Best value bravo tube, spots hardly matter, price does! - Armasight BNVD-40 1x27mm Bravo Gen 3 IIT Dual Channel Night Vision Binoculars

These are the workhorses you find in the field. Dual Bravo tubes, a few spots, save a ton. The housings, optics, and electronics have been proven by armies around the world as well as pig hunters around America. And people like me.
Robust, articulable barrels allow you to choose one aided eye or both. This works great to keep your biological night vision with one eye and not contaminate it with light. Use either barrel or both at the same time. It shuts off automatically when raised vertically on a helmet mount and powers on when lowered to horizontal. Armasight has their own Wilcox G24 helmet mount in gunship grey and it's the best of its kind. I used this mount on Armasight's grey bump helmet, and it is the perfect combination when well-fitted.
Lower the goggles into the perfect place quickly due to the integral IPD adjustments. The barrels have IPD (interpupillary distance) stops that can be tailored to fit your eyes perfectly. These glasses offer an excellent standard 40-degree FOV that is about as far across as the eye can see at one time. Eye relief is good and I had no issues when viewing with eye protection.
Comes with horn and dovetail mounting attachments but you really should use the dovetail interface for the best performance, especially when paired with the cantilever weight of a night vision unit hanging in front of your eyes.
Coupled with a Wilcox G24 mount on your well-fitting helmet you have capabilities that a single monocular cannot do. Some depth of field and two separate intensifier tubes with a manual gain allow you to tailor the goggle performance to your scenario.
I've never seen a blemish large enough to significantly diminish the capabilities of a night vision unit. Blemishes are a fact of manufacturing like a scratch on your car and I recommend purchasers take a long look at imperfect Bravo tubes, since spots save money and detract almost nothing. Save a ton and overlook a few spots. Bravo tubes are smart purchases.
Choose between Elbit thin-filmed white or green phosphor. White has been trending for years now, but many users still prefer the more soothing green color in the field, especially for long periods of use. I find this true.
The controls are easy, two knobs in front. Eye and objectives move smoothly and adjust the way precision equipment is supposed to. The housing is tough, it's certainly not that delicate.
The weight in front of a helmet may get to you after a session, but I have not found that a counterweight is required for shorter uses. I experimented with the Armasight battery pack in the rear but found that a Velcro pack with a couple of accessory weights from an MDT rifle chassis weighed a lot more and resulted in better balance for longer wear times. It takes regular use with headgear to eventually strengthen those neck muscles.
Aiming is possible with these goggles through NV compatible dots and 1x scopes, but it's pretty goofy and depends on other ingredients such as how high the optic is, what kind of stock you're using, and if you're using earmuffs. Yes, you can aim, but it's pretty goofy and depends greatly on focus. It's not always very practical. But what is a dream, is actively aiming using a laser device, either visible or IR lasers. It's life-changing with night vision goggles and well-fitting headgear.
These goggles have a minimum of 1400 FOM, and since normal maximum allowable export of FOM is 1200, you're already getting a product that's guaranteed to perform better than most of the world can get its hands on. Pretty cool.
In the world of night vision, everyone talks about FOM, which isn't the end-all and doesn't tell all the tales. But at 1400 FOM out of the box, these units seem miraculous. Consider a Bravo tube with some spots and smile with money saved. You can expect zero diminished capabilities if you overlook a couple of beauty marks.