Good quality at a good price - Armasight Vampire 3x CORE IIT Night Vision Rifle Scope

This scope is a night scope and can't be used during the day. It is heavy and bulky but appears to be well built. Sighting in will be more difficult due to the fact that it is not a day/night scope. I have used it mostly handheld but it does mount easily to a rifle with its quick detach mount which is adjustable. It comes with an IR illuminator which does emit a faint red glow which is detectable by the naked eye but is not like a laser. As the intensity of the IR is increased so is the brightness of the glow but still faint especially at distance. I had to zip tie the rubber eye piece which falls off easily. One needs to be able to adjust the focus, on/off switch and IR by feel as it will be done during the dark. There is a warning with this scope not to point it had bright lights. Using it handheld I was able to see features in the pasture behind my house that I could not make out with the naked eye at about 300 yards. I could easily see the fence posts that were further even without the IR . The IR is adjustable for intensity and the beam can be adjusted for wide view or more pin point. Indoor, without any light, the IR is necessary to see anything. I would buy this scope again knowing its limitations. For what I wanted the price was reasonable. To navigate at night using this scope handheld or on a weapon it could be done but by taking baby steps and in no way would be as good as goggles. For seeing what is going bump in the night this scope fits the bill without breaking the bank. The scope has a red cross hair that has a intensity adjustment. I haven't used this scope enough to know how fast it goes through batteries. This scope does not have a bunch of gadgets like others on the market. Those I have heard eat batteries quickly and often times require special costly ones at that.