So I purchased this little guy after a couple of beers. I REALLY DON'T KNOW  what it was/ is or what to do with it? My thinking at the time was... " Sweet! I will be half was to building a set of ANVIS Binos!" I already have a PVS7d that I really like but hear Binos are the way to go.? Well when I got it, there is no way to mount to a helmet , or a rifle for that matter. The cheap ass battery cover comes off and the battery comes out, and my fat fingers can barley turn on the battery switch on /off  because the space is so tight between the housing. The Good News is the tube only has a a few blemishes on the out side edges of a F9815P Tube. What would you do with it. Cost will be a determining factor because my tax return is about dried up




Thanks for the input.

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ANVIS was never really meant to be split like this, but as you can see it can be done. The tube and the optics can be recycled but if the body has been modified then that part can't, but that's the cheapest part too. There are other binos that accept ANVIS optics and tubes too, like the now popular Mod3. You would need another set of optics and a tube.

If I was you, I would buy an ANVIS MOD-3 pod. You can have your tube and optics installed in a pod and use it as a monocular. As you get more money later you can buy another tube, pod, and bridge and complete the goggle. A few dealers can help you do this, I used Ed Wilcox and I'd highly recommend him. There are also a few other AB night vision produced housings that are just monoculars that can take your ANVIS glass if you want to make a more functional device.

Your tube is a Gen 3, non-gated FOM 1600 limited tube. It shouldn't be too hard to find something that could work as its mate in a goggle. FOM 1600 tubes are actually pretty good tubes, a potential resolution of 64 lp/mm and up to 25 SNR is better than a lot of what is on the secondary market. The current tubes the US Gov is buying (OMNI VIII) minimum specs are a FOM of 1600.

FOM 1600 tubes are export models, and while they can be good, they aren't as good as non-export models. And the min FOM for OMNI VIII is 2000 according to everything I can find that is open source.

I used the OMNI chart at the top of the forum, min S/N value of 25 and 64 lp/mm gives you 1600 FOM. Most export tubes are "OMNI V" design with non-gated power supplies (according to Excellis' spec sheets). The only other difference is the halo spec is often 1.2mm or greater vice 1.2mm or less, that is facilitated by the OMN-V type construction, PC and MPC are further apart. I've had a FOM 1600 limited tube and compared to a non-export tube with similar specs, they are impossible to tell apart. Once you start talking about FOM 1250 and below tubes things gets screwier.

Thanks for the input. I think this is a good way to go. I'm guessing ED Wilcox is part of Wilcox engineering WEbsite??