Night Vision Goggles

[dk]

anyone ever used these, real ones, not the ones that shine an infrared light out but the ones that gather in all available light like the military use?

I was at animal kingdom the other night in florida and was having a meal and you can go out onto the terrace and view the animals and its was about 10pm so they gave me night vision and OMG, I was blown over by how good they are, lights everything up so bright and there was next to no light at all.

I was very impressed, unfortunately they are quite expensive at about £1500 but if you ever get the chance have a go!

 

[RichMcc]

I might get some for stalking people....

 

[Bailey_1260]

Both are NVG's

Have used active goggles and a PNV scope.

Both were the shizz (although the scope was better, shooting targets in the pitch black half a mile away )

 

[jamesp24]

Splinter cell style ones.

 

[UncleGrumpy]

I bought a monocular type one to take to Africa last year, worked fantastic in total darkness, top fun watching lions prowling around our camp.

 

[BooSH]

i'm in the raf and have had a go with the ones our pilots use, which look just like the ones out of splintercell, and they are amazing they also use a finger pointer which they use for pointing out targets to each other when flying which is also pretty gucci when viewed through night vision goggles.

 

[Rasclart]

Not the googles but like Bailey used a PNV scope at night

 

[dk]

yeah this was a scope too, i just keep calling it night vision goggles for some reason.

if i thought i would ever use one i would get one but i can't really see the point, it would just be one of those gadget impulse buys, i nearly bought a Sony AIBO dog for 1k once..................

 

[Bailey_1260]

Both have their benefits though.

PNG's need a natuarl source of light so in caves or total darkness dont work.

Whilts actives give a better veiw even in total darkness but if someone has some nvgs can see your light source like a trch in the night.

 

[Gweebs]

Night Vision Goggles or Personal NVG (NVG/PNG) amplify ambient light, be it natural or artificial. Infra red torch creates light that is invisible to the naked eye but can be picked up by NVG/PNG's. So if you are working in total darkness i.e. in a cave or inside a building, you must use IR torches or IR cylume.

Some NVG's come with IR light installed, especially ones used in the RAF (helps when trying to read the instruments).

99.9% of night vision aids are in green, because the eye can distinguish more shades of green than any other colour.

 

[Bailey_1260]

www.google.com?

basically what i said

 

[Gweebs]

www.google.com?

basically what i said

Yes, but with a better use of the english language....

 

[Bailey_1260]

meh A-level English Language only pushes you so far lol