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Calculated to fit in the palm of your hand, the Bushnell 2.5 x 42 Night Vision Monocular features a built-in dual-power infrared illuminator that works in total darkness and low-light situation. In total darkness, the monocular sends out an imperceptible ambient infrared beam that allows you to abide by stuff with no other light source. The low-beam intensity can be used when partial light is available. Donation outstanding viewing clarity and versatility, the 2.5 x 42 monocular allows you to see in the dark without being seen and alerting others to your incidence as with a flashlight. Ideal for hunting, scouting games, and security and surveillance, the monocular is lightweight and simple to hold with its built-in hand strap. The monocular is also equipped with a tripod mount. With a viewing range of four to 600 feet and a field of view of 79 feet at 1,000 yards, the monocular has plenty of power to illuminate the night. The monocular is water strong and comes with a two-year manufacturer's warranty. Uses: - Scouting games
- Security and surveillance
- Camping
- Cave exploring
- Nighttime steering
- Night fishing and boating
- Flora and fauna observation
- Hunting
- Search and rescue
Specifications: - Enlargement lens: 2.5 x 42
- Viewing range: Four to 600 feet
- Field of view: 79 feet at 1,000 yards
- Built-in dual-power infrared illuminator
- Water strong
- Includes hand strap
- Includes tripod mount
- Dimensions: 6.7 x 3.7 x 2.7 inches
- Weight: 14 ounces
- Battery: Two AA
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 Brilliant Night Vision on the Cheap |
| Review Date: April 15, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Nukedude, Everett, WA |
| This device is fantastic. It works well on two AA batteries. Focus and 2.5 power are excellent to have. Wide field of view. The only drawbacks, this is Gen1 and Chinese in origin. The IR LED will glow red when in use. Use a Guaranteed light with IR filter or IR LED flashlight for better results. Add a Tenebraex or Killflash filter for the large lense to hide reflection and you are set. The optical quality and view owing to this is fantastic for the price. I have used more expensive gear, but for the price this is one to get. It also has a tripod mount built in so you can use it for night spotting of animals. Has a built in light sensor to shut down in bright lights. The main lense cover is a bit cheap, just blue fake over the main lense, but this is went out of the way for use anyway. I keep thinking this will crack or break as the fake feels cheap, but it has held up well and has rubber in many places to protect it. I shoved this up hostile to a video camera lense and it worked very well. Highly recommended if you can only afford one device and a cheaper one at that. |
Very Nice! Five Star Worthy!
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| Review Date: June 14, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Mr. Doctor, |
Pros: Works fantastic in low light, is very simple to operate, bang for your buck.
Cons: I didn't get it sooner.
Uses: Recreational- airsoft, animal viewing, other.
I live in the woods. It is very fun to watch the animals go about at night. I also play airsoft with it. |
Gift for Son-in-Law
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| Review Date: February 18, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Lee Paulsel, |
| My son-in-law wanted this type product. I selected this for him. He likes it, so it must be excellent. He is a professor and very judicious. |
Can't beat this one $ + !
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| Review Date: September 5, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Stonington, WILBRAHAM, MA, US |
When considering night vision for any reason I needed to consider a few things and cost was a huge factor.
For casual viewing in the yard and / or star viewing I have found this unit is surprisingly excellent, for the cost it operates just fine and is better then I probable, much better.
A further thing I considered was the battery substitution and this one is simple as can be, no exotic power cells that can only be found on-line just 2 plain ancient "AA" and it's up and in succession for a long time.
So far I have hour after hour after hour on the same two batteries I started with. (removing them when not in use)
Most other units I looked at were not so friendly in this area, many require batteries you'll never find in the neighborhood CVS or supermarket; that is a large factor to be considered, what will you do when you can't find batteries everyplace except on-line and end up waiting for 10 days to get them, that takes the fun out of it quick.
All in all this has surpassed all my expectations and I can even take respectable digital photos owing to the lens with startling results. It takes some patience to do but it works well and produces honestly excellent images.
Someone in the yard at night..., an animal I don't know? This will to get the image, it'll take a bit of practice and the right camera but I found this one works just fine.
So far all around I'm very pleased with this hold and I do urge it unless you need a higher end unit but for the mean Joe for casual applications this is smart hold for a low cost.
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Excellent value with a few caveats.
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| Review Date: September 1, 2009 |
| Reviewer: R. Moser, San Diego, CA United States |
I live in a rural area on a horse ranch, bordering a few hundred acres of open space. I wanted an inexpensive device that would let me flora and fauna-watch without unsettling the scene, along with the slightly more matter-of-fact coyote/stray dog check before I let my small dogs out in the evening.
The Excellent:
* For the money, this is an brilliant device. Image quality is fantastic for a Gen-1 unit, and construction quality is better than probable for the price point. The rubberized, water strong covering & built-in carry case are nice touches.
* The built-in IR illuminator is tightly all ears, and throws its light well. Out to 50' it provides enough light to be useful on the darkest nights, and eyeshine & insightful surfaces will pop out at significantly further distances.
* An unexpected bonus was how fun these are for stargazing! The slight enlargement combined with light enlargement really pulls the stars and planets out of the background. It's excellent enough to visibly see the fuzziness of the Orion Nebula as compared to the serration of a single star, for example.
The Terrible:
* The brightness of the power and IR illuminator LEDs. They're really, really, bright. They're located the back of the device, just to the right of the eyepiece. A green power LED and a red 'your IR beam is on' LED.
They will consistently flash & shine in your eyes as you use the device. In my case, a simple strip of black electrical tape solved the problem, (there's enough light leakage that I can tell if the light is on or not) but it's a ding hostile to the design that I have to even do so in the first place.
* The IR source presents a noticeable red light. It doesn't look like too much off-angle, but pointing directly at you, it becomes evident. I could easily see my friend pointing the monocular at me from 50' away. It is doable to disturb flora and fauna with it. Again, this is easily fixed by adding a cheap IR filter, but I shouldn't have to do so.
The Hideous:
* The manual is moderately thick, in black and white on excellent-quality paper, and completely & utterly useless. It tells you how to add the batteries in several languages, and that's it. Not one mention of how to by the book use the thing!
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Obviously, there are better systems available, but they are priced in view of that. And for what you pay for these, you get a large percentage of the expensive systems' performance. (Gen-1 optics, by their nature, suffer from pincushion and barrel distortion issues, and the light enlargement provided is less than people expect off the bat; on a moonless night, Gen-1 would still be dark without an additional light source.)
Conclusion: A solid four stars. For leisure activity/home users like myself, who just wanted something to play & explore with, they're fantastic fun without contravention the bank. More honest users will want to look elsewhere, but they already know that.
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A few hints to get the best use out of these:
* Look at a bright star in the middle of the field of view. Focus using the front ring until it is as sharp as doable. Then, while still looking at the star, rotate the eyepiece ring until the distortion is corrected. This will get you your best doable image for your eyes. Further focusing should be done with the front element only.
* The image is only sharp within the inner 40% of the field of view, with increasing distortion the further away from the center you look. The eyes' spot relative to the eyepiece makes a huge difference, and you may need a small practice to get the best look.
* Don't be alarmed when, after you turn off the device, it still appears to be on. The image intensifier tube takes a while to bleed down all its charge, so you can really continue to use the device for about a minute or so after you've turned it off. This isn't a bug, it's just how these things work, so don't reckon yours is broken! |
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