This is basically an unfiltered webcam with IR LED illuminator and a small LCD screen. The true NVG don't need illuminator. It amplify a dim light from the stars and other source.
I would have liked to have seen one clip of your yard without the binoculars and then compared the illumination using the NV binoculars
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It's impossible for us viewers to correctly judge how good the night vision is without seeing how illuminated the area already is.
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Probably because the camera he is using does about the same level of light correction.....if not better
When you look at a clear night sky, you think we have just so many stars around us and that is it. In 2012 I had an opportunity to look into a clear night sky with military night vision binoculars. It looked like someone spray painted the sky with light. Trust me when I say, the universe is large beyond comprehension.
That is a great experience that not everyone gets.
And the Green New Deal is going to make the temperature of all of that just perfect!!
@@artsmith103 Who's buying?
@@artsmith103
Lol ..
Stop the liberal indoctrination ..
It spoils it for normal people..
Weather and climate are cyclical , but GLOBALIST can't get at your money without creating a panic ..🙈
@@brettlaw920
Not buying it , it's another way to get money for 3RD WORLD GLOBALIST parasites and their crooked leadership ..
( notice how quickly TRUMP took AMERICAN money off of the table when he saw how global warming is just
FAKE NEWS ,,,, and exaggeration .
We can use this new night vision to watch liberals picking " magic mushrooms" in the moonlight..
🙈😄
For that same price I bought a Stealthcam day/night vision monocular at walmart. 4 AA batteries and a case with a belt loop. It only works out to about 100-150 yards but the IR emitter doesn't have a giveaway glow.
Went and order one. One of my best buys. This binocular is outstanding.. Great for scanning before lighting up your rifle night scop. Works great at 150 yards. Seem to be more focus if you pull away from eyes a little seems to be sharper. Recommend for the money you can't go wrong. Thanks for the video.
Glad to hear it
Yoo now we need a tech dude to make an adapter for this unit to hook onto those l4g24 wilcox mounts otherwise ... duct tape
Duct tape and zip ties 👍
Great review, I love it when "cheap" things do exactly what you need them to do. Would have been great if you had included a few outdoor comparison shots, "this is what I see, this is what I can see now", just you know, to compare. Don't need the indoor ones lol, sorta figure out "The room's dark moron, that's what happens when I turn off the lights at night" hehehe
According to other reviews I have seen, they're shit over a few feet .
gasketed battery compartments and rubberized buttons to seal the unit against moisture would be a great addition at a minimal cost.
the army in early 2000s we used a ninox monocular, could see pitch black with the cap on that had a pin hole in it and with the cap off it was amazing, no depth perception though it's crazy we don't have that kind of tech available cheaply now.
That technology and this are miles apart. The pvs5 and pvs14's in the Army blow this thing away
I actually own a pair of these and apart from the amount of batteries it takes they actually work pretty well for the price
Lord_ Lucifer gotta power those bitches some how
No frills but it works. I like it. Thanks for the great review brother 👍
Got mine a few weeks ago.Best $100 I have ever spent. No..it's not military grade but it also didn't cost jack..
Cost five Jack's
I want hands free night vision so I can play golf.
Free golf!
Lol
As soon as my restraining order expires I'm gonna get one of these :/
hold up
They made a spy toy version of these that did the very same thing, that had a operational range of 35 feet. It was only 30 bucks at walmart. Best 30 bucks ever...
it gad a flashlight attached
@@kraizil Here is the link to where you can buy it on Amazon amzn.to/2MERYMu (they have jacked the price) and here is the link to Websters, to help with your English www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dictionary. Have a good one smart ass ;)
I bought a toy version of night vision surprisingly similar to this for $30 on eBay couple years ago. It had a SD card slot and used 4 AA batteries. I'm tempted to get this because recording is not a priority for me
I bought a unit for 3 times the price complete with hands-free head strap. I sold it within a couple of weeks as I wasn't impressed with it. You're better off buying a cheap camcorder that has night vision and then get a piece of infra-red plastic and place it over a flash light/torch. Hey presto, you can record the footage and direct the invisible IR beam. That's what I did.
...seems good enough for bangin trees n Squatchin.
Gump Spelunk exactly what I was thinking 🙌🏼💯
Ever see one buddy
Define "bangin' trees"...
Ive seen them with units like this, i even have a pic on my channel using it
That's why I was watching this video. Hahah.
Same at the one sold in ALDI (Brisbane Qld) in April 2019 for $159 Au.
Craziest night vision that WORKS!!!
Flashlight at home depot 3 for 9.97$!!!!!!
I believe there are filters to conceal the visible light. You could switch the illuminating LED to 940 to 950nm.
I learned about these through Metal Gear Solid, i never knew they existed in real life as well until this video! 😊
if you think thats impressive you should look up some pvs14's
Low budget Boogaloo prep lol
I'm hip
If you're going to trust $120 nv in a bugaloo situation you're going to have bigger problems.
