My first purchase of night vision binoculars...and they are awesome! - Sightmark Ghost Hunter 1x24 Night Vision Goggle Binocular Kit

I needed a great pair of night vision binoculars for my amateur arsenal of hunting and survival gear. I absolutely had to buy them at an affordable & reasonable price. My first search started on eBay, whom I'd always found the best price for quality deals if I shopped with patience. I found the Sightmark Ghost Hunter...Binocular kit on eBay for almost $200 more refurbished. For refurnished, the price was absurd...TOTAL BS! Next online shopping choice was Amazon. It was a bust too. Feeling like my hope of finding decent quality affordable night vision binoculars was dieing of oxygen deprivation, I performed a Best Deal online search. Optics Planet.com seemed so reasonable. Keeping in mind that I've never owned a pair, my expectations of the Sightmark Ghost Hunter Night Vision Binoculars was down to earth. I assumed they would be mediocre for the price. I WAS WRONG...SO WRONG...AND I APOLOGIZE FOR MY LACK OF EXPECTATIONS AND CONFIDENCE IN THESE BINOCULARS! THEY ARE AWESOME!!! I goggled the proper way to focus the lens, tested them and the IR feature blew me away. I can't attest their performance like some of the pros who've commented here due to my lack of experience. But I will tell you that I could see the pitch dark night with eyes like an eagle in my opinion. And that was way more than what I expected of a 1st gen night vision binocular. PS: Just call me "HAPPY :-)"