looking for input on if spending the extra $300 on the rugged katanas are worth it over the regular units.

Does anyone have any good info besides more durable due to being aluminum?

Thanks

those look nice.  thanks for the input much appericated

That's pretty darned telling.

What an awesome offering.

Nocturn Industries is killing it!

Did you purchase one?  I'm ordering duals this week and katanas are on the short list

Came in thinking this was going to be a sport bike thread. Am disappoint

Yes I did they are an awesome housing.  Very happy with them.

How would the Katana-R compare to the ARNVG? Seems to me like you spend a little less and get slightly lighter weight and IPD stops in exchange for an illuminator? Anything else specific to consider?

Awesome. I ended up ordering from JRH. It was great being able to actually talk to someone before making the order, I'm really happy with that experience.

Please be sure to post a review once you have them in hand.

I've been kicking around the idea of taking the OMNI7 PVS-14 I have and having that tube and a near-matching tube put into a set of Katanas for my wife. With the push button and no onboard IR illuminator to mess with they seem like a robust, but very simple/intuitive, bino solution for someone who doesn't have a ton of time playing with NVGs.

Will do, itll be about a month.

Bump to keep the archive out.

Do it!  The katanas are such a nice simple housing.  my wife has me get em out at least once a week so she can star gaze.

So first of all I'm going to say I'm going to start a different thread with a different review and that will become apparent why in a little bit.

I have dealt with a lot of different nightvision companies through the years from the biggest player in the game to quite a few small companies. Hands down JRH gives the best customer care I've seen across a lot of industries. Placing the initial order we started the conversation over email then both figured out a phone call would be easier and there was no hurdle to that. Communication on what was going on with the katanas from the manufacturer was constant and I never asked for an update, I had them in my inbox.

I was on a bit of a time crunch and JRH knew this. It was looking like the Katanas weren't going to be able to arrive in time so they worked with me on a solution to be able to get ARNVGs:

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Everything arrived quickly, again the communication left nothing in doubt and I felt taken care of through the entire process. I don't think I've ever been this happy after a purchase of this magnitude, normally a little of buyers regret starts to creep in. But the way I was taken care of I couldn't be happier. Definitely my go to place of business from this point forward.

As I get more time on the ARNVGs I will get a thread going about those and have a discussion there.