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

[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...

[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!

[Eleven]

Someone got my 11 year old son some of those kiddie night vision goggles, and they are pretty cool!

Hah even I have fun with these!

[DPD6030]

We have some Russian made NV goggles at work. They are gen I but they work great. Just don't let a car headlight or other bright light come at ya or you'll be blind. We also have a hand held flir unit. I haven't used it much since I don't want to be the one to break the $20K toy but what I have noticed is I can follow vehicle tracks and see where a vehicle was. Humans turn up yellow,red and white which is great. Again, I agree with the rest as the battery doesn't last too long.

I like this one. Waiting for the price to come down on FLIR before I get one.
Ebay has some.

I just have two little pieces of info to add.

A.) Don't put it off too long to buy them because I heard that D.H.S. may put the kibosh on sales of NV equipment to citizens.

B.) When you do get them, Take a little time looking into the nighttime sky with them. Supposedly you can see all sorts of "stuff" in outer space flying around. I'l expand on what I mean later if you want me to.

[Eleven]

Originally Posted by catfish2

B.) When you do get them, Take a little time looking into the nighttime sky with them. Supposedly you can see all sorts of "stuff" in outer space flying around. I'l expand on what I mean later if you want me to.

I wanna know!

[Ranger_B]

Depending on price and who you are affiliated with I would look into something like these:http://www.ownthenight.com/id81.html

[icehog3]

Originally Posted by catfish2

I just have two little pieces of info to add.

A.) Don't put it off too long to buy them because I heard that D.H.S. may put the kibosh on sales of NV equipment to citizens..

He's a Fed, so he would likely be exempt from the "citizen" tag.

Originally Posted by catfish2

B.) When you do get them, Take a little time looking into the nighttime sky with them. Supposedly you can see all sorts of "stuff" in outer space flying around. I'l expand on what I mean later if you want me to.

I'd like you to expand right now, Don.

[sikk50]

I'll be waiting for the UFO expansion pack...wait...what?