Night Owl 3.1x Discovery Night Vision Monocular w/I/R Illuminator
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Description of Night Owl 3.1x Discovery Night Vision Monocular w/I/R Illuminator
The Night Owl Optics(r) Discovery(tm) 3X night vision monocular is compact and lightweight with a 3.0x magnification. It features a handle-crandle for easier one -and operation with an ergonomic and attractive new compact design and styling.The Night Owl Discovery night vision-scope has an ergonomic and attractive new compact design. Its hand-cradle gives you easy, comfortable yet secure one-handed operational use. This monocular is extremely versatile and incorporates a powerful built-in infrared illuminator and a tripod mount into a lightweight and compact body. Night Owl used their standard five-element glass for both the oculars and the objective lenses, giving you a condensed lens and brighter images. This monocular also features soft-touch control buttons, power and IR indicators. It requires two AA batteries to operate.
Sports reviews of Night Owl 3.1x Discovery Night Vision Monocular w/I/R Illuminator
Customer Review: Good, I like the Cyclops better
Sport shop rating: 4 Stars
This is another good scope by a well known brand - Night owl, and should work well for most. I prefer it to the Cyclops as well - it has a much nicer shape.Customer Review: Not useful due to very small field of vision
Sport shop rating: 2 Stars
The field of vision is too small for any useful viewing. If you already know where your object is in the dark, then you can point this device towards the object and view it in dark. But if you are searching for an object in the dark, the small field of vision makes the search useless.
Also, there is too much "noise" in the image, thus making it very difficult to recognize the object that you are viewing.
The IR makes the field of vision even smaller.
Overall I did not find this device useful even for ordinary pleasure viewing.
By the way, if you own a camcorder with night-view, you already know how how the objects look in the dark. You can use your camcorder's night view feature instead of buying this expensive device
Customer Review: Night Owl Optics
Sport shop rating: 2 Stars
The Night Owl Optics monocular had a major flaw as soon as I started using it. The system uses high voltage derived from 2-AA bateries. Occationally the unit would create a large snap(arcing noise) and emit a bright flash of light from the eyepiece. If one is using the instrument, the light actually hurts the eye. I have returned the monocular to Night Owl for repairs. I do not know the result of the repairs as it is still in transit. They told me to ship it at my expense.
Another strange requirement of the instrument is that the batteries are recommended to be removed if not used for 24 hours.
Other than the above, the monocular has performed well.
epilogue-Night Owl Optics did repair the unit and returned it.
Customer Review: Not useful
Sport shop rating: 1 Stars
I bought this item over a year ago, and it has never served for anything. Once I spotted a deer and turned on the "IR" illuminator, and the deer ran away - not too surprising, it is actually a red light and totally visible for most animals. Better use a flashlight. This is a first-generation nightscope, and has a very small range of utility: If there is a little light, the adapted human eye sees better, and if there is almost no light the device does not see either. 100 bucks is not too much of a waste, but if you are serious about nightvision you should spend about 10 times as much.
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