@@USFreedom yeah it's definitely not ideal, but you're most likely gonna have an edge over most people. Most didn't prepare, at least the lad is even if it's the poor man's version.
How would you mount it tho
@Fishy Tree agreed. You don't need 3-15k nods to be somewhat capable. Having this is better than not, it all comes down to intended purpose. Like those dudes running Sionyx cams to run n gun... deffo not at all recommended lol. I would keep 3-4 sets of these in a faraday cage just in case, like why not have this to pass around to family/friends/barter while you run your main setup?
It's just an IR sensitive camera without the IR filter. Very effective but does not amplify ambient light, only sees in the IR spectrum, which is mostly invisible to the naked eye, but with another set of these binocs the illuminator will shine like a flashlight. I have the ATN X sight II HD sight it's the same thing (roughly)
Budget night vision is cool for preppers looking to have a couple extra sets for friends and family to at least something because something is always better than nothing.
would be nice if it had a USB port to plug in a battery bank instead of using 8 batteries
The Night Fox 120R is $100 bucks more, but has rechargeable LiPo batteries,
@@jh5881 lol wtf
wire a few smaller sized lipo batteries into it like say the ones in solar lights that cost a few bucks, the replacement batteries are a couple dollars for 4 normally, I got mine at Walmart for 3 dollars. They work great for all sorts of things.
Now only if they Would do that with a scope
I agree
@@704TACTICAL ATN has a digitial rifle scope think sub $500
They did... Its called the ATN X-Sight and they even just came out with a newer version which is even better for under $800. I've had them, they work great.
And stay away from the Sightmark Photon, they suck bad.
Frank Murray. Hello. On the rifle scopes that you just referenced, will that red hue we saw in the above demonstration be visible from those scopes? Thanks.
you can make a IR flashlight by using red and blue gels to block that part of the spectrum.
The toy night vision binoculars from the spy ware toy line looks exactly like this one in your video. it came out ten years ago for under $50.00.
and in true night vision goggles these light up like a fog light.
They should've powered it with the Li ion 18650
Well the problem with that is not everybody is good at recharging them or taking care of 18650sand they explode and something that sits on your face isnt what i would want to take the chance with
@Blue Dragon Exactly. I've been vaping since 2008, no exploded batteries. Basically every 18650 I've heard of failing catastrophically has been 100% due to user error(or poor design/cheaping out, like in "hover boards"), either in the moment, or previously and to the point the cell was basically hanging on by a thread and eventually went into thermal runaway. As someone who has had to turn more people away than I can count, I can say the average lack of knowledge in end users is kind of sad. So many people have no clue that the 3A ICR18650 they pulled out of their old laptop battery is absolute shit for the 25A application they're using it in and get offended if you try and tell them different, so I frequently have to tell those people to kick rocks. It definitely doesn't help that these people are usually the ones asking for 18v 600w PWM lipo boxes but have no idea what ohms law is or that series batteries need to be balanced -_-
in reality though a properly used device running 18650s is no more dangerous to be near your face than your cellphone. If anything cellphones may statistically be more dangerous.
@@nick-dm3if bs
@@nick-dm3if They rarely explode and those that do are cheap chinese knockoffs. Those vent holes around the positive terminal are to prevent that, and a product designed to use Lithium cells should also be designed with venting in mind as well.
@Mikasa Not really as dangerous as you think, at least not if you have good name brands (i have a ton of Samsung INR's sitting around the house and in the past 15 years have yet to have one vent on me). Ya you do need a charger for them but that's not a big deal. You can get a good charger for less then 15 bucks. But ya good batteries can be pricey especially the high discharge variety, but they will last you up to two years are more depending on use, so well worth the extra cost.
I wish I could find the monocular that was a kids toy that worked for less than 20 bucks. Only see across the yard but 20 bucks as kid toy. My son loved it.
it is more than the ir alluminater light that will be seen it is also your face lighted up from while the screen is lighting up your face
I saw a Yeti through mine but couldn't capture any footage because it didn't have the photo option so nobody believes me
A full-sized Yeti? Did you check inside to see if they left beers?
that was an orangnutan
Was he blurry and out of focus, even though nothing else was? I hear it's just the way they look and it's not actually the people who record him's fault. He's just a big, blurry out of focus creature that roams around.
Come on..man
No one:
Kids going to Area 51:this is my last chance binoculars I choose u
The IR emitter puts out visible light because it works in the lower frequency (longer wavelength) of the IR spectrum. The higher frequency IR emitters are not visible to the human eye.
Nice review. The real test of NV is if can you see WITHOUT using the IR illuminator, cuz it will shout your location. Starlight NV doesn't give you away.
That looks like something it should be in a dollar store..
