Night Owl Explorer Marine Pro Night Vision Scope
Product Description
The powerful Marine Pro is the ultimate, premium performing monocular that combines exceptional engineering advancements of a 100% waterproof body structure with features such as a 48mm high-grade camera quality lens with 5x image magnification. The solid construction and rubber-coated night blue finish combined with ergonomic soft-touch control buttons and indicator lights make the NOCX5M a top line performer.Amazon.com Review
I have been looking for an affordable night vision scope for years, and I believe I have found it in the aptly named Night Owl Explorer. The well-thought-out design and powerful optics make this scope a pure pleasure to use. Since finding it, I have spent many nights standing on my back porch exploring with my eyes the area around my home.
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| With the Night Owl, you will see an image as if you just looked through a regular optical device, except the image will appear in a monochrome green color. |
This little gem literally turns night into day: There is not an area in my yard that is not visible to me, even on the darkest of nights. It works like a powerful spotlight, directing a very bright beam visible only through the lens.
The Night Owl fit my hand perfectly, and the deep blue rubber outer coating made for a nice look and feel, while also weatherproofing the unit. The handy strap held it tight to my palm, placing both the Power and the Illuminator buttons directly under my fingers for easy control. The care taken with the Night Owl extends to the smallest of details, including power management: Simply setting it down turns the power off so you will never accidently run the batteries down. --Dave Cole
Pros
- Small and lightweight
- Ergonomic design
- Effectively turns night into day
- Water resistant
- Built-in Illuminator
Cons
- No tripod mounting
- Separate focus for front and rear lenses
- Slightly soft focus at the edges of the field
The Night Owl Explorer Marine Pro night-vision scope gives you a premium performance tool that is engineered to higher than usual specifications. The two-piece body is coated in a "night blue" weather-resistant rubber, making this monocular ideal for hiking, fishing, nocturnal wildlife observations, and many other outdoor activities where you don't want to worry about the weather damaging your equipment. It can be used within a temperature range of -22 to 113 degrees F (-30 C to 45 degrees C).
The high-grade objective lens has a focal length of 80mm and gives you a camera quality, 5x magnification level and superior optical resolution. When the sturdy construction and rubber-coated, 100-percent waterproof finish is combined with the ergonomic soft-touch control buttons and indicator lights, you get a high-quality monocular equipped with exceptional engineering advancements. Requires one 3V lithium battery to operate.
November 20th, 2009 - 05:31
I’ve only had this thing for 2 weeks but am quite impressed with it. the constuction, size and performace are what you would hope for at this price level.
I’d recommend it to boat owners.
Rating: 5 / 5
November 20th, 2009 - 05:54
I was anticipating this night vision monocular to be great. I was really excited and anxious to get it. When I did, I almost puked with regret.
First of all, it’s heavy and bulky, absolutely not comfortable to carry around for a long time. Second, the viewfinder is so small, it seems you’re watching through a straw, LITERALLY. Third, it’s almost impossible to focus on something. The central focal point is so small that everything around it blurs drastically. Fourth, the minimum focal distance is about 6 feet, anything closer doesn’t focus at all.
Bottom line, paying $200 to look through a straw where everything is blurry sucks.
The worst buy i’ve done in years (and I’ve shopped a bunch). Seriously, I’ve never written a bad review on anything because I didn’t think it was worth it. There’s always a first. PLEASE DON’T BUY, YOU’LL THANK ME LATER.
Rating: 1 / 5
November 20th, 2009 - 05:57
Well, for the price, you cant really complain. The only problem I read in other reviews and found true myself was the battery issue.
The battery does not fit, so in turn, it doesnt work. I had to rig it a little with wiring so the battery would fit inside and get a connection. Aside from that, the night vision is Gen1 and fine.
I probably viewed approx 35 yards without IR. IR is a big help of course…though it can be visibly detected if you are using it ( for those that use it for Paintballing,airsoft etc). But without IR, i was able to see fairly well in at night. It will come in handy for my camping trips and other outdoor activites.
Rating: 4 / 5
November 20th, 2009 - 08:08
The specs say this hummer weighs 3 lbs. but the shipping weight is 1.9lbs.Typo in the specs or in the shipping info?
Rating: 4 / 5
November 20th, 2009 - 10:23
This product does what it says. I use the camera adapter to attach to my Canon EOS-30D.
Rating: 5 / 5