Night Vision Monocular - Nightfox Prowl Night Vision Goggles, Head or Helmet Mounted, 1x Magnification NVG, 1080p Video Recording, Stealth Infrared 940nm IR, Tactical Digital NODs for Airsoft, Hunting

The Prowl is as advertised: it's a superb digital night vision device set at an appropriate price with awesome extras! I think that I need to address this first: it is NOT US military analog night vision, and it is not supposed to be. This monocular is a digital night vision device with [some] low latency lag that gets you into the night vision "game" as a complete package. I feel like I can't stress enough that the value of the product combined with the head mount is incredible.The device allows you to see a long distance with some ability to distinguish gradient color patterns. It absolutely relies on additional IR light. The onboard IR light is FANTASTIC and can give the optic the ability to see just past 100 yards. You're not going to be sneaking around on a moonless night without the IR... or on a full moon night without the IR either. But it's not advertised to do that - this won't make you silent, give you muscles, or replace a decade of special operations experience; but it's not advertised to do that either. The lag is noticeable, but easy to manage. I can easily walk around the house, inside and outside, and perform tasks with the monocular with little issue - it's more of a "training" issue as opposed to a device issue. You won't buy this and then write a book about killing Bin Laden, but you will buy it and be very satisfied playing airsoft in the dark.The additional features offered by the device are very welcome. The video recording is nice. The zoom is an unexpected benefit that I use regularly. And I would leave a 5 star review just on the headset that is included... did I mention the headset comes with it!!!I highly recommend this product. I'll be saving up to buy another one to run this "dual-tube" style in the future (which you can absolutely do with a bridge from Nightfox). Hopefully I'll be able to update the review with that info one day! I'm not a "cool-guy," but I've been "cool-guy" adjacent for most of my adult life. I've used helmet mounted PVS14 white phosphor dual tubes, and I've had low-light/no-light training. It's not fair to compare the Prowl to a PVS14 when it comes in at 1/20th the price. I was easily able to tell the difference between a possible coyote and a lost beagle outside the house at 75 yards. I run it on my non-dominant eye. Because of the latency and need to use the IR illuminators, this isn't something that I'd "trust my life to" in a tactical situation. But it's super fun to use in the backyard and for things like airsoft, especially at the price point. Nightfox is offering an awesome product at a great price with what you need out of the box to have fun. Buy this because it's fun; don't buy it because an Alex Garland movie scared you.

I have used them for about 6 hours total. Here's my take.ProsBattery only drained one bar from 6 hours of use.Comes with lens protector.Comes with battery and two mounting options (gopro headstrap and dovetail for helmets).Has an oem bridge for dual mounting available.Can see well with illuminators off via moonlight alone.Has green and bw filter options.1080p recording with audio better than nightfox red.To be acknowledged but neutral.It is digital and you will notice the refresh rate.It does have minor magnification similar to the oculus quest 2 pass through mode. If you can navigate under those or the red, navigation under this is a breeze.It does have a manual focus. Which is pretty standard.Cons.There is no dual dovetail or j arm style mount available to my knowledge. I may be mistaken. I am fairly new to night vision.The refresh rate is worse than the nightfox red.The screen quality is pixelated, and would have been worth the extra money for the higher pixel density and refresh rate.The recordings haven't saved consistently on the included micro sd cards. 2/3 were corrupted and unreadable. As well as still being in avi format instead of the much more common mp4. I will be testing different cards than the one included tomorrow. If all goes well it records every video with no corruption. Otherwise the issue is the firmware or the micro sd mounting.Overall take and use case.Due to the sensitivity to pick up everything exposed to moonlight, and the included mounting options, lens protector, and oem dual mount option. It is a really nice piece of gear. That being said. This is best used for slow and tactical airsoft outdoors. It's NEARLY perfect for it. But nightfox red still takes the cake for indoor stuff. Needs a better screen and maybe a firmware update. But it's easily my first pick for outdoors.

Light weight and simple to use

Used. This is my second time getting one of these nightfox prowls. I want a replacement there’s still photos from the previous owner and videos. That isn’t me with my feet kicked up and the device was not taken care of. The device came with fingerprints on the lenses, smudge marks and light scratch marks on the lenses. It makes a grinding sound from all the dirt in the eye adjustment knob. The smudge marks are all around the buttons and on the lenses. The threading looks shredded I paid for a brand new one not this smudged and scratched used version that came updated. Please send another if not I’ll survive just disappointed getting this used one. Returning is just a headache.

Good but received a used camera, so can't use it as a gift as intended. Plastic wrap had been removed. MicroSD card had already been inserted in the camera. That said, controls are straight forward and easy to manipulate. You can figure it out by just pressing the buttons. I like that it has adjustable brightness controls on the eyepiece side. Manual focus knob works fine. Startup is fast. Press one button and it starts working immediately.

this is by far the best NVG in this price range. the fact it has a 1x alone makes it superior but it actually functions very well! has both IR emitters so you can use the 940 for the stealthy aspect of not being visible to the eye or when you need some real flood light and to light up what your looking at the 850 nm works perfect. both lights have 3 levels of brightness making it easy to fine tune your light output.