A Night vision camera for my car would be nice
I know that I'm being very technical, but they are NOT BI-noculars. I emphasized the word "Bi", as that would infer the ability for the left eye to see something very slightly different from the right. This is a MONOcular that covers both eyes. It does seem pretty good in comparison to my $250 Bushnell Equinox, but that is rifle mountable and can record the viewed image.
These look very similar to some I bought in Aldi in Australia, they do work well for the price
Those are like my limited edition modern warfare night vision goggles
How were them? Were them any good?
@@Keti_Mporta They worked and were pretty cool. They used Infrared and had a little display on the inside.
Nice video thanks,
You didn’t show the outdoor view without the night vision - could you make out the mailboxes or trees AT ALL with you naked eye? Or was it pitch black? Or something else? Can you explain a little please.
Bryan W get off you high horse fella.
Nice review and I'm sure these are well worth $120, but they're more a monocular that you can use both eyes to look through. That's not the same as being binoculars.
Syrian Army had IR spotlights on their tanks when they attacked Israel. Israeli tank crews literally saw those spotlights from miles away. Might as well use a flashlight and call it night vision because look you turn it on and you can see in the dark.
They saw the IR spotlights because the Israelis were using a newer generation of night vision that didnt need an IR flood light to work. You literally CANT see red IR emitters from miles away without IR optics... If you have passive IR optics they make active IR emitters extremely obvious. If you look at an IR strobe through a night vision optic they look a fucking flashbang grenade going off every few seconds.
that build quality tho... feels like 10$ rc car straight from China
Cool option that is affordable especially if you have some property out in the country....Nice review....Good stuff...
Property in the country? Man, this could be a poor man's dream become reality in ALL Kinds of night time stealth mode operations, Covert and Overt Fun with plenty of Beer. Not talking cheap beer, talking Bud in Bottles. Come On!
@@HighSpeedNoDrag LOL....
@@scottf.3808 My first name is Scott!
Another good option is the Stealth Cam Night Vision Monocular Scope sold at Walmart for about $100...buy it, try it, if you don't like it return it within the 13-15 days allowed for refund. Like other gadgets...it has its limitations but for ranges upto 75-100 yards it works great. 4 AA batteries, zoom, night/day mode, light levels, focus. I have tested it on my Vepr 12 shotgun which is one of my go to home defense guns and can confidently say it will serve me well in the middle of the nyte when clearing my home if something should go bump in the nyte. I was able to get at least 1 occassionally 2 shots of #7.5 shot off while testing before it would shut off i would say due to concussion blast but that is enough assurance for me to take a shot should i ever need knowing that it was an intruder on the other end of the scope and not a loved one, friend or neighbor. It has worked just perfectly while camping, working in dark places, searching for game...would come in handy during a disaster.
If you got a Vepr 12, you don't need any night vision and just get the High Ground and achieve Fire Control Superiority.
i have it on there so that before i fire any shot i can be sure not to shoot/kill anyone innocent should i be faced with that situation. If i can better my odds of saving my life or that of anyone else i will. I guess i could just dump a whole mag and then find out i killed a loved one but why take the chance shooting blindly when i have night vision as one option?
I got the nightfox swift and it can pic up about 200yards in bright moonlight not in great detail but you would be able to see a figure walking and about 75 in pitch black I really like my Night vision and I definitely recommend it
Just a little bit better version of the spy gear toys from a couple years ago.
I got one of those, and for the money, it's pretty cool. The odds a stacked more in favor when one can see what the ones who can't, are doing.
With this I WILL find me a Squatch!!!! 🦍
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Dont know why manufacturers do this But they use the 850NM LED's which CAN be seen as a slight glow its because it is at the lower /mid range spectrum BUT BUT if they had used the 940NM LED you wont see anything with the naked eye, that red glow gives away security camera location quickly and if they only used the next step up, and the reason is 1 cent yes one penny as the difference in cost per LED. want to make your own? get a cheap gopro clone for under $20 and put in a box if you want or one of those cameras that are the size of a quarter and connect with a phone for the screen , if you have a clone that has IR block its a more or less simple task to remove the IR filter and open it up to full spectrum
Amazon shows it as "unavailable" right now. However, the IDENTICAL item, with a "Barska" logo on it is available as the "BARSKA NVX BQ12998". The case and buttons are identical, only the ink on the top is different. However, it costs $152.31, and has two one-star reviews.
You could watch the Clintons smash hard drives and cell phones with these.....lol
and the Biden's now..
@@adastra. hahahaha
Damit! "currently unavailable" on Amazon , I guess gettin one for Xmas is out ,
I do not know why everyone still claims that IR is not visible by human eye. because I can see it, not so much, but when IR diode is on, I see it very good.
mainly because its near IR. these diodes can be seen by the naked eye, its just that our eyes are not very sensitive to these wavelengths.
