Night Vision Which Eye?
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So I am right hand shooter/eye dominate. I run Thermal on my right eye. Reason being I rotate it out the way to get down on a Thermal Weapon Sight. Should TWS go down (never had that happen) but my backup is a PVS 14 on left eye and laser on gun.
I'd say it depends. When I am running thermal on my rifle, 14 goes on left side, even though I can't see shit with the 14 when I get on the gun (14 bumps into thermal, too).
Running a RDS, it goes on my right eye since I am right eye/hand, that was I can see the RDS with the NV for aiming.
I don't bridge with a thermal, though. When I am running duals, it's an ANVIS-9 for me.
Running a RDS, it goes on my right eye since I am right eye/hand, that was I can see the RDS with the NV for aiming.
I don't bridge with a thermal, though. When I am running duals, it's an ANVIS-9 for me.
Right eye dominant, right handed. used it on my left eye. In that case, if you enter a bright building, you can still aim down the sights with your dominant eye.
Whatever comes natural to you is not necessarily what you should do. The purpose of night vision is to see at night. That is perfectly doable with your non-what-naturally-comes-to-you eye. Under nods, most shooting is done using your IR laser. So you won't be looking down sights. However, if you enter a lit area and your night vision eye says "bye," you want to be able to look down the sights with your dominant eye without obstructions. That is at least what I was taught and it has worked well for me.
Two things here.
First, dont think you can run the thermal and PVS together simultaneously. I mean, you can, but they dont work together like fusion or something.
As for the PVS, most wear it over their dominant eye, which is wrong.
If you're right hand dominant/right eye dominant, wear it over your left eye. Also, have it slightly above the center of your eye and slighly angled up. You want to be looking at like the bottom 2/3 of the unit when standing up, head straight, looking forward.
The reason for this is what over your left eye its out of the way of the weapon/sight when shouldering your carbine correctly. That way you can still get a good view through your PVS and stay out of the way of the gun and not run it into your rail or sight constantly. It also allows for your right eye to aim via your RDS if the lights come on/white light is used so instead of flipping shit up or whatever, you just keep going with your right eye and sight. Lights go back off, switch back to PVS14 eye and laser.
Your PVS being up and slightly angled helps with this as you dont need to stand up or keep your head perfectly straight to see through it while on the gun and prevents the 'standing hipfire' stance alot of people get in.
You can also use a sidearm with tritium sights and put the sight picture together in your brain with the PVS eye seeing the target and your right eye seeing the tritium in relation to the target.
I actually prefer a PVS14 for CQB or indoor spaces for these reasons. I have a seperate carbine for using a 14 with a white light on it as opposed to a different setup when using ANVIS9 because of the options and limitations both setups have.
First, dont think you can run the thermal and PVS together simultaneously. I mean, you can, but they dont work together like fusion or something.
As for the PVS, most wear it over their dominant eye, which is wrong.
If you're right hand dominant/right eye dominant, wear it over your left eye. Also, have it slightly above the center of your eye and slighly angled up. You want to be looking at like the bottom 2/3 of the unit when standing up, head straight, looking forward.
The reason for this is what over your left eye its out of the way of the weapon/sight when shouldering your carbine correctly. That way you can still get a good view through your PVS and stay out of the way of the gun and not run it into your rail or sight constantly. It also allows for your right eye to aim via your RDS if the lights come on/white light is used so instead of flipping shit up or whatever, you just keep going with your right eye and sight. Lights go back off, switch back to PVS14 eye and laser.
Your PVS being up and slightly angled helps with this as you dont need to stand up or keep your head perfectly straight to see through it while on the gun and prevents the 'standing hipfire' stance alot of people get in.
You can also use a sidearm with tritium sights and put the sight picture together in your brain with the PVS eye seeing the target and your right eye seeing the tritium in relation to the target.
I actually prefer a PVS14 for CQB or indoor spaces for these reasons. I have a seperate carbine for using a 14 with a white light on it as opposed to a different setup when using ANVIS9 because of the options and limitations both setups have.
I haven't run a true head mounted thermal in combo with a -14 (such as a Breach) but I've played around with my PTS233 and -14's. I'm right eye dominant and preferred the -14 over my right eye. My right eye naturally drifted to the -14. With the brighter image of the 233, when I started focusing on it's screen my left eye switched over pretty quick. When I tried it the other way I had a hard time getting my left eye to stay with the -14.
Everybody's different so you'll have to try it both ways and figure out what works best for you. I don't see any disadvantage to using the -14 right vs left eye if you're using an IR laser with no urgent need to not take the extra second to swing the device out of your way or stow it to get on an RDS (like a 2 way range). I'm referring to using an articulating bridge.
Thanks for the responses.
I’m NOT trying to fuse thermal & NV. I plan on using each independently, just bridged together on an IC-14. Mod Armory sent my IC-14 opposite of what they stated was their default, which is Breach over left eye. I think I want it the default way, because I’ve been running the Breach over my left eye since for the two years I’ve owned it.
My PVS-14 should be delivered today, so I can finally mount both. Just curious as to what the more experienced philosophies were out there to consider before deciding if I should bother returning the bridge for the original (correct default) configuration.
I’m cross dominant (left eye dominant, right handed shooter—that is not going to change, so don’t bother), and just a regular guy dinking around with cool stuff. I do intend to do some clandestine pest removal ops, but no door kicking, shoot house blasting, or jihadi smoking is on my radar at this point in time. I have an Steiner I2 IR laser and would like to maintain the option to utilize a RDS if I wish.
I’m NOT trying to fuse thermal & NV. I plan on using each independently, just bridged together on an IC-14. Mod Armory sent my IC-14 opposite of what they stated was their default, which is Breach over left eye. I think I want it the default way, because I’ve been running the Breach over my left eye since for the two years I’ve owned it.
My PVS-14 should be delivered today, so I can finally mount both. Just curious as to what the more experienced philosophies were out there to consider before deciding if I should bother returning the bridge for the original (correct default) configuration.
I’m cross dominant (left eye dominant, right handed shooter—that is not going to change, so don’t bother), and just a regular guy dinking around with cool stuff. I do intend to do some clandestine pest removal ops, but no door kicking, shoot house blasting, or jihadi smoking is on my radar at this point in time. I have an Steiner I2 IR laser and would like to maintain the option to utilize a RDS if I wish.
In a hunting context... I put 14 on my dominant (right) eye so that my brain seems to default to this view. I then have to focus across or wink to see thermal more.
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