Cheap Chinese Night Vision is Finally Here
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- Опубліковано 31 тра 2024
- What if you could get a pair of binocular night vision for the same price as a monocular? Well, there would be tradeoffs, obviously. The InfiRay Jerry 31 duals are a fully featured set of articulating, binocular night vision that costs the same or a bit less than a high end PVS-14. Sounds nice, but there's no such thing as a free lunch so let's see what compromises have to be made to hit that price point.
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so these vs PVS-14 with Elbit tube?
Elbit GP PVS-14 still remains the best buy for a first NV device.
@@Hoplopfheil Hop has spoken!
@@HoplopfheilGP isn't really cheaper than WP anymore. Unless you get used.
@@Nathan-jh1ho if we go to my favorite website, Custom Night Vision, we see that an Elbit GP tube is 600 bucks cheaper than an Elbit WP tube for the handpicked option.
@@Hoplopfheil probolody becuase the GP price is from previous shipment of tubes. All Elbit tubes have gone up significantly in price, and CNV's WP price (of the same spec) have been going up. If the GP does become in stock again, I doubt the price would stay, unless they're still getting deliveries from order placed more than a year ago.
Directly from Elbit the GP tube is only about $100 less than WP
*Me with an eyepatch and a bag of carrots* "Ahhh, yes...Hop's $4k 'budget' nightvision."
The OG night vision
yes
Carrots affecting eyesight is a WW2 myth. You can save on those and get an extra eye patch for double the dark adjustment.
Carrots were a psyop
Too good lol
(edit: I do want to say I understand night vision is hecka expensive and “$4k” relatively speaking is “cheap” but this comment made me laugh so hard. It’s also true eyepatches were the original nightvision. lol)
>cheap chinese night vision
>4000 bucks
I will never own nv, will I?
Mono tube units with these tubes are 2k. You can afford it if you budget properly. For duals, 4k is very budget for a new unit, considering most new gen 3 units are 7-8k new on the low end
Not with that poor mindset
Just takes some saving lil bro. Trust me, 4k is not as un reachable as it sounds.
You probably already have 4,000$ in possessions you don't use, that if you liquidated would put you real close to the nvgs
@@CatholicKit Now add a PEQ, or similar LAM, add the NV compatible optic, now add the helmet, now add the mount...
Got exited seeing the video title. Calmed down instantly after hearing the 'cheap' $4000+ price.
Me as well. I was thinking ~ $ 200. I can't buy this!
It’s cheaper than the pvs-31 which are $13k, that’s what he means by cheap
@@marvalouslegend30 I would call those "cheap".
Cheap, like apple vision pro cheap
$4,000 for BINO white phos is a "cheap" when a single pvs14 from 20 years ago is still 4k alone lol. That being said 4k is a crap ton of money for 99% of us lol.
I'm glad quality NV is getting cheaper! I was about to crack open a glowstick and soak my contact lenses in the fluid so I could go squatching 🙏
It’s not. A basic elbit 14 has gone up 400 dollars in the past year. These jerry’s are hot garbage for 4 grand…
@@jurpo6how so?
@@papermind4010watch the video. Then go watch l3 filmless/Omni 7 tubes in action. Shouldn’t even call the Jerry c night vision
@@papermind4010Spend your NV money on a set of hearing aids and a visit to an ophthalmologist.
@@papermind4010 Because he feels like it. These are decent tubes for low light (not no light).
As the Chinese army adopts more and more night vision I would expect to see even more cheap night vision hitting the streets. There really isn't much they won't sell on the black/grey market in mass.
There's a grey market??
@@iycephoenixx4249by grey market he means “distributed by Primary Arms”
Chinese officers who have control over their NVDs will sell them on the black market to finance their own bank accounts.
Anybody got that rocket fuel?
@@PatrickKniesler solid state rockets don’t have liquid fuel. Stop falling for badly sourced propaganda
I already made peace with the fact that I am poor and will just hide during night time if I know that my enemy is equipped with an nvg. Budget for me is under a 1,000.
You might actually be able to get close to 1k with a really low end gen2+ tube and pvs7. Would probably be closer to 1500 though.
