Took a risk on a bravo. its a good unit. - Armasight MNVD-51, 1x19 mm Bravo Gen 3 IIT, Multi-Purpose Night Vision Monocular, 51 Degree FOV

First. Its a good unit. I was nervous. But its a great deal. I was initially going to give this unit to my son, but I like it enough that I bridged it with my PVS-14 to make a binocular rig instead.
I have a Photonis Gen 2 GT-14, and a gen 3 L3 unfilmed aviation grade PVS-14, in addition to this Bravo MNVD-51. So a low end and a high end in addition to this one. This Bravo unit outperforms standard gen 2 in light gathering, resolution was good. Both of my existing units are 64 res and 72 res. This bravo unit was equal in clarity at 64 res. In terms of performance, the light gathering capability was on par with my higher end unit, and stomped the Gen 2 under extremely difficult conditions (rural deep woods under heavy canopy on a night with no moon and heavy cloud cover and light rain). Under extremely difficult conditions the lower FOM on this unit -- being a Bravo unit the SNR was lower than pinnacle units -- I had to manually adjust the gain down to darken the image (still usable though!!) in order to reduce the distracting noise (particles swimming in your view effect). The Gen 2 suffered similar SNR under extremely dark circumstances, but the bravo unit has manual gain so I could adjust it to reduce the nosie. Big benefit. With the gain cranked, there was a good amount of noise under extremely dark conditions. With gain adjusted down, the noise cleared up as the image darkened somewhat. I was still able to see out a couple hundred yards whereas with out NVG it was dead black to the naked eye.
Using an extrenal IR illuminator cleaned up the scene for all three units out to easily a half mile while still remaining dead black dark to naked eye.
All 3 units performed nearly equal under typical night time scenarios in city outskirts (quarter to half moon, clear sky, ambient light from small town 10 miles away, in open field).
Both of my existing units did NOT have inclusions (blemish spots/specks). So I was nervous about getting a bravo unit because I was spoiled. The bravo unit I got had roughly 7 specks. None in zone 1, 3 in zone 3 and 4 in zone 3. They were super tiny. I did not notice them during actual use. It was bringing the unit indoors and turning it on at a blank white wall that I was able to identify them. They are NOT distracting during use. I got more dirt/dust/bark/branch/lint/whatever on my perfect tubes lenses just taking them out and using them. The inclusions/specks/blemishes/whatever you want to call them really dont make a difference during use. I expected them to be more distracting. Especially after being so spoiled with my other two speck-free units.
I paid about 1600 for my Gen 2 and about 5000 for my aviation grade top tier unfilmed gen 3. This bravo unit rings in at about 2 grand ( get it on sale, during holiday event, etc., for best bang for the buck). It is totally worth it and a good unit for a starter or budgeting person. It will do the trick for you. Its not $5k top tier performance. But it is roughly equivalent to $3K gen 3 performance for a grand less in cost. You simply cannot find something with this much impact to your capability at this price point. I seriously debated buying all the other ones in stock just to sell them to friends at a small profit and STILL get them units that would make them seriously night capable for less than they could find anywhere else. All in all, these are good little units at an amazing price point, being cheaper than most gen 2 units but delivering gen 3 light enhancement. If this was all I had, I would be good to go. And in fact, I will probably use this bravo as my primary unit during night navigation and practice because it works great and if I accidentally break it, I wont cry as much as if I break my $5k unit.