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member#10,261
01-05-2004, 10:36 PM
Is there any real market for nightvision in paintball?
Do any of you guys use it?
When? Where? Why?
Is there any nightvision expert on AO?

Thanks

Load SM5
01-05-2004, 10:39 PM
You might have a better chance for a good answer if you asked this in the scenario forum. Lemme know and I can move it there for you.

member#10,261
01-05-2004, 10:41 PM
ya, i forgot about the scenario forum

if you could move it for me that would be grrrr8:D

member#10,261
01-05-2004, 10:54 PM
thanks

Burphel
01-06-2004, 12:59 AM
Yup. A few of us do, and there's a lot of people in the scenario community that use it extensively.

You might try doing a search, also. It's been hashed and rehashed a few times. Sorry if I'm sounding a bit trite, but I've already posted a few long ones on the subject and don't feel like typing it all again.

Wes Janson
01-06-2004, 01:45 AM
That's why they invented copy and paste. :P

Alright, I'll bite. Tell me about nightvision. You have any equipment for sale..?

member#10,261
01-06-2004, 06:47 AM
Actualy I nkow nothing about nightvision.
But my friend is selling a monocular nightvision thing. So I thought I would look to see if anyone on AO was interested in that sort of thing.

I was wondering if people actualy use it, i guess so.

I did a quick search, with little luck.
I will do a more in depth one later tonight, when I have more time.

Wes Janson
01-06-2004, 04:00 PM
For how much?

member#10,261
01-06-2004, 06:04 PM
$250 for a "nightowl optics"
nightvision sport optic monocular

Its only been used in the bathroom to see if it works.
Works good.
You get the origonal box, video, and instructions.

I'll post it in the Misc. Buy/Sell forum in a few days when i get the pics up.



This thred is just to see if people actualy use them.
Like what role nightvision plays in senareo games
and how many people actualy use them in a game.

Is it just the point guy spotting everything out?
Or dose everybody have it?
Or is it just one little group that is the "covert opps" for the big team?

SN0BL1ND
01-07-2004, 06:54 AM
"Its only been used in the bathroom to see if it works.
Works good.
You get the origonal box, video, and instructions."

I hope he's still talking about the night vision....

:D


sorry, couldn't resist...

member#10,261
01-07-2004, 08:17 PM
ha ha ha

I had to teach him how to use it right

;)

SN0BL1ND
01-08-2004, 06:58 AM
I STILL hope you're taling about the night vision!!!:D

fallout11
01-09-2004, 11:19 AM
The night owl is one of the lower-end Generation 1 monoculars on the market.
It's geared mainly for civilian hunters and wildlife enthusiasts.

First, $250 is a reasonable price for a Gen 1 monocular. Unfortunately, carrying one around at night held up to your mask occupies your offhand, making it of limited use.
Also, Gen 1 gear is not exactly cutting edge.
So, if the question was, would I buy that, the answer would be no.


As for questions about nightvision and scenario games in general, Burphel's quite right, that has been discussed at length on other posts.
In a nutshell (IMHO, I appologize in advance), in the right hands and with the right configuration, it can be very useful.
But as a general rule, you'll never get your money's worth from it.

member#10,261
01-09-2004, 09:15 PM
The thing has a bit to mount to something...like a sight rail...or something like that.
So you will have a free hand.

My friend has absolutly NO clue what it is worth.
Do you think you/someone else would pay around $200?

paintballrules7
01-11-2004, 12:37 AM
The best nightvision for paintball is monocular style.

member#10,261
01-11-2004, 12:51 AM
do people mount the monocular directly to there guns?

Smakman
01-11-2004, 11:40 AM
I've had guys who mount a night vision scope on their gun for night play. Mainly they are off to the side of the action somewhere radioing positions to commandas they find them in the dark. One guy had a Gen 3 scope. He tried to make sure he didn't get shot at too much. Over $2000 in that thing! I have to say the sight quality was great in it though.

member#10,261
01-11-2004, 02:58 PM
interesting

so the nightvision guys are usualy recon/observers?
they are not involved in as much of the "action" as others?

paintballrules7
01-11-2004, 03:46 PM
I usually carry my monocular nightvision in a pounch on my vest.

Wes Janson
01-11-2004, 04:51 PM
I've only used a night vision scope once at the first Finale, but I've been wondering...is there a way to adjust the scope so that the point at which the scope angles the light towards (I forget the term for the spot) is moved back an inch or two? Trying to use that scope was very difficult due to the space between my glasses, my goggles, and the eyesight of the scope. If the focal point were 4-5 inches back it would've worked much better for me, otherwise the one I saw was essentially useless.

member#10,261
01-11-2004, 07:11 PM
I think the one I have you can adjust the thing you are talking about.

I posted this in the buy sell forum.

member#10,261
01-11-2004, 07:16 PM
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rikkter
01-13-2004, 01:32 PM
my friend has a pair of gen3 monos.. he had two gen 1's, but they just didn't cut it for paintball. so he traded them both in for the gen3.

and wow. they help A LOT in night time. but mostly the people with the night vision is observers. personally i dont like night play. over shooting and people shoot hot, and they dont call them selves out. plus i like to see where i'm going, and who i'm shooting at.

so usually i grab it and just go ahead and observe


however, lot of scenarios (waynes for example) usually lets the players vote if they want night vision or not, and majority of them DONT have it, so they vote no, and usually isn't allowed.