I actually might be leaning on that Holosun Thermal rds @@ameritus9041 If I go the nvg path, it's just too expensive. nvg, ballistic helmet and Dbal
You could look into buying a used pvs 14 gen 1 it's going to not even compare to gen 2 and especially gen 3 but it will be better then hiding from people with nvg and with an ir light you can still see a heck of a lot more with gen 1 pvs 14 then with nothing and you can get gen 1 used for dirt cheap and in your budget and have money left over to mount it to a helmet.
might as well get digital nv's in the meantime I guess; still better than nothing
You can also look into making your own. 3D print etc
Every time i think about getting night vision, I remember that I'm all ready an exhausted dad and I dont even LARP at night.
Just LARP around wearing them during the day like most of these tactical-douchers do....
@@billydanzzbest comment
Real
😂 I love you brother.
You being a father makes it more important to get night vision
Sadly you make a good point, the civi NV world really is at the whims of the mil-industrial-complex, hopefully we’ll never have to use the Chinese commercial market backups
China’s taking over man just accept it
There really isn’t that much difference between military and civilian stuff from China. I swear to god those Chinese 3x prism scopes they use on the Type -197 is the EXACT same shit swamp Fox sells
If this is for sale here does buying it make it cheaper for the PLA
Holosun has already proved itself as a reputable budget brand so I'm honestly really optimistic with third party companies getting into the civilian night vision market and making quality tubes for a good price. This is the VERY FIRST offering of decent commercial night vision. In theory it will only get better (by the same company or others deciding to do the same and sell primarily to the civilian market). Idc if I'm exploiting what is essentially communist slave labor to get decently price optics, LAM's, nvg's. Their own governemnt is the one exploiting it's people not me.
@@Seth9809buying anything does. Least it’s not going into Israel’s genocidal pocket - it just goes in China’s genocidal pocket
The backup NV supplier is a really poignant aspect.
During the GWOT surge era basically 100% of NV sales were earmarked for the military as they tried to equip everyone with a pvs14
No one state side could buy NV devices for about 5 years.
Counterpoint
The scenario where DoD hogs all the NV supply rhymes a lot with "war with China" in which case, we'd probably not be able to get Chinese tubes either
Counter Counter Point
We'd just get drafted
They can't draft me I'm elderly
and you're too tall. theyd need 15ft trenches to hide your slenderman headass@@Hoplopfheil
I identify as an 80 year old white lady
Well there is also the possibility of a shooting war with Iran - though we'd probably also get drafted for that one too.
Emma and her two moms can't be cannon fodder for the regime.
I grabbed an RNVG with Gen 3 GP ITT9800RG for $4100 from steele like 2 years ago. The NVG cost boom is wild. Great review!
oh hi again Drewski
Yeah my high spec elbit XLSH WP RNVGS was only 6250 for 35 snr tubes and now that same setup would run about a thousand more at least. Wild. Not what I expected to happen.
Those are $8k now. Wow
Omni 7 tubes?
I got from him about 6 years ago when he was still selling on FB. $1500 "budget" gen 3s. Now he has sponsored racing boats!
I bought my first mono from CNV and when it arrived, it was a different housing but the right tube. Called them, left a message, and the owner called me right back asking which way was easiest to ship it back and all. Nice dude, even mentioned he'd throw extra stuff in and I just mentioned I'd be happy with my tube. Got it back a week later and I've used it for mostly stargazing with the kid.
Another friend had an issue with him and he immediately corrected it. They really give a fuck about service and want to stay around and I hope they become a better TNVC in sheer size and offerings.
Word of mouth has always been the best advertising. 👍
More options are always good for the overall market, you made an excellent point about possible legal issues in the future.
Never Chinese shit.
Clicks video for cheap china NVGs - available for 4k - closes video
That's wild. If anyone understands Johnny Cash's "one piece at a time", you'll understand the significance of me working in an electronics repair shop in the military...
What's with the riddles? Can you explain please
@@MarioGoatse no, Fed. Google what I said and make the connections.
@@MarioGoatse Look up the lyrics to the song
Are they hiring? 😂
@@spidergoose891 the miitary? I've believe so
8:11
"As you can see when we look away from the hills, the blue smearing effect of the chromatic aberration should be pretty obvious on the skyline."
Yeah, but that sky though.
Seriously. I would drag my office chair out to the back yard every clear night and just look everywhere. ❤
theres a shooting star too
@@adonis9950 Looks like an airplane with a contrail to me
I just received the Jerry14 from Custom Night Vision.
My logic was exactly what you presented at the end of the video. I had no nightvision and wanted to buy something that would work well enough. I will upgrade eventually but right now just over $2k got me something usable.
Thoroughly enjoying mine, and super fair review as always.
