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Night Vision Thermal plus NV duals

I run mine with thermal over my non dominant eye because I like being able to passively aim though my optics. I use to run a breach on Sepia palette with a amber filter on the 14 but i disliked the loss of low light performance and I actually found it made things more difficult to use while running both at the same time. You essentially are switching focus from one eye to the other verse fusion.

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very close to doing this myself... do you like running dual this way or do you think both the same more better?
admittingly have done 0 research...was just talking with a friend about it this weekend.


thanks man
DT
 
"Both the same" meaning dual thermal?

duel thermal OR duel 14's. ie if you see 2 thermals and 2 14's sitting on a bench which 2 are you grabbing...for varmits? with option of a laser for the 14's.

granted Im not a huge fan of rifle mounted optics as scanning is a PIA. and FOV

or would just a helmet thermal and a thermal optic mounted on rifle be ideal?

I guess I just need to do more research but it seems mixing in thermal is a new idea...and becoming more affordable.

Ive got a cheapo laser/light combo i cowitness to my aimpoint and a helmet mounted 14 but want to upgrade. fov is killing me.


thanks
DT
 
Powerball aka Horta says dual thermal (skeetirx ) is the way to go.

I’m a member of the Poors so I figured I would test the fusion concept before buying a China skeet.

So far my brain takes in 90% of the NV image and 10% of the thermal image. And I get a headache. Only out the 1200 or so for mounts lol
 
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Powerball aka Horta says dual thermal (skeetirx ) is the way to go.

I’m a member of the Poors so I figured I would test the fusion concept before buying a China skeet.

So far my brain takes in 90% of the NV image and 10% of the thermal image. And I get a headache. Only out the 1200 or so for mounts lol


Have you tried diming the 14's gain? My brain with always focus the brighter image.
 
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duel thermal OR duel 14's. ie if you see 2 thermals and 2 14's sitting on a bench which 2 are you grabbing...for varmits? with option of a laser for the 14's.

granted Im not a huge fan of rifle mounted optics as scanning is a PIA. and FOV

or would just a helmet thermal and a thermal optic mounted on rifle be ideal?

I guess I just need to do more research but it seems mixing in thermal is a new idea...and becoming more affordable.

Ive got a cheapo laser/light combo i cowitness to my aimpoint and a helmet mounted 14 but want to upgrade. fov is killing me.


thanks
DT

I guess it depends on your intended use/ hunting style, ect. 1x thermal has plenty of FOV for scanning. I had a hell of a time locating coyotes with just NV its really amazing all the things you miss without thermal.

I have never used dual thermal so I can't help you there.
 
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Agree with the previous comments: NOD on dominant eye, can immediately go passive aiming. Thermal therefore goes non-dominant.

I also have a neck-workout setup (sorta big thermal), just have it set up on dovetail on the bridge to snap on and off easily, have a SORD semi-hard case on my LBE then try to snap the thermal up there only when needed. Worth practicing doing that in, you know... the dark :)