Like daylight at night - L3 AN/PVS-31A Binocular Night Vision Device

This was my first real plunge into actually useful night vision (compared to a gen 1 toy). The difference is Earth-shatteringly different, as one would expect. The goggles are very lightweight and the battery pack is a great feature that helps to balance the helmet setup. I went out and shot a NV match for the first time with these on a very heavy cloud cover night, and it was still incredibly bright with minimal difficulty picking out targets even to 120 yards. The contrast these have and the manual gain are awesome features. L3 filmless WP is truly the way to go if you're dropping the kind of money that NODs cost. It does suck how much they cost, but they really are worth every penny.