M.S.T.N. STARTED OUT DEALING PRIMARILY IN NIGHT VISION GEAR, ALL GEN III HIGH END STUFF. WE DO NOT EVEN ATTEMPT TO MAKE A MARKET IN THIS ARENA PRESENTLY, BECAUSE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MANUFACTURERS, DISTRIBUTORS, AND DEALERS HAS CHANGED DRAMATICALLY.
BUT WE HAVE RUN $200,000 WORTH OF LITTON AND ITT GEN III DEVICES THROUGH HERE IN THE PAST, SO WE DO KNOW A LITTLE ABOUT IT. BOTH PAUL AND I PERSONALLY USE OMNI-IV MILSPEC PVS-14 UNITS. AND WE'VE LOOKED THROUGH A LOT OF NVD'S.
IN MY EXPERIENCE, WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN TOLD IS AT BEST MISLEADING AND IN SOME CASES FALSE.
#1: RESOLUTION IS BUT ONE MEASURE OF PERFORMANCE OF NIGHT VISION DEVICES, AND NOT THE MOST IMPORTANT. THAT IS SIGNAL-TO-NOISE-RATIO. BUT RESOLUTION IS THE EASY TO QUANTIFY AND UNDERSTAND INTELLECTUALLY. THAT IS WHY IT IS THROWN AROUND SO MUCH.
#2: THE NIGHT ENFORCER LINE IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE NIGHT QUEST LINE IN EVERY RESPECT EXCEPT WARRANTY. THE N.E. WARRANTIES ARE TYPICALLY LONGER. N.E. PRODUCTS ARE DEFINITELY NOT MILSPEC. BUT THEY'RE GOOD. SO ARE N.Q. UNITS.
#3: A TRUE "DELTA" TUBE THESE DAYS WILL MEET OMNI-V MILSPEC CRITERIA AND HAVE A TUBE DATA SHEET TO PROVE IT. IT WILL CRUSH, PERFORMANCE-WISE, A LESSER GEN III TUBE, SUCH AS THE NIGHT QUEST OR NIGHT ENFORCER LINE. I HAVE CONFIRMED THIS WITH MY OWN TWO BABY-BLUES ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS.
THAT'S NOT TO INFER THAT THE NIGHT QUEST OR NIGHT ENFORCER LINE IS IN ANY WAY DEFICIENT. BUT YOU SHOULD EXPECT MORE FROM A DELTA TUBE COSTING 50% MORE. THEY AIN'T 50% BETTER, BTW.
LITTLE KNOWN FACT: OMNI-IV SPECS ARE HIGHER THAN OMNI-V. LITTON AND ITT COULD NOT MEET DEMAND SO THE SPECS HAD TO BE LOWERED.
WES GRANT
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