The Technics wrote:Oh wow...going for 3

Does that make you a triclopes?

setlab wrote:It's gen 1, nothing more then a toy to see maybe 40' at night.

40 feet is enough for me to stay zombie free at night.... so it's all good my friend.

codemode wrote:Why do so many people in Nebraska need night vision...

Children of the Corn comes to mind...

Blackcin wrote:This one is going to take a while. I'd like a Big Oven-roasted Critter please. It'll help me get my christmas shopping done. I'll just buy them and wrap them. Shopping DONE. Who's with me?

Nice big oven roasted critter woot. but I didn't say that. so random! b.a.g. o.f. c.r.a.p.

woot, you're KILLING ME with this sales tax. $150 was all good, util TAX bumped it up to almost $170. Boo tax!

pierre4list wrote:As one not familiar with night vision tech, I wonder if this is infrared rather than something better which might be light amplification. I know good NV gear for a boat is something like $2K and up so this can't be the same or even vaguely similar.

Anyone know what differentiates the various types and generations and methods of NV from each other? Is there a good explanation somewhere?

Read here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_vision

For a nice breakdown of different NV technologies.

You have Gen 1 which is basically toys, to Gen 6.

Gen 6 naturally not available to general public, military only.

Gen 3 is about the most top of the line civilians can purchase.

I'm just trying to figure out daytime usage.

That has me puzzled.

bugzappers2112 wrote:I am going to attempt to reply with, probably light or ir output. If I had a huge ir light source, I could see freckles on yer face with my gen 1 from 300 yrds.

It's obvious that you've never used a gen 3 device. If you have, you'd never make that statement...

woot1woot wrote:woot, you're KILLING ME with this sales tax. $150 was all good, util TAX bumped it up to almost $170. Boo tax!

Code tax sucks gets you free shipping?

I bought one when Woot last had it for sale. I used it on Halloween to see if kids were come down the street. I could see people and make out some detail, but there was some light from the street lights and other houses.

Bogie21 wrote:Read here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_vision

Gives you a nice break down on Gen 1 - Gen 6

Gen 6 naturally not available to general public, military only.

Gen 3 is about the most top of the line civilians can purchase.

You can find some 3+/4 out there, but they are really expensive (last I looked was something like $5k for one without zoom)... Not to mention hard to find...

bugzappers2112 wrote:Well worth the money for seeing what is making the bump noise in the night. I have one from NV and everyone loves to use it.

Ya, that's because you can see through clothes with it.

ircmaxell wrote:It's obvious that you've never used a gen 3 device. If you have, you'd never make that statement...

Nope, have no requirement for a gen 3 device. Mine helps me canvass my land and areas of concern quite well. I have a few hot spots to keep a concerned eye on. It serves us well.

Video (well, weak sales pitch):

http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/Video/ViewVideo.aspx?vtp=3343&a=704909

wow! what a deal .. just got 4!

This is great but I'm in the market for a monocle, not a monocular...I'll just keep waiting...

RenDress wrote:Children of the Corn comes to mind...

Ha! I knew there was a good reason!

Guaranteed to catch Mommy kissing Santa Claus.

Is woot still finding stuff in the back? Putting up 1 of this, 2 of that...

Hey woot, go find me a 2g+ MP3 player... or, if u find 20 crappy ones, feel free to put them in a bag and send them to me for $3 plus shipping...

I <3 woot!

Gaaaah! It's not going anywhere! I'm killing my productivity at work waiting for a br0wnbag to pop up.

r we waiting to buy a cyclops or waiting for all the cyclops to buy one?

Bogie21 wrote:Any reference? Linkey maybe

None, just a bucnh of gen 3 usage. All gen 1 will get you is a blury immage. Do a search I'm sure you can find a ton of pictures displaying image quality.

bugzappers2112 wrote:Nope, have no requirement for a gen 3 device. Mine helps me canvass my land and areas of concern quite well. I have a few hot spots to keep a concerned eye on. It serves us well.

Fair enough. My experiences with Gen 1 devices was that they are all but useless for anything but general observation. A Gen 3 image is so much crisper and cleaner that it makes Gen 1 seem pointless...

The Duke loves his.

Just so everyone understands, this is digital night vision. (i.e. basically a night vision camcorder with no tape and only a single viewfinder.)

There isn't a night vision tube in there. For something similar, search the net for the children's toy "Eyeclops".

rwheadon wrote:Ya, that's because you can see through clothes with it.

These are great for stalking.

Did you know that...

"Cyclops" is a freaking bizarre word because you pluralize it by adding an "e." One cyclops, many cyclopes.

Now you know!

I use mine to spy on the cat at night- I know she's plotting my demise...

So apparently woot has moved into a Sharper Image style wootoff? What is with the big money items? 500 dollars for knives?

If this thing had a way to plug it in rather than use batteries, I'd get it and upgrade my homemade security cam pointing at the front door. It's just a webcam pointed at the front door with a little app that triggers video out when a certain % of pixels change. Cool for seeing someone walking up to the door and having them wonder how you always open it before they knock ;)

Let's not forget about all the pirates. They're probably who bought half of these already.

codemode wrote:Why do so many people in Nebraska need night vision...

It extends the time where you can shoot stuff.

It sens out IR so that'd be a 2nd gen. 1st gen only receives IR and has no send unit. Though to be fair this isn't exactly military grade, but hopefully your life won't depend on it either.

worst.woot.ever OR POS

Based on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_vision_device I'd say it's generation 0 imaging. It uses IR light for illumination. Night vision that doesn't require a light source doesn't come cheap.

My dog using a thermal imaging camera.

n2johnson wrote:So apparently woot has moved into a Sharper Image style wootoff? What is with the big money items? 500 dollars for knives?

It's been years (I think before you joined IIRC) since they started doing this. The VERY early Woot-Offs were indeed cheaper stuff, but it's been pretty expensive and higher class for a while (well for most stuff anyway)...

The Technics wrote:Oh wow...going for 3

One for each eye?

requeth wrote:It sens out IR so that'd be a 2nd gen. 1st gen only receives IR and has no send unit. Though to be fair this isn't exactly military grade, but hopefully your life won't depend on it either.

Nope. The generation refers to the type of image intensifier tube inside (which this likely doesn't have one anyway). The fact that it has an illuminater doesn't make a difference to the generation...

wow! got 4 ..who wants to get more?

My monocular on BLACK OPS (PS3) has better vision and a nicer design, and it only cost me 1,000 Black Op dollars but very useful.