Twoturbo468 from United States, MN Public Profile

I bought the Armasight N-14 with the HD gen2 tube, and it seems well built, solid, and has worked very well so far. I have only used one other NV device to compare it to, and that was a military gen3 monocular, so I guess this Armasight N14 is being compared to top notch gen3, so its not true apples-apples, but I can say this mono performs at 70-80 percent of that military gen3. The picture quality is what I best describe as like a 480p video format on a crt tv, just to give you an idea. Very good for such a small device. But, the 2 outings I used this device, there was very little star light, and little to no moon under clouds. Worst situation for any NV. With it that dark, or being in a virtually total dark room, the picture is dark and grainy, but this is expected, but turn on the IR, and for an inside area, the picture is much better and bright and smooth. Outside the IR is worthless, but the manual states that clearly. However, on a dark night, sitting on a white snow covered iced over lake, I could be confident in spotting a predator sized animal at least 200 yards away, and easily ID the animal against the ice or cattails at 150. I have noticed later that if there is good moonlight out, the picture is much clearer and brighter and no pixelating like on dark nights. I have toyed with a hi powered IR led, and wow, total complete darkness in an interior room will be lit up brilliantly, so I can bet an add on IR will greatly improve use in very dark areas, at least interio