Hi Salty,
thanks for sharing your experiences with nightvision devices here. I´m also very interested in these kind of equipment for watching owls, nightjars and bats in the dark. A few months ago I ordered the Minox NV 300 which is a generation 1 device. It has a cheap plastic housing and was broken in two halfs when arrived. It was possible to gave it a short try though. The optics seemed to be ok for the price but built quality was awful anyway so I sent it back. I wrote my experiences to Minox but they didn´t answer anything. A few weeks later I saw the same device under another brand name in a catalogue for hunting equipment. Because of the damage the Minox NV had I wasn´t able to try it under real conditions in the field. I´m still not sure if a NV device can give satisfying results for watching animals that are comparable small like birds or bats. Did you have any opportunities to try yours for birdwatching in the night?
Steve
thanks for sharing your experiences with nightvision devices here. I´m also very interested in these kind of equipment for watching owls, nightjars and bats in the dark. A few months ago I ordered the Minox NV 300 which is a generation 1 device. It has a cheap plastic housing and was broken in two halfs when arrived. It was possible to gave it a short try though. The optics seemed to be ok for the price but built quality was awful anyway so I sent it back. I wrote my experiences to Minox but they didn´t answer anything. A few weeks later I saw the same device under another brand name in a catalogue for hunting equipment. Because of the damage the Minox NV had I wasn´t able to try it under real conditions in the field. I´m still not sure if a NV device can give satisfying results for watching animals that are comparable small like birds or bats. Did you have any opportunities to try yours for birdwatching in the night?
Steve
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