One thing I can add is although the specs are relatively low, the intensifiers themselves are super clean and free of blems.
they seem to be prioritizing cleanliness over raw performance, higher spec tubes are likely not able to be exported.
So i recently got to play with some Jerry 31s...while having a Bino on my head was "cooler", the tube performance is what kept bugging me. I see in the video an Omni 4 Gen 3 tube was used in comparison which...is a thick filmed tube which i think was made in the early 2000s and is very very old. But granted if its about affordability - i get it. But the question you mentioned "Low performing duals over high performing monocular". Ive spent my entire military career under a mono. Even working with SF guys in afghanistan who had PVS-15s and me with a little ol' PVS-14, I just got used to it. Ive even done CQB at night under a PVS14 pretty well. Today I still own a Monocular device with an L3 Omni 8 tube which the tube i got for roughly 1200 dollars and threw it in my tanto housing with Carson milspec glass and came in under 2200 total for my set up. When using the Jerry 31s, I couldnt see shit. We had targets 70 meters away and it was so dark i couldnt even see them. Yea, i had duals on my head...but what good is it if theyre not performing? I tried running a few drills with them and I just couldnt. A white light was a better option than those and I had to use IR just to scan for targets, which goes outside of light discipline (or IR discipline). I ran the same drives with my Thin Filmed Gen 3 Omni 8 tube and it was like the sun came back up comared to the Jerrys. I was moving around better because i could actually see, i didnt need IR to scan for the steel targets - I saw them, aimed, and fired. I may be biased to a mono device because I always tell people its "good enough" to get everything done. You most certainly can drive with them as ive done it godddd knows how many times, you can easily navigate in woods with them, you can do everything with them. Are binos easier? Yes...but if you have shit tubes in them, then whats the point? I know 3 friends who got Jerry 31s because it was "BUDGET BINOS!" and they "liked" them...until they looked through a few of our Gen3 tubes. Granted theyre "newer" Gen3 tubes, not Omni 4 tubes made during the invasion of Afghanistan and immediatly sold them and just got a PVS14 and are much much happier. This is just an anecdotal of 1 group of guys, so do take it with a grain of salt. I have seen guys in some FB groups saying they were "good enough" for what they use them for but thats what you need to ask yourself..."What is your use case for nods?" In middle land florida out towards Okeechobee there is absolutely NO light and we tested these devices on zero lum nights and they just were so useless. Im not trying to steer people away from Jerry 31s or NNVT tubes in general...just make sure you know your use case and how dark of an environment you may be in to where you need that performance
I'm in the uk, and the prices on these optice are quite attractive, the J14 being £2100, the J31 being £3200. Compared to the lowest price gen 3 pvs14 (of not much higher FOM than the j31 tubes) being £4500 at least, but to get a better gen 3 pvs14 would be £5000-£7000.
What's the most reliable, effective, and affordable mono you recommend? Thank you by the way for the detailed commentary, very insightful.
It might be literally cheaper to fly to Quetta, and buy milspec nightvision there
lol. Complements of the US Military
@@Adam-kr8wy literally
literally
Actually, not a bad idea
you don’t need night vision! your eyes shouldn’t be open when shooting anyway! (gunfighting is scary)
One of the best comments ive ever seen lmao
😂
I walk around in the dark all the time. It's part of training
Absolutely. @@NBF1865
@@IronB2 y’all black boys must not know how to fucking gunfight
Just picked mine up about 3 hours ago stoked to use em tonight
Edit used em last night
Definitely worth the money
Will eventually upgrade the tubes
Later but I'm happy ☺️
Cat’s like, “l may be dumb around car exhausts, but at least l don’t need that helmet mounted BS to see in d dark!”
Cats have blurry daytime vision though compared to humans.
Great shit. I was on the fence about these. Love the useful knowledge. Nobody else really has taken them out and about yet
4:43 “the Jerry 31 is controlled by the knob at the front of the unit” aren’t we all?
Oh shit he's onto us.
I'm torn in between getting these with a CE2 COTI or an entry level gen 3 pair of nvg
I still feel like dropping that $4-5 grand on a better milspec WP monocular is better than getting cheap and subpar dual tubes from China. Night Vision is a by once cry once type of purchase, and going for a cheap Gen II Chinese knock off seems like a bad idea. Better off just investing that money into something better.
