Review for Night Owl Optics 4x Night Vision Monocular - Waterproof NONM4XMR

Author: antony martin {!} from wake forest, NC on Jan 6, 2009
Pros:  Well made, has a zippered case
Cons:  An arm strap would be nice,
Would recommend:  yes

antony martin wrote:

This is my first personal night vision scope. I spent time checking all my options and looking at friends night visions and glad that I choose this one. For the price it is hard to beat. I use it when boating of a night to spot channel markers, bouys and obticles its amazing how I ever did without it! It also works well for Deer, Racoon and critter spotting, once you get familiar with how to focus properly that is, I dont know what is normal but it does have what I think is an unusual two part way of focusing, took me 15mins to figure it out! You need to focus the eye piece first and then the lens at front once you get the hang its very clear and sharp even in forest cover with no real light. It has two buttons one is the on off switch which lets me focus and see most things without heavy battery use and other is the IR switch, it is well placed. I only hit the IR when needed for extra clarity, a nice feature I think. There are obviously alot of other nightvision choices available but for the money I believe this is a good example of a GEN1 night vision system with 4x power and it works great for me. Its fun and everyone will want to look through it! I would strongly suggest getting an arm strap so that new users can learn to focus and push buttons without dropping it.