Excellent performance for the price! - Armasight Prime DC 4x Digital Night Vision Monocular

Well I have had this device for a few weeks and have tested it in a variety of conditions.

Under ideal conditions you can see a decent distance. Not long after I got it I tried it out on a big open field close to my place. I was able to read a highway sign that was about 100 yards away but the cool thing was that the green highway sign was noticeably green.

What really impressed me was how it performed last night on a clear moonless night. I was on a very dark road and was able to make out a street sign 2/10 of a mile away. Further down the road I was not able to see a good distance but that part of the road is in thick forest. All I could see clearly was the area the IR light lit up but with the gain set just right I could still distinguish different colors. I want to stress that everything within the IR lights range was perfectly clear as in I could see various different blades of long grass that stood out.

On my way back home I decided to stop by a pond to see how it would look through the device. Distances ranged from 10-45 yards. While scanning the shore I quickly discovered that a herd of deer were eating and drinking around the pond. And it wasn't just the clear shape of the deer that stood out the most. I could clearly see they were brown deer standing in green vegetation. I did have the IR on and had to fiddle with the gain to really make the color differences stand out. 1 buck, 3 does and a fawn. I was able to make out all this detail and color on a moonless night with very little ambient light from stars and the built in IR light.


I am very impressed with this technology and especially considering how little it costs. The only thing different I would like to see is a 1x version of this scope.
Pros: Clear colorful image.
Cons: None really

This review was written in the old system and had content requirements that are different than reviews written today.