Reviews & Ratings for Night Optics D-300 Gen 2+ Standard Night Vision Monocular — 9 reviews — Page 1

These are excellent for the price. Granted they are not gen3, but in my opinion, are close. I bought a second one and mounted them on a ModArmoury dual PVS14 mount. For a smidge under 2500 bucks, I have the equivalent of a PVS15 system. The only issue with these is several dark spots are visible on both units. This is common for NVG, but less visible on higher end gen3. Overall, very pleased with my purchase.

I seen this while browsing and tried to research it more. My search left me highly disappointed, there’s only one video on YouTube and it isn’t the greatest so that left me with trusting the reviews here. Let me tell ya, they ain’t wrong. This is a fabulous unit for the price. It’s certainly no PVS14 but it’s not lacking much. I was able to see a barn at 300yds under a full moon. The built IR isn’t very good, in fact it just plan sucks unless you’re using it for walking. With some decent ambient light you can see farther with the IR off vs when it’s on. When it’s on you get a flood effect and can see great in the IR path but beyond the beam is flooded out to the point that you can’t see past the beam. The one I received does have blems in the tube. It’s not noticeable unless you’re looking for it, which typically wouldn’t be a big deal except mine is dead center zone 1. I should probably knock a star off for that reason but chose not to because of how well it preforms so far. It also comes with a nice padded case for storage. As far as viewing critters and such, so far I’ve been ok about 70yds or so. Now that was also under a full moon. I have a Dbal coming in a few days, hopefully I can give an update when I try it with a better IR.

After quite a bit of research I decided to pick up the d-300 to suit my needs. I was looking for a beginner NVG setup and this certainly is far beyond my expectations. The image is clear and I could not find and black spots on the image. Expected Tube life is roughly 5000 hours which is far beyond what I expect to need. Do your research and don’t hesitate to pick this up for a beginner setup.

Ordered the NVD and received it 5 days later. The unit is well made. tube has no blems. Item was well worth the money. I am impressed with the distance i can see with the IR being used. If needed the IR has 2 setting.

I am satisfied in really like the clarity of the night vision although I do wish the adjustments were tighter and not so easy to move Because sometimes while training It gets knocked out of focus Play besides that it is a very nice night vision monocle and definitely worth the money

I never owned a gen 2 device before so my knowledge was based on forums, reviews, and videos. I have to say I was very impressed. The image is very clear, and on a star lit no moon night I could clearly see objects at 100yds at the end of my rural very dark property. Once its properly focused you can easily make out details. The IR illuminator is really only useful at close range or indoors, and not necessary under star light. But under really dark skies you will want something more substantial for longer ranges - probably true for any of these devices.

It has no gate so you need to use caution and keep the daytime lens cap on whenever in a lit area or you can damage the tube. One problem, and the reason it didn't get 4 stars is the daytime lens cap has a very flimsy retaining cable. And it broke just under normal use removing it from the device. I was lucky to be standing on concrete so it was easy to find. But it was easy to repair so not a big deal. A better daytime lens cap retainer might be something Night Optics should consider for an otherwise great product.

I bought these at $899 using coupon combined with sale price. I figured for close to gen 1 prices why not. Well it got here and after a basic shake down I am pretty impressed. Is it a pvs-14 no but it compares favorably. I ran it out to 60yards under moonlight and no problems making out fine details will probably do 100 based on performance, way better than anything in this price range. Honestly I was gonna buy these to motivate me to buy another set of gen 3's. After running these a few nights though I think they are keepers. Tube quality is pretty good with one small black spec at the 8 o'clock spot. They focus very well. I tend to use ir as little as possible and these allowed me to do so much more than imagined, the ir works well and picture focuses remarkably well. Without autogating off feature, will have to be a bit more careful than the gen 3s . It is heavier than my polymer gen 3's but no overly so. Lastly I wish the off/on/if switch locked (like lift then turn) between setting as I could see it turning on in a pouch or switching to ir at the wrong time. Either way they are worth the cost, gen 1 stuff doesn't come ANYWHERE close, I've try a few of the highest rated and just shook my head. Glad I picked them up and will let my buddies compare these and pvs-14's to help them chose.

Updated review. Got it out in the woods an around large bodies of water. Worked great. Could resolve structures across the bay 3.5 miles away. Could clearly target boat pier pilings over 300 yards in half moon full overcast conditions, with lasermax Uni-IR laser. The illuminator works fine in woods but not necessary in most conditions