This is actually the toy model that used to be sold at Radio Shack. The night vision actually worked they used to cost 75 bucks.
Can it see through clothes? Asking for a friend.
Got to go with thermal imaging.
Tim Hauser kinky
Tim Hauser nice 🎩
*SAM FISHER WANTS TO KNOW YOUR LOCATION*
Those look decent for the price. I have the yukon digital night ranger 5x mag ones that can output a video source to a pc or t.v.. These night fox have about the same clarity..
finally i can see the the local skinwalker in full detail
Nice to hunt down dogmen at night.
Screw that. Last thing I want to run into.
What if you use something like a dbal or separate IR flashlight of some kind that doesn't give off that signature? Can you try that out with it? If that works fine then I could easily see this being a great option!
Every IR emitter besides the ones the army have sends out that red hue
@@cianmac3934 if you wan to get 960 NM LED's and make your own IR emitter. completely invisible to the human eye.
@@CharlesRTinsley or buy a flashlight with that wavelength.
This night vision like all cheap ones is a camera CCD w/o IR filter over sensor chip, so it works well, but not like a AN/PVS-4, etc, with a true Gen II Microchannel Image Intensifier Tube!!!
As a owner of NV n thermal scopes, 20k worth. This $120 would be well spent imho. Amazing how well it picks up ambient light along with it's own IR projection. When using NV mono even, they eat up batteries big time. I might get a pair as scanning around the woods would allow my batteries charged up for when I need better ID of targets.
Jfyi, Trijicon REAP-IR thermal scope is a small package n is military grade equipment. My NV is a ITT PVS14 gen 3 +P, both capable of being mounted on helmet with a Wilcox L4G24 mount. The Trijicon REAP-IR is mounted on my lwrc. Use a Wilcox amber filter using the PVS14 or similar scope. As the bakcklight of using the PVS14 can destroy your eyes if not used. 98% of users have no idea. Besides, with either use. If you run naked it'll light up your head like a beacon.
Got one for Area 51.
i got one for area 54
Mines on the way now. See you in the dessert brother! #Area51Vets
Being this emits IR light, you will make a good target for the snipers with real night vision.
I dont know where I can use this but I really want to have one! Lol
you could make the ir lamp invisible if you add a 950nm filter glas in front of it (maybe 850nm works too)
Okay, I have no real reason to want Night Vision Goggles but I'm gonna be honest with you, I just wanna sneak around my house at night feeling like a ninja
Okay then, we stand corrected. Nice find and review yet again sir.
So it's just an IR viewer with no passive night vision? I guess for the money...
What can you see with the device with the IR light off? That’s usually the difference between a cheap camera and a photomultiplier tube. A camera is worthless without a IR light while a device, even a gen1 device, with a photomultiplier tube can see in the dark using ambient light.
Almost any digital camera will see IR illumination.. I use my phone to check IR remote controls... the pulses are easily seen when you push the buttons
For $120? Beats the AN-PVS 5's I had way-back when in the Army...probably be better than AN-PVS 7 we had later before I got out with some really minor caveats.
Crazy good for the money, really.
Not even close to pvs7. You can get gen3 tubes for it that blows this toy out of the water with image quality and battery life alone. Not to mention no need for constant IR illumination
Thanks, I’ll surely use this for uh-
3:45 just a little bit of IR passing filter and you are set
uses IR Illumination, its fine for recreational use but that thing would be a big ass spotlight if you were in combat.
Great camera and price if you want to get into being a peeping Tom at night. Police look at camera and see that it don’t record anything and you get off scot free.
Do I sense ill intentions?
@@jerretgreen2014 r/iamverybadass
*cough*
bruh i just ordered some and i dont even hunt or play airsoft i just want nvgs
@Joe C only if you can see infrared light you will be able to see it I mean U can with eyes but it's very faint and you will get permanent eye damage
@Joe C the red light is infrared light i assume this is under 990 nanometers as its visible so i dont know what you are on about
Exactly what i was looking for my son for when we go out hunting or camping
Just a note that the IR will appear brighter in the video than to the naked eye. Cameras of all kinds pick up IR far better than the human eye
Can you see ufo's at night when looking up?
You can see UFOs with your own Eye Balls if the mother f'er are close enough. You know, hovering around the trees at night...…...
Exactly
Santa claus too when he come riding on that sleigh
EXPLORTHEARTH According to some dingbats you can but no proof has been shown.
Priced right
Thx ~ I'll try a pair. Possibly good for that very pre sunrise departure on fishing/boating trips. Radar works but I like to "look and see" what's out there with my eyes. I'll have to wait until next month or keep an eye out for a sale. Already blew my spare cash on a BCA upper this month. Friday deal alert. PS. That BCA upper/PSA lower is good enough so far.
The only drawback is the large amount of batteries it eats. 6hr run time is very short.