If you have the funds to do a buyonce methond, just ball out. most of us cant
@@Adam-kr8wyif you don’t have funds for night vision then don’t get it
There’s really no reason at all to buy them anyway other than they are cool
I wonder if the image quality would improve with better glass. I've heard from plenty of people claim Chinese glass is way way worse than mil-spec Carson.
Not much. It's already tested. The problem is the NVT-4 tube. Custom NV just don't want to spend more money.
Because the NVT-5 tube is comparable to photonis ECHO performance.
NVT-5 = XR-5
@@aesthetic8780the nicer Chinese tubes are the same price or more expensive than photonis.. so there is no point.
@@kevin11288 I've heard getting a hold of Photonis tubes is pretty difficult right now. Elbit XLSH tubes not being a thing anymore sucks to. I feel lucky as all hell getting my Omni 8 for as low of a price as I did.
@@aesthetic8780 the difference is definitely noticable, but not a deal breaker. With the Jerry glass having a smaller objective (looking towards your target) lense there's a decent bit less light coming into the IIT in addition to the cheaper glass and coating. When comparing Chinese pvs 14 clone lenses directly the issue is more so the glare aberration and distortion resulting just from the glass quality and coating. There are plenty of comparisons online. It's unfortunate the Jerrys don't use pvs 14 glass size
@@kevin11288 that is just not true in the slightest, find a single retailer that offers Photonis for less.
I have to clear my house with a box of matches. I hope to upgrade to a BIC lighter soon.
From my experience, you get more output from a decent candle than a Bic lighter. I would recommend using the matches to light even a cheap candle over a Bic lighter.
First world problems
Now, here’s a guy from my income bracket finally!!
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Thank you that means a lot!
penis
I love when creators interact with their followers and minions
penis
Great video, very informative. Thank you for posting.
Great video as always. I have been looking at the Jerry 14.
I believe this is a good option for people wanting cheap duals specifically. My WP RNVGs were 8000 back in 2021. I also have a very high spec pvs14. The 14 cost me 3500 and I would much prefer the performance of that device over this one in the video. If you are planning on using your NV in very low ambient light or wooded areas, I believe you'd be better served with a high quality 14.
It seems like these cheap duals would be better suited to urban usage, where generous light pollution boosts the performance just enough to peer into the shadows effectively.
The Jerry31's have been available since the end of November, I got a pair as an inbetween set while waiting for the manual gain rugged housings. The Jerry31's really aren't bad for the price, I have shot, hiked, and drove with them and they are pretty solid despite the spec sheets
Good info, thanks Hop
They have already redesigned the dovetail. Fits perfect now
I would rather have a Chinese NVG then be blind at night lol
Stuff called flashlights mate
Streamlight. Hundred bucks. Lol
Temu has tons of
@@AlphaPoppa38 tons of real shitty nv’s
But fair enough, no civ needs night vision anyway so might aswell get the cheap shit
I had the “spy gear” toy nv’s back in the day
That shit is as expensive as the AN/PVS 7s used in the military 😂
The tactical gear industry is just a scam with salesmen selling shit for way too much.
With regard to the dovetail issue, Cold Harbour Supply makes a mil-spec dovetail that will fit much tighter. If you buy the nods from them I believe it comes with it already installed.
Got mine last month. Definitely did not know about the auto tube shutoff issue when running that you had. I will have to definitely shut that feature off if mine do the same. Thanks for the good content!
So many questions I had answered. ty!
I was so close to getting these, but just ponied up and bought a set of NVD BNVD sg’s with elbit 2500 fom tubes. Thanks for the confirmation bias that I made the right choice lol
waiting for the day when nvgs are less than 100$
Get comfortable 😂😂😭😭😭
Probs not. Especially when the mounts and general accessories on my unit come in around 500 bucks
This is all new to me. Barely following all the night vision lingo but thanks to a friend I can understand enough this guy is doing extremely good job educating people It's like broke Spanish to me but enough to understand
Thanks for your analysis.
My version of cheap Chinese Night Vision is the knockoff Surefire I got repackaged from Amazon
Kevin and the boys at CNV are the best💯
glad you're still doin vids Hop!
Bless you hop for this video
I thought the flip up shut off was a mercury switch. Could be wrong, thanks so much for reviewing this.
Yeah you're probably right. I have no idea what's in there I just know I don't trust it lol
@@Hoplopfheil either way, thanks for reviewing this device. I've been thinking about doing a wholesale order of nnvt based devices.
Informed night vision comment
Hey buddy. Don't think you can just come here and slide under the radar like that. 😘
Picked up Jerry 14 from CNV. Solid buy for entry level NV for the price imo and CNV has awesome customer service!
