Night Vision

[gettysburgfreak]

Hey guys need some help here. Just started working the night shift and will be spending significant amounts of time laid up in the middle of no where looking for people crossing the Rio Grande. I need a good set of night vision goggles and was hoping some of you guys might offer some recommendations. I would like ones that light up green and not gray. Here are three I am leaning towards.

http://www.binoculars.com/night-vision/night-vision-monoculars/yukonnv5x60nightvisionmonocular.cfm

http://www.binoculars.com/night-vision/night-vision-monoculars/yukonranger5x42digitalnightvision.cfm

http://www.binoculars.com/night-vision/night-vision-binoculars/bushnell25x42binocularwbuiltinir.cfm

[Tombstone]

You don’t need night vision goggles, you need a night scope on a sniper rifle. Good luck.

[icehog3]

You don’t need night vision goggles, you need a night scope on a sniper rifle. Good luck.

I think you must have 2010 confused with Cicago in 1968. ;)

[Tombstone]

Naah...Illegal immigration is destroying our nation. It is putting an incredible burden on our private sector and tax payers.

[croatan]

Any posts of a political nature or more advocating shooting foreigners :rolleyes:, and this thread is history. Please stick to the topic.

[JE3146]

What's your budget?

Generation 1 units will not help you much.

[Diesel Kinevel]

Gen II or Gen III are really the only way to go if you don't want eye fatigue.

-Z

[MiamiE]

CBP doesn't provide you with the necessary equipment?

[JE3146]

CBP doesn't provide you with the necessary equipment?

I was thinking the same thing myself...

[sikk50]

If Budget isn't an issue I say go to www.flir.com I can tell you from personal experience in the field, they are the ****!

[SSDVC]

I'll second the FLIR units. Shorter battery life and a bit on the heavy side, but they beat the hell out of night vision.

[SSDVC]

Oh, and I forgot to mention..........hand helds are expensive, really expensive. But very nice!:)

[Eleven]

Someone got my 11 year old son some of those kiddie night vision goggles, and they are pretty cool!

Hah even I have fun with these! (http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3565518)

[DPD6030]

We have some Russian made NV goggles at work. They are gen I but they work great. Just don't let a car headlight or other bright light come at ya or you'll be blind. We also have a hand held flir unit. I haven't used it much since I don't want to be the one to break the $20K toy but what I have noticed is I can follow vehicle tracks and see where a vehicle was. Humans turn up yellow,red and white which is great. Again, I agree with the rest as the battery doesn't last too long.

[BC-Axeman]

I like this one (http://www.imaging1.com/defender_FLIR.html). Waiting for the price to come down on FLIR before I get one.
Ebay (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/FLIR-First-Mate-Handheld-Thermal-Imager-No-Export_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem2c53f77f2aQQitem Z190387289898QQptZBoatQ5fPartsQ5fAccessoriesQ5fGea r) has some.

[catfish2]

I just have two little pieces of info to add.

A.) Don't put it off too long to buy them because I heard that D.H.S. may put the kibosh on sales of NV equipment to citizens.

B.) When you do get them, Take a little time looking into the nighttime sky with them. Supposedly you can see all sorts of "stuff" in outer space flying around.:tf I'l expand on what I mean later if you want me to.

[Eleven]

B.) When you do get them, Take a little time looking into the nighttime sky with them. Supposedly you can see all sorts of "stuff" in outer space flying around.:tf I'l expand on what I mean later if you want me to.

I wanna know!

[Ranger_B]

Depending on price and who you are affiliated with I would look into something like these:http://www.ownthenight.com/id81.html

[icehog3]

I just have two little pieces of info to add.

A.) Don't put it off too long to buy them because I heard that D.H.S. may put the kibosh on sales of NV equipment to citizens..

He's a Fed, so he would likely be exempt from the "citizen" tag.

B.) When you do get them, Take a little time looking into the nighttime sky with them. Supposedly you can see all sorts of "stuff" in outer space flying around.:tf I'l expand on what I mean later if you want me to.

I'd like you to expand right now, Don. ;)

[sikk50]

I'll be waiting for the UFO expansion pack...wait...what?

[catfish2]

He's a Fed, so he would likely be exempt from the "citizen" tag.



I'd like you to expand right now, Don. ;)


I wrote down "citizen", but I'm not sure if it's for everybody or what.


Supposedly you can see things flying around and "shooting" at each "other". You can find out more by looking up a guy named Ed Grimes. There's also a NASA SDS space shuttle video that shows something. :tf

[icehog3]

You can find out more by looking up a guy named Ed Grimes.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=ed+grimes+&btnG=Search&aq=f&aqi=g1&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai= :confused:

[catfish2]

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=ed+grimes+&btnG=Search&aq=f&aqi=g1&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai= :confused:

I don't know, He's got to be there somewhere.

[catfish2]

Did we just Hi-jack this thread?

[TXRebel]

Generation 1 units will not help you much.

:tpd:

PVS7-3A Binos (http://www.atncorp.com/atn-pvs7-3a-night-vision-goggles)or PVS14-3A (http://www.atncorp.com/atn-pvs14-3a-2aa-nightvision-monocular)Monocular

[BillyCigars]

To add to the brief thread-jack:

I did a bunch of searching and it turns out, the gentleman's name was Ed Grimsley.

http://edgrimsley.com/videos.html

Back to your regularly scheduled programming :=:

[catfish2]

To add to the brief thread-jack:

I did a bunch of searching and it turns out, the gentleman's name was Ed Grimsley.

http://edgrimsley.com/videos.html

Back to your regularly scheduled programming :=:



Thank you sir.

[icehog3]

To add to the brief thread-jack:

I did a bunch of searching and it turns out, the gentleman's name was Ed Grimsley.



http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa73/icehog3/grimley.jpg

[pnoon]

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa73/icehog3/grimley.jpg
Can Pat Sajak be far behind? ;)

[icehog3]

Can Pat Sajak be far behind? ;)

I hope so, I must say. :)

[catfish2]

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa73/icehog3/grimley.jpg



I had a feeling that this one was going to show up. Unfortunately you bought into the military industrial complex/SNL conspiracy to discredit us.:tf

[gettysburgfreak]

CBP doesn't provide you with the necessary equipment?



We can check them out each night before our shift starts but I would rather be responsible for my own pair. If we bust a 5k dollar pair its a whole set of bs that I don't want to go through.

[gettysburgfreak]

:tpd:

PVS7-3A Binos (http://www.atncorp.com/atn-pvs7-3a-night-vision-goggles)or PVS14-3A (http://www.atncorp.com/atn-pvs14-3a-2aa-nightvision-monocular)Monocular


Those are the exact units they have at the armory for us to check out. They work pretty damn good. I ended up going with a pair of Gen 1 Bushnells that got really good reviews. I can return them if they don't perform good. I basically want them to see whats around me animal wise as they have a bunch of nasty things in my area of responsibility and to detect any movement I see.