What a unit for the price. I do not give recommendations that often, but on this item you bet. Clear, picture with little star cover. Hit the IR and the distance is incredible and still a clear picture. Can't go wrong with this item. The black and white imagery is much better than the typical green.

After soliciting opinions here and weighing all the options, I decided to "put my toe in the water" and purchase a Yukon "Ranger" Digital Night Vision. http://www.opticsplanet.net/yukon-di...ger-28041.html For $399, I'm impressed. Now I've never owned a pair of NVGs (night-vision glasses), but having worked on the FLIR back in 1989, I know a little about what is a good image picture compared to what isn't. The clairity of the picture is very good. From 30 feet away, in complete darkness I could make out perfectly the "FORD" lable on my Excursion. I took it out to the backyard where the dog is and I could easily follow her around the yard with exceptional detail. Of interest is that when she looked straight at the NVGs, the Infra-red light shone quite nicely off the back of her retina. Thus, if you use these for hunting varminents like coyotes if they look at you they are giving themselves away. The unit came with power cord so you can use the 12V battery of your car ...
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it works but is fiddly to set up & focus. You can't just switch it on & survey whats around, you have to fiddle with the inter-play between 3 controls, by that time your quarry may have gone.

Fantastic thing I would tell you. I was amazed at its performace and ergonomics. And the image quality is simply the best. What I also like is Ranger's black and white picture vs green in tube based units.

great value. easily recognize coyote sized game at 300 yards with only 1/4 moon. much greater range than others i've used.