I was rewarded for watching the whole video with a cat at the end!
You spend $4k on night vision but I have a small drone that follows me around that’s covered in tons of spotlights
What brand?
@@letsgetit90Chinese Dji
Can't wait to try these out in the woods.
I’m getting them soon glad to see there not too too bad
Pvs 14 L3 Harris filmless > Gen 2 binocs.
Jerry fusion goggle review when?
Glad I own several nvg, bought several SAWs back in the mid 20teens, but I own a very successful trucking company and money is expendable for me.
I think I’ll stick to the dual Armasight Sidekick 320 thermals over the night vision. Then it’s basically 4k for binocular thermal! Enjoyed the review!
Welp, you suckered me into the Laserspeed now I'm drumming my fingers and considering these... Hop you are dangerous to my wallet!!
(The FL5 is phenomenal, im just being a bitch)
The new Laserspeed m6 looks fantastic. Would be nice if they'd put a crane plug, but otherwise its a great looking device.
I’ve been using an FL5 for a year now. It’s been great actually. The only hiccup I ever had was the first one they sent me failed in -17c conditions. Customer service was excellent though, responded same day, and got it fully replaced. When I got the new one, I tested it in the freezer for an hour. It’s been rock solid ever since.
Carson is just housing manufacturer... they OEM glass from Fujinon or Qioptiq.
Knew this video would be coming out soon. It is unfortunate that $4k is the budget option, but it is what it is
Great job using the word "myriad" correctly! Keep up the good work, Hop
Thank you I paid 35 thousand dollars to learn how to use words properly so I try my level best
Can confirm that Custom Nightvision is a great company!
You’re better off still with a 2400 fom pvs14. Jerry aren’t bad but not great either. The difference is seeing a tree in the dark, with Jerry you can’t see the bark with a good Pvs you can see the bark.
You could also just... not? Like, you could save that money for something more useful.
i NEED night vision@@VoFALT
The ADNV-G14P looks promising, for about $1700 the sensor appears to keep up with Gen 2 and even some older Gen 3 tubes in really dark conditions. It looks like they took a black silicon sensor, removed the color filter and doubled the size of the pixels. It's basically what the Opsin should have been.
Granted, it just released on the Chinese market so I'm waiting for Hype Militaria and other English speaking channels to test it before getting too excited.
I second that what a great deal on night vision.
"Knob at the front of the unit." Nice.
Hell yeah dick jokes.
Let's see how long it can go
Having used a PVS-7 and going to a PVS-14 and I'll never willingly go to anything less than a PVS-14. So much better quality.
How is it so much better than the 7s?
@whatabouttheearth Clairty. Definition. Battery life.
Hands down better in every regard. I haven't used the newest stuff, but I know 14's and they are what I'm going to buy.
Good video. I've been curious about NNVT tubes for a long time. I've got dual 14s so I'm certainly in no rush to buy these but I could definitely see myself picking up a set at some point in the future to be a better loaner/backup than splitting my 14s
It's photonis technology. But NVT-4 is XD-4. Don't buy them. Get NVT-5 or NVT-7 instead. NVT 7 is 4G and NVT-5 is XR-5.
Get green phosphor if you can with anything that has NNVT image intensifiers. They’ve been making it a lot longer than WP and it allows you to see more into shadows and things like that. Unless you specifically want WP for the “drip” GP will perform slightly better with NNVT.
Also you can put purple filters on them to get white phos look.
The GP version showed up at CNV after I finished this video. I would go with that one over the white.
@@Hoplopfheil yea I saw they have them up for $3800 which is a killer price for bino’s. No sacrifical lenses yet for the Jerry’s would be my one and only real gripe. I did hear rumors there were companies with some in the works though.
@@sissyspaceshipwhy would u tho
That kind of defeats the whole purpose of getting the green phos….
Was hoping you'd make a video on these! P.S. the dovetail mount interface on these are so notoriously shit that Cold Harbour Supply sells them with a different, better one included right out the box.
Me with a flashlight and a green mountain dew bottle. 4k isn't cheap Mr. Hop. LOL
My NVM 14 has a generation 3 tube and I think it compares pretty favorably to the PVS 14 I used in the military. The controls are a little goofy but the actual night vision performance is good.
Did everyone shut it off at exactly 40 seconds in?
