Sweet, sweet - GoLight Helios Combo Wireless Remote

Having heard that this was a really fun, effective device for night observation, I swallowed hard on the price and bit. After a notice that it could be a couple of weeks coming, it arrived a day or so later.

As with any new tech, I was anticipating a learning curve or some difficulties, some aggravation. There was none of that, just plug it in, turn it on, and go. Calibration is automatic - not manual, and no need to remember to cover the lens to do it. Adjust the brightness with one button and that's it. Two remotes are supplied, so there's a choice of mounted controller ore hand held. It does require two cigarette lighter plugs close to each other so I bought a splitter and it works fine. Absolutely a ten for setup.

I do not know of any competing units. In shopping around for vehicle mounted IR I was ready to give up before finding this one. Certainly I have no experience with any, so I can't evaluate resolution, sensitivity, etc., except in comparison to my IR riflescopes. Hard to compare the image on a tiny screen in a scope to a 7" display, and I have yet to actually use it "in the field," but seems very satisfactory.