That’s definitely the easier route, I’m thinking. Nox18 with a D-14 bridge. I’m just having a hard time imagining having two very different images feeding each eye. I’m sure with some practice it would work, but from my experience there are some people that just can’t make that kind of stuff work in other areas (ex Trijicon BAC).
Night Vision phenom? nox? pulsar? mh25? other?
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Oh, I absolutely have a phoria, do not own (day) binoculars etc. It doesn't always work right but if dialed in it can be awesome. Magic. Worst case is I close one eye to really see the image in the thermal but the adjustable bridge, really careful focus, and getting the brightness and color similar between the two is important. One of the LLI purple filters helped the NOX look more like my Elbit WP color. When I had a (320) color thermal, I did that in custom color mode and made it mostly green, with my old green phos tube.
Also, it works better further away. The official min collimation distance for even ENVG stuff is 43 ft (no idea why 43 feet. It's not any number that makes sense to me, not an even number in meters etc but it is what it is). So, playing with them inside the house and maybe in the yard doesn't show the potential. Looking across a distant field, etc they really start to work though.
Not that I am trying to get everyone to spend a spare $1000 but I got some of the RPO lightweights, and they have a somewhat wider FOV. Somehow, that really helps; with normal lenses it's a bit like binoculars, with only some overlap in my brain. With the wider FOV the thermal image appears on top of the II image and that seems to merge the two more consistently and at closer ranges to my brain.
In an ideal world you'd get to try it first. Find local NV nerds or talk one of your friends into getting it first then see
Cant run dual nox. Ive tried. The images wont line up in your brain and it sucks. Ive pano'd them out and that kinda works but once again, not good enough to run it.
I have a pvs and a nox that sit on my bump. 98% of the time i solely run the nox and occasionally run a pvs when i was to see light or trying to find something close to me, like spent brass on the ground.
If i had to choose one, it would be a nox, but i only hunt with it. Driving or traversing the pvs stands out.
If memory serves me correctly, Horta reported that copious amounts of Adult Sarsaparillas was the magic trick to successfully running dual-thermals.
That is some pretty country, albeit plenty of cover for them snakes to hide.
I'd definitely have me some good snake boots on day or night. Hate them dam thangs. That's a keep your eyes peeled terrain for sure.
Well I can’t even buy American where I live but if I had a bit of spare change my affordable approach would be something like MH25v2 in left eye with RH25 in right eye on a KVC bridge with the ability to quickly remove the RH25 and put as a clip on.Oh for sure, much more affordable approach, but @SoundFx would kick my ass for buying Chinesium
I guess dual RH25 would be even better but bit more weight and money and I heard that the MH25 in some ways is better as helmet mounted than a RH25 in helmet mode.
Could probably even do a panobridge to squeeze a bit more FOV
I’m leaning towards getting a Nox 18 and see how it bridges with the PVS-14. If it’s not doing the trick, running it alone is fine. Seems extremely versatile regardless.
Be prepared that it’s not going to “fuse” the images. There have been a few discussions on this but it’s just not seamless and at times it doesn’t work at all. It’s still worth it. You can close one eye when you need to focus on movement vs scanning.
Sometimes though, it works pretty well and while not “fused” I can run both eyes open and it’s pretty comfortable. The key is trying to get the images to match as much as possible in brightness/ contrast. It just makes it easier on your eyes. Also, I highly recommend getting an SNB filter for the Nox. It really softens the image and makes it work better.
I’m with @Jgunner in that I run a solo NOX 18probably 80% of the time. When I do bridge a 14, it’s because I’m running a rifle with a laser or I just wanna see the stars. I actually use the NOX alone so much that I’m hoping to grab a bino housing to convert my 14’s to a bino (and maybe a COTI).
As far as NOX / RH25 MH25 / Apollo 640, I would vote NOX if you are a buy once cry once type. Who knows if Nvision has another generation of NOX in the works, but the things that make the NOX a great helmet mounted unit would cause it to suffer as a clip on or weapon sight (and vice versa).
If you pull the weapon mount, and run a battery pack on the NOX, you get like 12-16 hrs of life and a 13oz unit which is awesome. I have not run Chinese thermal, but some say they can tell a difference between the sensors so I’m glad I’ve got the NOX18 with a BAE core (even if it weights a couple ounces more).