All the people complaining about $4000 nv being unobtainable need to change their mindset and grind set fr. But honestly used milsurp gen 3 pvs14s are a good way to give yourself a lot of capability for $2000. Call it cope but you don’t have to have binos or a lam you don’t have to act like you’ll be doing high speed cqb night ops. You will probably just be moving under the cover of night without a bright light giving you away. And a pvs14 works pretty well at that. I’m poor
Stop advocating reasonable financial responsibility damn it lol. You must go into debt to impress guntube interweb larpers in the comments lol.
I will just use my 3D glasses I got from the movie theatre,thank you!
I have digital NV scopes and helmet mounted Binos. Not the most expensive units but they work great for night hunting.
I just wanted to add to the controversy regarding Socko being CGI.
Nope, that's all practical effects. Depending on the scene it's either a puppet or stop motion.
It looks like the "Jerry 14" doesnt have all the automatic crap.
Seems that it's better than nothing. If the competition goes up and price goes down i'd consider it.
It does, you can enable it but I wouldn't.
does it make sense to use the NNVT tubes but in carson glass and body? Would that solve a lot of the issues or would it basically make more sense just to buy a milsepc pvs14 at that point?
We need a Luty option for tube NV. DIY with off the shelf parts and processes. People are making semiconductors and vacuum tubes in their workshops, I know we can figure out how to whip up decent NV tubes.
Another actually useful video from Hop unlike fluff from sponsored jackasses
I disagree on getting less practical use out of a monocular vs duals. My monocular can come with me anywhere in a small pouch and be handheld, so I can take it places and use them without needing a helmet system. Binos don’t have the same luxury, as they are much harder to use when not mounted to your head. Shooting is a minority of my NV time and I like the simplicity of my PVS14 for seeing at night.
I think a mono is way more practical, but binos are way more fun. Individual judgement call.
The first quads were made for aviation, if I'm not wrong. There's non-shooting activties that benefit from higher FOV and depth perception.
No duels, you're just a poor lol. Remember to go into financial debt to win the approval of guntube larpers.
Are the mounts and housings modular to where you could start with a monocular and then add a second later on to get a binocular set?
Can't seem to find them or the monocular variant in Europe. I assume they go by an other name here or there is just no distributor. Could be a good option with how expensive the current very limited options available are.
$4K is cheap???
Actual pvs31’s are at least 14k so yea thats cheap
I wonder how much these people inherited from their parents....
@@chistinelanea lot of over time
@@TheBusinessDogge unfortunately I have a life and hobbies, lol
@@chistinelanethis is the hobby. It’s the only superpower on earth you can purchase
I'm hoping to increase my yearly income quite a bit in the next few years, I don't have it in the budget now to buy good nv, hopefully I don't miss the boat
Looks like this will never be a problem I have.
Is there anyway you could do a video on the RPNVG’s? The panning feature and getting a little extra field of view seems interesting
more NVG manufactures = cheaper nods
In this case only true for the housing, binocular housings tend to be quite overpriced.
The tubes are still what's keeping them expensive. You're seeing all the Chinese tubes show up now becuase Phtonis tubes are drying up in the US. Elbit also have drastically increased their price.
2020-2022 was the best time to get Elbit Gen-3. Unfortunately those days are over.
Thanks Hop, I woke my dog up yelling "holy fuck!" when you said $4k.
What are you using to film clips like the one at 2:44? Looks solid
Interesting, i think I'll still go with the "Riddick eye polishing" for a pack of Kools...
Inb4 the "I'll just take your NVGs in the civil war" comments
I was thinkin more like 500 bucks... Lol
That would be cool. But you'll never find a single intensifier tube for less that a grand.
Any digital nods that worth 2 shits costs over 2k lol. There ain't no cheap analog nods unfortunately.
Hmm pretty interesting. With some refinements by Infiray these J-31s could become decent options for duals
As much as I am absolutely JONESING wanting a decent NVG setup, I'm afraid I have only three options at the moment, go COPLETELY broke (out of the question), max out a credit card (which isn't palatable either) or just wait for the great big boogaloo and hope I get lucky with a fortuitous LOOT DROP! Hell, I even would like to get a decent set of thermals or at least a thermal scope too but that is like rubbing salt in an already festering wound for me.
Yeah, I'll be saving up for something in the meantime but something tells me we'll be in the thick of something kinetic before I can possibly save up enough scratch to make an informed purchase.
I thought we were trying to boycott Chinese goods.
$4k to play make believe soldier with some other nerds? What a bargain.