Reviews & Ratings for Armasight PVS-14 Gen 3 1x Multi-Purpose Night Vision Monocular — 2 reviews — Page 1

Works exactly as the ones we used in the war and in training. I did get the white version and I do like it better than the green phosphor. I am paring it with an Armasight thermal monocular for a complete night set. Too bad we are stuck with civi PAC-15s.

Pinnacle tubes are a high standard of measurement. An Elbit thin-filmed Pinnacle tube surrounded by like-quality components makes for a shining example of the ubiquitous PVS-14. Armasight's strength and history renders into this excellent monocular. In a world is full of garage-wrenching night vision entrepreneurs, it's comforting to have the no BS street cred of this seasoned manufacturer. I've personally been out in the field with these PVS-14s countless times, often with pigs and coyotes and other beasts involved, alive and/or dead. One of these NODs are usually around my neck on its shoestring lanyard. The skull crusher works fine but for serious work or longevity you should have a helmet of some kind.
Pinnacle tubes are clean and powerful with excellent contrast. Bloom is lower than with many unfilmed units I've used. Housing, optics, and switches are quality without shortcuts. Comes with full accessories including skull-crusher and J-arm.
I used both the 2000 FOM minimum and and 2376 version, and both are shockingly great. Used separately, the 2000 minimum FOM units and the 2376 minimum units are not distinguishable from one another except when they are compared next to each other. Then the difference is readily apparent, if tested properly in the blackest conditions and some bright light objects thrown in for testing bloom. 2376 minimum units are a thing to behold, and "shine" when used in the most demanding light conditions.
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