Good for the price - ATN DNVM-4 Digital Night Vision 4x Monocular

This is my first night vision purchase so I can only compare it to older generation scopes I used in the military decades ago. With that said, I am impressed with how well this little scope sees in the dark. One thing you should be aware of is that it doesn't "see" well looking through a glass window. You need to be outside in order to see any distance over 25 ft. Outside I can see about 75 yards with no problem. It also works best with the IR light. In fact it needs to be on if you want to see further than 50 yards. I can now see the deer in the back yard at about 60 yards and people walking down the pitch black road in front of my house at about 40 yards. Very good detail as long as you use the IR light. I do not remember the older Starlight Scopes being so bright that they hurt my eyes. This scope seems too bright even when I turn down the brightness. I know it is a different technology but when I turn down the brightness it looses detail very quickly. This may not be an issue for younger people but I am nearly 60 so it may just be that my eyes are more sensitive now. Even with it's short comings I would buy this scope again for the price. I know it works well enough that I can now see what is lurking around the house in the dark. It is amazing to see all kinds of smaller animals that routinely run across the yard and get the dog barking! Other than occasionally having to adjust the gain when I first turn it on, I had no issues with it working. I read a few reviews about no neck sling attachment. Be aware that it does have a threaded nut on the bottom so it can be mounted on a camera type tripod. You can easily screw a rifle sling mount into that for a neck sling so you won't drop it. I have not used it enough to rate the battery life but it is holding its own after about two hours of off and on. 20 years ago a scope like this would have cost well over a $1000. Take advantage of this now very affordable technology.