I used to wish the NOX would double as a clip on, but not anymore. I’m looking for a slightly narrower FOV option that is compact and will handle ~6x mag for my area. Anything more than that and I’ll spot with the NOX and shoot with the PVS30 (and one day, a long range thermal clip on)
As far as NOX / RH25 MH25 / Apollo 640, I would vote NOX if you are a buy once cry once type. Who knows if Nvision has another generation of NOX in the works, but the things that make the NOX a great helmet mounted unit would cause it to suffer as a clip on or weapon sight (and vice versa).
If you pull the weapon mount, and run a battery pack on the NOX, you get like 12-16 hrs of life and a 13oz unit which is awesome. I have not run Chinese thermal, but some say they can tell a difference between the sensors so I’m glad I’ve got the NOX18 with a BAE core (even if it weights a couple ounces more).
I used to wish the NOX would double as a clip on, but not anymore. I’m looking for a slightly narrower FOV option that is compact and will handle ~6x mag for my area. Anything more than that and I’ll spot with the NOX and shoot with the PVS30 (and one day, a long range thermal clip on)
There's surprisingly little in the way of poisonous critters or bugs. The rot probably kills them. Good waterproof boots are a must though unless i wanna rot tooThat is some pretty country, albeit plenty of cover for them snakes to hide.
I'd definitely have me some good snake boots on day or night. Hate them dam thangs. That's a keep your eyes peeled terrain for sure.
. I bought like 6 or seven pairs of the Danner RATS when the .mil was unloading them. I have some fancy hiking boots but I wear the RATS for creek hikes like today and they're outstanding.Any time, ANY time you get something that does lots of things, there is comprimise. It may be cost, weight, functionality, performance, but something has to give.
It really boils down to FOV which impacts clarity and detection. Generally, you want larger FOV for head mounted systems which means you don't get as much clarity under magnification if it were to be used as a clip on.
Hope that helps, there's a whole rabbit hole you can go down of sensor size, pixel density, and other optical designs I don't fully have my head wrapped around
And I've seen one or two that tried to solve that, with modularity. E.g., change lenses front and back. But rapidly you aren't an all in one unit, but are carrying a bag with half a dozen fussy modules so it's not exactly 30 seconds to unclip from the rifle and stick on your head.
640 breach ? I assume you mean the sidekick 640 ...
www.snipershide.com
Night Vision - New Armasight Units (Sidekick and Jockey 640s)
We (SOK) have decided to get in some of the new Armsight units, particularly the 640 Jockey and 640 Sidekicks. https://strictlyoffensivekit.com/collections/armasight The Jockey is a thermal clipon, 640x480, 12 um, 60hz. As far as thermal clipons go, its pretty short ...
www.snipershide.com Very informative, thank you. I live in New Hampshire which is generally heavily wooded, but I live on a farm with a bunch of hay fields and pasture surrounding our house. My other night hunting opportunities revolve around similar properties. No long distance shorting per say, but a lot of PID I'd like to do along field edges out to 3-400yds.
Sounds like it would be a reasonable approach to buy a Nox35 wmt to embark into the dark side, and then add a 1x as I replenish my funding. Or if I find a reputable seller posting here perhaps I will scoop up whichever pops up. I would be pleased to find like new/ light use units with ~4 yrs remaining warranty. Otherwise I will try to remain patient enough to wait for a retail sale...maybe 4th of July?
I believe this is what they are referring to @RockFarmer
armasight.com
Sidekick 640 Mini Thermal Monocular
armasight.com Working on adding clip-on thermal. This thread has been very informative!
Have a PVS-14 and Perst-3 Green+, but would like an option that
works w/o IR illumination.
Three of our rifles have Trijicon ACOG mounted.
The Trigicon SNIPE-IR thermal is designed to work with their ACOG products, so that was the first option I considered.
These were suggested as alternatives:
-Bering Optics Super Yoter-C
-Pixels on Target VooDoo-S
I found a mount that aligns the Yoter-C w/ the ACOG, this would be the lowest $$$ way to go.
Not sure how the VooDoo-S could be 3x better @ 3x the price than a less $$$ option - what is the magic here?
Have a PVS-14 and Perst-3 Green+, but would like an option that
works w/o IR illumination.
Three of our rifles have Trijicon ACOG mounted.
The Trigicon SNIPE-IR thermal is designed to work with their ACOG products, so that was the first option I considered.
These were suggested as alternatives:
-Bering Optics Super Yoter-C
-Pixels on Target VooDoo-S
I found a mount that aligns the Yoter-C w/ the ACOG, this would be the lowest $$$ way to go.
Not sure how the VooDoo-S could be 3x better @ 3x the price than a less $$$ option - what is the magic here?
