You mention that in your opinion, it’s important to go with the L3Harris manufactured PVS-31A. Is there any reason not to opt for the Armasight or ATN version instead?
@@joncampo1627 I’m actually not though. Biden is an awful president. After Nixon and Buchanan he may be the next worst. It’s just a lame joke that people are still repeating 6 months later. I get it president dipshit left 80 billion in military equipment there.
@@projekt679 but we did give them several "near peer" armaments including NODs and thermals and now we need Sig and big mil contractors to come up with better killing machines on the taxpayer dime.
Had some 31's for a previous job. Was really impressed by them. It's really nice being able to shoot passive and still see what's going on in front of you. I'm just not a fan of the power button. I've found them dead in my kit bag while doing PMCS. I ended up just carrying them in my kit bag with the battery compartment unscrewed so it wouldn't get bumped on and kill the battery while in my bag. But yeah, agreed; they're really awesome.
For anyone out there, dont feel like you need to spend an extra 3 grand for the extra clarity "fom". Even a budget gen 3 tube is clear enough to see everything ya need it to
@@twdunn9 I never believed in how much better they are glass wise until I tried them.. even high spec NVS don't impress me now. If the system resolution cant match the crazy tube specs then what's the point in paying so much. IMO
I'd love to have some 31s but honestly if i had that cash to spend I'd get a couple of pair of bridged 14s to peel off and share with my brokedick friends and keep running my gen 3 white phos single 14 when necessary. Night vision is a really lonely hobby when you are doing it on your own.
This is so true lol. Buying night vision isn’t the hard part, it’s finding someone else whose willing to buy it too and do it with you that’s the real hurdle lol 😥
@@revvyishonisd5027 I've been trying for two years since i got my 14 to talk my bros into getting nods with no luck. I'm starting to think it's something you either get or you don't. I run mine alsmost daily. Enough that i don't bother taking the battery out anymore lmao. Dry firing and moving under nods doesnt necessarily require teammates but it sure would make it more fun and less routine.
My 31a’s don’t as a housing don’t stand up to my DTNVS or ULBNVDs, both of which I prefer. I hate that the pods don’t power off when rotated up, drives me crazy.
Following a bunch of groups on fb about NV it seems like I went the right route getting RNVGs. It seems like 31s are incredibly fragile and hard to get serviced if you have the real l3 stuff (because Harris is busier than fuck)
Also before someone goes “ohH SoO hEavY” they really arent bad with a proper counterweight and lightweight bridge. Weight is on par with pvs15’s, around 24oz.
That’s way to cheap for dual 14’s . I’m in for about 7g’s for my set up . Dual 14’s gen3 green phos , bnpm from tnvg . My first 14 is 1900 fom and my new one is 2390 fom from usnv . I really can’t tell the difference between the two .
@@RocRIght805 I paid around $4500 for one pvs14. L3 unfilmed white phosphor. Now if I want to match that, I hVe to drop another amount close to that. Before all the accessories And mounting.
@kit badger what jacket is that? Also in my previous life, I absolutely LOVED my 31s.... wish I could have taken em with me when i ETS'd . Now its unfortunately very hard to use anything that isnt very close in overall quality and feature set and be satisfied, the long road of more saving continues in order to purchase my own set......
Depends on your tubes, l3harris manufactured unfilmed tubes will last upwards of 20,000 hours of cumulative run time. Id bet that most tubes die due to someone fucking them up, from either physical damage or by leaving them on(theyll burn an image onto the screen if you overexpose them, sort of like old CRTVs) or by hitting them with a powerful enough laser(which can instantly leave burn marks visible on the phosphor screen) The housing is made to be pretty durable but thats the cheapest part of the unit so it isnt that big of a deal if it breaks, lots of 3rd party manufactured units have 10yr warranties on the housings. The lenses are about as durable as any optic, though i wouldnt recommend shooting sims at them or anything(thats what sacrificial lens covers are for)
If I was gonna go all out and buy some NVG’s I would go with PVS-3151 gen3 white phos if I was gonna go with mid tear I’d get a set of PVS-31C gen2 white phos price is(£5000) but I’ve never had a set of NVG’s so to begin with I’d go PVS-7 gen 2 green phos (£2500) which tbf £2500 seems cheep for legit night vision. This is all in the UK. Can anyone advise on what set and gen I should get to get started in night vision?
Yes. Brass facts does a good video on this if you’re interested in seeing more. The image is actually better than what was shown. The image coming through them is analog, so when recorded with a camera and uploaded to RU-vid (and compressed) you lose image quality.
you couldn't afford the best if it was available lol they could easily make some crazy liquid cooled 1080p thermal binoculars for a couple hundred grand
You do realize that Ukraine will be Afghanistan 2.0 x100 in terms of pro war propaganda and western aid in military equipment. There are already Russian units with captured FGM-148 Javelins. $175k a pop and can destroy any western armor. A lot of this crap will make it's way to China and they'll clone them up to use on us.
