I have read the difference online but I am curious if there is any real world difference in the resolution, ruggedness, reliability, etc. The device I am looking for is a clip on in front of a daytime optic for recreational use and an ocational night competition. Please forgive my ignorance on this; I have only looked through some NV goggles that our base's SF has, don't know the type or brand.
Night Vision 3rd Gen vs 4th Gen; real world difference
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Before anybody jumps you, there's really no such thing as gen 4. The Army originally designated Filmless Autogated as gen 4 during testing, but it was short lived (the designation that is). The only place I really notice a Filmless tube is in an urban setting with high light. It cuts down on halo drastically. But I live in the sticks, so it's not really an advantage to me.
Yep that pretty much sums it up! I will add that for the longest time misinformation that filmless tubes were fragile circulated the internets but that is completely false. Filmless tubes are actually the strongest tubes on the market today when it comes to recoil resistance. Our Recoil Compensating tubes are based on filmess modules.
I may be wrong on this part, but wasn't the failures they were having in EARLY testing more related to vibration from birds than it was recoil, then then internet decided they weren't as tough?
What I was told is that they failed accelerated light testing for tube life. This is a process where the tube is "flashed" with a strobing light source that simulates the 10,000 hour life span requirement. That has all been corrected and they last just as long as regular Filmed tubes now.
