I'd recommend avoiding the off-the-shelf NODs from sporting goods stores like Cabela's or Sportsman's Guide.

It's not as good as a true 3rd gen, but it's VERY good and for a few hundred dollars less than an equivalent 3rd, it could be a good budget option. It's not truly a 3rd-generation tube, but it's probably the only one that actually works really well out of the 'advanced 2nd generation' or 'generation 2+' or whatever trade name cheap tubes get marketed as. One note on third-generation - there's a tube on the market called the Photonis Echo. This makes it easier to compare the spec sheets for the various tubes, so you have an idea of what you're getting. The technology has come through a few generations since it was originally developed in WWII, but what you're looking for is third-generation (which is what the US military has used for at least 20 years). A 'dark' scene is usually still lit by faint light from the moon and stars, LED indicators and clock radios, distant city lights and headlights, and infrared from security cameras, it's just too dim for human eyes to make a usable image from it. The other kind of night vision amplifies ambient light and displays it as a monochrome image (green or 'white'). It's not hard to trip on a branch across a forest path that's the same temperature as the surrounding ground and brush, so thermal isn't great for walking around in the dark. What it isn't good for is identifying visual contrast or things that are about as warm as the background. You can also use it for things like finding where you might be losing heat from your house so you know where to put insulation or weather stripping. It'll let you see a hog or coyote on a moonless night through brush and fog, so it's a good choice for night hunting. Thermal detects heat emissions from objects - it doesn't need any ambient light to work. There are two primary kinds of night vision. Popular if he'd give us the low-down and he willingly obliged!

So what gives with night vision, anyway? What is this strange magic that allows us to see in the dark? Your technology frightens and confuses me! So I asked Mr. Also, for some reason, the ladies seem very attracted to a guy who can see in the dark, and all of a sudden, as hogmartin demonstrated the setup for others, he was surrounded by a veritable cloud of 'ette's. Anyhoo, he slaps the whole contraption onto my cartoonishly large and bulbous cranium, and Ho-lee-shit! All of a sudden I can see stuff in the dark! And the stars! The night sky becomes a whole lot more interesting with the light from stars and galaxies and UFOs and shit all magnified.

Actually he had a helmet on his head and the NVG were attached to the helmet, but you know what I mean. So I was sitting at the TXMoMe, minding my own bidness when our pal hogmartin ever so casually strolls onto the carport with night vision goggles on his head. With that, let's get to the gun stuff below, shall we? I do have a couple of shooting buddies who are itching to come down, so maybe this coming weekend. I have a yuuuge backlog of winterization chores to do at the el farmo, but some stuff came up that kept me from heading down this past week as I had intended to do. You are always welcome to lurk in the shadows of shame, but I'd like to invite you to jump into the conversation, say howdy, and tell us what kind of shooting you like to do! Howdy and thank you for stopping by! I hope you find our wacky conversation on the subject of guns 'n shooting both enjoyable and informative. Howdy, Y'all! Welcome to the wondrously fabulous Gun Thread! As always, I want to thank all of our regulars for being here week in and week out, and also offer a bigly Gun Thread welcome to any newcomers who may be joining us tonight.

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