NIght Vision adapters for day scopes
Can anybody provide me with positive or negative info on the Yukon NVMT Night Adapter for a Optical Riflescope? It’s a Generation 1 night vision adapter that you can place on an existing day scope. I’m interested in using NV on my new .25 Condor and although it would be nice to save a few bucks, I’d like to make sure I’m not making a mistake.
I like the $400 price range compared to spending two thousand plus for gen 2 technology. But at what cost in quality? I hate cutting corners and did not do so when building my.25 and scope. But when is enough enough?
I’d appreciate any other NV suggestions as well
Thanks
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Pab,
A couple people had mentioned that at times they’ve experienced spider webs and blurring around the edges of the lenses in all different makes & models, and that it’s nice to hand pick if possible. I’d like to hear from others as well if this is their experience…
Ohh, muchos jealous 😎 😎
Why would the guy say he would handpick one with clear lenses ? 😕
Does this mean that some of them are not clear?? 😯
It seems there’s no end in sight regarding what one can spend on night vision. $300 to $9,000!!! But I figured I’d regret it if I put gen 1 technology on my new AAA Talon Tuned .25…
So after getting all kinds of great advice from Yellow Ninja I decided to step up to the next level and went for an NV attachment for day scopes. I chose the gen 2 ATN PS-22. YN sent me all kinds of great info and links to messages he had posted on TAG in the past about several different units. There were a few he recommended and they all seemed to be way better than what I initially was looking at. I chose the PS22 for the overall flexibility for my purposes.
Thanks again YN…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl5FqNfSYiQ
The sales rep from ATN (Gil) was very helpful as well. He actually went in back and hand picked a unit for me to insure I’d get clear lenses. Very cool!
Again, it’s more than I wanted to spend but I’d rather have initial buyers remorse than have inadequate equipment that I’d end up replacing down the line…
Alexng,
Thanks for the info. Could you post some photos of your setup on the gun?
I researched the heck out of both of these products. It comes down to two things. The money — and using either gen 1 or gen 2 NV technology.
The Yukon set up uses gen 1 and is in the $400 range. The ATN night spirit full set up is about $1300 direct from ATN and for an extra $200 you get the CGT bulb which enhances pixelation from 40-45 up to 45-54. They have a catalogue with downloadable info, the night spirit is on page 11. My understanding is their gen2 technology is far greater than the gen1 from Yukon.
Let me know if anybody has any “real world” video or info on these two products.
I do not have any experience with the ATN night spirit but I just received my Yukon NVMT 2X24 and NVMT adapter for daytime riflescope. I too was not too sure if the Yukon will perform for me. I have been using the set-up for the past 3 nights now and so far I have been very happy with it. The adapter comes with an infrared illuminator which really makes a big difference when you turn it on versus the built-in illuminator that comes with the NVMT 2X24. I do not use the built-in illuminator anymore because the illuminator that came with the adapter is more than enough for me. One thing nice about the illuminator is that it uses 2 AA batteries. I bought both the NVMT 2X24 (YK24021)and NVMT adapter for daytime riflescope (YK29047) from Spyder Tactical.com for just $300.00. These items are not listed at their website, but if you contact Victoria (owner) she would be more than happy to help.
YN posted up some comparison photos of his gen 1 and gen 2 when I was investigating them.
Gen 2 is CONSIDERABLY better, enough to save up the extra cash to get one.
Thanks for the link on the Yukon. It was very informative.
I researched the heck out of both of these products. It comes down to two things. The money — and using either gen 1 or gen 2 NV technology.
The Yukon set up uses gen 1 and is in the $400 range. The ATN night spirit full set up is about $1300 direct from ATN and for an extra $200 you get the CGT bulb which enhances pixelation from 40-45 up to 45-54. They have a catalogue with downloadable info, the night spirit is on page 11. My understanding is their gen2 technology is far greater than the gen1 from Yukon.
Let me know if anybody has any “real world” video or info on these two products.
Check this out. The Yukon is talked about:
http://talonairgun.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9394&highlight=yukon
can you post a link to those adapters , I thinking about the same thing .
Thanks for the info.
I also just received info on the ATNnight visionMO4. A monocular with an adapter to put on the day scope. It seems like they make some nice ones
as well. I called the dealer directly and it looks like I can get it in the gen2 series for a little more than a grand. More than I want to spend but it’s probably worth it. It looks like I’ll have to spend at least that much to make NV an asset.
Let me know if you guys have any other opinions or ideas. A .25 cal Condor with all the mods deserves a good day scope/night vision setup.
I do not know this particular Yukon device. But if all you want is to take out some poor critter at night, a decent Gen I device with some IR light should be fine. If you can’t use additional IR light and/or you want more details (for night wildlife watching etc.), then Gen II will be much better and might be worth the extra $$$.
I use a US$ 250 Night Detective monocular together with Nikko Stirling 3-9×40 scope and a 40W light bulb-based IR floodlight (automotive lamp + IR pass-thru filter).
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Why would the guy say he would handpick one with clear lenses ? 😕
Does this mean that some of them are not clear?? 😯
Its not the lenses, its the Intensifier tube. Even tubes off the same production line will be better than other’s. One might have a higher resoltion, or fewer black spot’s or better gain than another that was made the same way.
I had two ATN patriot’s at the same time, one had a black spot but awesome picture, other one had a clean display (no spots) but the picture was noticably poorer.
Thats why you often see specifications encompassing a range like 20-25 or 64+ rather than a definite number.