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Posted: 3/27/2017 1:11:29 PM EDT
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You're FOV won't grow any, but you'll gain depth perception which is handy for navigation.
However, I wouldn't buy the Armasight goggles, for that price you could get into a set of MOD3s or Sentinels from NightGoggles.com and have a bulletproof warranty and excellent customer service. Something optics planet kinda sucks at. |
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Posted: 3/27/2017 1:19:23 PM EDT
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Along with depth perception you gain some image quality too, though probably mostly because of that said the depth - no longer bushes etc merge onto each other but you see them as separate and with more detail.
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Posted: 3/27/2017 1:53:53 PM EDT
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However, I wouldn't buy the Armasight goggles, for that price you could get into a set of MOD3s or Sentinels from NightGoggles.com and have a bulletproof warranty and excellent customer service. Something optics planet kinda sucks at. I've seen some pretty impressive stuff from Armasight - and also some stuff that is not very impressive. I would not roll the dice on it. The Sentinel/MOD3 choice is the road to go for duals in this price range. You never know what is inside an Armasight unit until you crack it open - U.S., European or Russian tubes. If you are spending that much money then get a unit with a pedigree from a cottage house like the site sponsors that will actually talk to you and can tell you what tubes are in your unit. The big box stores like OP don't care enough to tell you what is inside the unit. A cottage house will hand select tubes to your specifications. |
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Posted: 3/27/2017 2:13:01 PM EDT
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You will not gain any depth perception, but what you will see is a true image as opposed to a PVS-7 which uses a collimated mirror to split the image into 2 images that you see through the eye piece lenses. It'll translate to a brighter crisper image with no light loss or clarity loss.
A dedicated set of Dual tube Goggles will give you a few things though. Increased Durability, the PVS-7 body is a 30 year old design, we have come a long long way in 30 years, the bayonet horn on the -7's was always a weak point, and should you snap that off there is only one course of action, replace the entire body housing. Your tube is probably a 10130 style tube, and it probably is not spitting out the numbers current Gen 3 tubes are getting, our tubes are spitting out ridiculously good numbers that will translate to a better experience and better image quality. In short going from a 30 year old model to a current model will make you fall in love all over again with Night vision. We offer a 2 year "Bumper to Bumper" Warranty on all of our Dual Tube systems we build in house. Please give us a call at 909-796-7000 if you have questions about TNVC or NGI stuff. |
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Posted: 3/27/2017 2:25:58 PM EDT
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Also, before you make a big purchase like this, revisit the concept of running a monocular. More is not always better. I can run pretty much whatever I want on my budget but I run a single PVS-14 because I WANT to - not because I cannot afford something else.
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Posted: 3/27/2017 3:00:39 PM EDT
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Also, before you make a big purchase like this, revisit the concept of running a monocular. More is not always better. I can run pretty much whatever I want on my budget but I run a single PVS-14 because I WANT to - not because I cannot afford something else. |
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Posted: 3/27/2017 4:09:41 PM EDT
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Maybe stereopsis, binocular parallax, is the proper term about what you gain with duals versus a biocular, not full depth perception that's certainly true. Eye accommodation will stay at the point where your diopter is set, but even so the difference is massive at least for most people.
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Posted: 3/27/2017 5:07:49 PM EDT
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I admit, it's not true depth perception, but it is much better than one eye seeing or a split image to both eyes.
I was shot in the right eye with a BB gun as a youngster and spent 6 months unable to use it. I adapted over time to using mono-vision to assess depth and distance. Even as my vision came back to 20/20, I never lost that ability, almost 20 years later. Using a PVS-14 over my dominant, left, eye I "perceive" depth. Over my right eye I miss things entirely. The first time I ever used duals, it was, almost, a life changing experience. There was no pause to assess and then move, it's immediate. I could tell if that dark spot was a hole or a rise, and could tell you exactly how far away something was, and touch it without the "old stretch your arm out until you're there" thing. That's why I and many others refer to it as depth perception, even if it's not entirely accurate. But it's a hell of a lot better, to me, than fumbling around and not being able determine distance. |
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