Night Vision

[gettysburgfreak]

Hey guys need some help here. Just started working the night shift and will be spending significant amounts of time laid up in the middle of no where looking for people crossing the Rio Grande. I need a good set of night vision goggles and was hoping some of you guys might offer some recommendations. I would like ones that light up green and not gray. Here are three I am leaning towards.

http://www.binoculars.com/night-visi...nmonocular.cfm

http://www.binoculars.com/night-visi...ightvision.cfm

http://www.binoculars.com/night-visi...wbuiltinir.cfm

You don’t need night vision goggles, you need a night scope on a sniper rifle. Good luck.

[icehog3]

Originally Posted by Tombstone

You don’t need night vision goggles, you need a night scope on a sniper rifle. Good luck.

I think you must have 2010 confused with Cicago in 1968.

Naah...Illegal immigration is destroying our nation. It is putting an incredible burden on our private sector and tax payers.

[croatan]

Any posts of a political nature or more advocating shooting foreigners , and this thread is history. Please stick to the topic.

[JE3146]

What's your budget?

Generation 1 units will not help you much.

Gen II or Gen III are really the only way to go if you don't want eye fatigue.

-Z

[TXRebel]

Originally Posted by JE3146

Generation 1 units will not help you much.

PVS7-3A Binos or PVS14-3A Monocular

To add to the brief thread-jack:

I did a bunch of searching and it turns out, the gentleman's name was Ed Grimsley.

http://edgrimsley.com/videos.html

Back to your regularly scheduled programming

Originally Posted by BillyCigars

To add to the brief thread-jack:

I did a bunch of searching and it turns out, the gentleman's name was Ed Grimsley.

http://edgrimsley.com/videos.html

Back to your regularly scheduled programming

Thank you sir.

[icehog3]

Originally Posted by BillyCigars

To add to the brief thread-jack:

I did a bunch of searching and it turns out, the gentleman's name was Ed Grimsley.

[pnoon]

Originally Posted by icehog3

Can Pat Sajak be far behind?

Originally Posted by icehog3

I had a feeling that this one was going to show up. Unfortunately you bought into the military industrial complex/SNL conspiracy to discredit us.

[gettysburgfreak]

Originally Posted by TXRebel

PVS7-3A Binos or PVS14-3A Monocular

Those are the exact units they have at the armory for us to check out. They work pretty damn good. I ended up going with a pair of Gen 1 Bushnells that got really good reviews. I can return them if they don't perform good. I basically want them to see whats around me animal wise as they have a bunch of nasty things in my area of responsibility and to detect any movement I see.

[MiamiE]

CBP doesn't provide you with the necessary equipment?

[JE3146]

Originally Posted by MiamiE

CBP doesn't provide you with the necessary equipment?

I was thinking the same thing myself...

[gettysburgfreak]

Originally Posted by MiamiE

CBP doesn't provide you with the necessary equipment?

We can check them out each night before our shift starts but I would rather be responsible for my own pair. If we bust a 5k dollar pair its a whole set of bs that I don't want to go through.

[sikk50]

If Budget isn't an issue I say go to www.flir.com I can tell you from personal experience in the field, they are the ****!

[SSDVC]

I'll second the FLIR units. Shorter battery life and a bit on the heavy side, but they beat the hell out of night vision.

[SSDVC]

Oh, and I forgot to mention..........hand helds are expensive, really expensive. But very nice!