Hi guys,
I'm considering purchasing a night sight device for tactical purposes.
I live in a rural area that is 50% wooded, 50% open farm field and about 2 miles from a town of around 2500 people. My property is surrounded by cornfields, cows and wooded areas as is the entire general area.
Lots of 30 yard wide tree lines between fields around here, roads are mostly lined with trees everywhere.
Assuming a security scenario, would you prefer a thermal sight or a night vision sight?
My budget is around $3500 to $4000 and I've been considering one of the PVS14 units but am wondering if I should go with a thermal unit instead..
The thing I like about the PVS14 is that it can be helmet mounted or weapon mounted.. so there's some flexibility with being able to flip flop it back and forth.
The problem with night vision is that it doesn't detect camouflaged objects in the wooded areas very well.. whereas a thermal sight would pick them right out. Night vision seems to require that a target either be illuminated somehow (smoking, small led or flashlight, campfire, etc) , or physically moving to see it though wooded clutter and such.
The problem with the thermal sites is that they are large and bulky, don't have the helmet mount options, are far more expensive for the high quality units, and don't have the option of flip flopping from weapon to hand held or helmet mounted.
So what's your opinion? Which one would you rather have?
I was going to post this in the gear subforum but decided this is more of a tactical question..
I'm considering purchasing a night sight device for tactical purposes.
I live in a rural area that is 50% wooded, 50% open farm field and about 2 miles from a town of around 2500 people. My property is surrounded by cornfields, cows and wooded areas as is the entire general area.
Lots of 30 yard wide tree lines between fields around here, roads are mostly lined with trees everywhere.
Assuming a security scenario, would you prefer a thermal sight or a night vision sight?
My budget is around $3500 to $4000 and I've been considering one of the PVS14 units but am wondering if I should go with a thermal unit instead..
The thing I like about the PVS14 is that it can be helmet mounted or weapon mounted.. so there's some flexibility with being able to flip flop it back and forth.
The problem with night vision is that it doesn't detect camouflaged objects in the wooded areas very well.. whereas a thermal sight would pick them right out. Night vision seems to require that a target either be illuminated somehow (smoking, small led or flashlight, campfire, etc) , or physically moving to see it though wooded clutter and such.
The problem with the thermal sites is that they are large and bulky, don't have the helmet mount options, are far more expensive for the high quality units, and don't have the option of flip flopping from weapon to hand held or helmet mounted.
So what's your opinion? Which one would you rather have?
I was going to post this in the gear subforum but decided this is more of a tactical question..
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