Custom Night Vision | Helmet Mounted Thermals

It is important to mention thermals when discussing night vision. In this video Kevin breaks down the advantages to thermal optics used in conjunction with night vision. It is clear that both systems have pros and cons, however when used together the lines start to blur on what negatives there may be.
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0:00 - Intro
2:06 - Opening Thoughts
4:53 - iRay MH25
8:09 - iRay RH25
12:56 - Nvision NOX18
18:17 - Trijicon Skeet IR
22:28 - Final Thoughts

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  • @OnesandXeroes
    @OnesandXeroes10 ай бұрын

    Kevin we love you and your bloopers

  • @kevin11288

    @kevin11288

    10 ай бұрын

    Lol all natural

  • @ShadetreeArmorer
    @ShadetreeArmorer14 күн бұрын

    This is a great vid and the info about the eyepieces isn't something I've heard before. I want to love the Nvision because it's US-made and seems like something you might see in "serious" use unlike a lot of the imported stuff, but in every single video I've seen of Nvision (including the one you showed) it seems like there is just so little detail in the environment. It always looks muddy and low contrast. Yes, the detection on targets seems good. But for a helmet-mounted monocular used for scanning, that's only part of the picture. I wonder if it's just a lack of image processing on Nvision's part. The fully manual NUC is also kind of annoying.

  • @customnightvision

    @customnightvision

    9 күн бұрын

    You should talk to people that use them 40-50 hours a week.

  • @zulubravo9434
    @zulubravo94346 ай бұрын

    RH25 is the winner. Cost / benefit of the RH25 is far better than any of the other units. The Nox18 can not be used as a clip-on. The SkeetIR is the only comparable unit but it costs over 3X as much.

  • @superboy305
    @superboy3055 ай бұрын

    Thank you for your work

  • @ethanbarnes3973
    @ethanbarnes397310 ай бұрын

    I like the low pro plate bags!

  • @mannyalvarado403

    @mannyalvarado403

    10 ай бұрын

    low pro? the scum bag that steals your money low pro?

  • @kevin11288

    @kevin11288

    10 ай бұрын

    Velocity systems

  • @ethanbarnes3973

    @ethanbarnes3973

    10 ай бұрын

    @@kevin11288 THANKS!

  • @kevin11288

    @kevin11288

    10 ай бұрын

    @@ethanbarnes3973No problem

  • @sublimeblillybjj7755
    @sublimeblillybjj775510 ай бұрын

    The intro 😭😂

  • @kevin11288

    @kevin11288

    10 ай бұрын

    No scripts, all real life

  • @boejiden1942
    @boejiden194210 ай бұрын

    What do you think about the Trijicon IR Patrol M300W or the Armasight sidekick 640 mini?

  • @kevin11288

    @kevin11288

    10 ай бұрын

    I like Nvision better than those 3

  • @tfunai8164
    @tfunai81642 ай бұрын

    Voodoo S and Skeet IR can’t be beat but the RH25 is a great value

  • @customnightvision

    @customnightvision

    2 ай бұрын

    Not going to disagree.

  • @Thor_b
    @Thor_b5 ай бұрын

    Hell yea 🤙🏽🇺🇸🔥

  • @HansonLinek
    @HansonLinek10 ай бұрын

    Does the nox18 have a way to collimate with i2 optics? My biggest disappointment with getting a thermal was the images being shifted and not being able to resolve it.

  • @kevin11288

    @kevin11288

    10 ай бұрын

    Theoretically maybe.

  • @kevin11288

    @kevin11288

    10 ай бұрын

    It wouldn’t be like a true collimation but the eyepieces could be adjusted to a position that’s more comfortable or collimated by eye.

  • @HansonLinek

    @HansonLinek

    10 ай бұрын

    @@kevin11288 I wish they had a way to shift the pixels over in software, shouldn't be that hard for them to do I think.

  • @kevin11288

    @kevin11288

    10 ай бұрын

    @@HansonLinekadjusting the eyepiece could help

  • @donut750
    @donut75010 ай бұрын

    Yooo not the vintage ass Rouge Status shirt! classic

  • @kevin11288

    @kevin11288

    10 ай бұрын

    Hell yeah, trying to bring it back.

  • @boejiden1942
    @boejiden194210 ай бұрын

    "it would behoove you" lol classic saying

  • @kevin11288

    @kevin11288

    10 ай бұрын

    I keep it classic

  • @davideinstein7887
    @davideinstein788710 ай бұрын

    I'm deciding this path or bino with clip on thermal. Which do you prefer?

  • @kevin11288

    @kevin11288

    10 ай бұрын

    Clip on like an ecoti?

  • @davideinstein7887

    @davideinstein7887

    10 ай бұрын

    @@kevin11288 yes

  • @MyLonewolf25

    @MyLonewolf25

    10 ай бұрын

    Gun mounted thermal plus nods

  • @DaveSmith-cp5kj

    @DaveSmith-cp5kj

    8 ай бұрын

    Binos are practically pointless. The image you get is basically the exact same as a monocular. A panobridge is far superior and a cheaper setup. You should only get a clip on if you already have a thermal imager. I wrote a comment below extrapolating my reasoning.

  • @johnson2207
    @johnson22079 ай бұрын

    How about pixelsontarget voodoo-s? Essentially a skeetir?

  • @thermaltoyzngear3310

    @thermaltoyzngear3310

    6 ай бұрын

    The voodoo s is excellent. Check out my review on it.

  • @thegolflife7565
    @thegolflife7565Ай бұрын

    What has better image quality as a handheld? The Nox18 or the RIX Stride ST6?

  • @customnightvision

    @customnightvision

    Ай бұрын

    Nox18.

  • @thegolflife7565

    @thegolflife7565

    22 күн бұрын

    @@customnightvision How old is the Nox18? Will there be an updated version? Does the skeet have a wider FOV than the Nox18? Trying to decide between a skeet and a voodoo-s but still considering the Nox18

  • @HypeBeast764
    @HypeBeast76410 ай бұрын

    When will you guys start providing NVT-7 tubes? And will you guys be building Argus panoramic night vision when those release?

  • @kevin11288

    @kevin11288

    10 ай бұрын

    Probably not going to mess with Chinese tubes. The industry has been pretty negative towards anything containing even the simplest components from china. However, the Argus quad is something we want to offer, potentially.

  • @DTDSystems

    @DTDSystems

    9 ай бұрын

    We offer NVT-7 options, we are based in Switzerland providing NVGs & services :)

  • @HypeBeast764

    @HypeBeast764

    9 ай бұрын

    @@DTDSystems Do you have a website?

  • @andrewfernandez8330
    @andrewfernandez83306 ай бұрын

    AGM StingIR-640?

  • @jhutch1470
    @jhutch147010 ай бұрын

    I read the thumb nail. Answer: Money.

  • @kevin11288

    @kevin11288

    10 ай бұрын

    Lmfao yes

  • @MrT13
    @MrT1310 ай бұрын

    spicy singles in your area lol. I see you seen some thangs. 👍🏻👍🏻

  • @kevin11288

    @kevin11288

    10 ай бұрын

    Lots of things

  • @MrT13

    @MrT13

    10 ай бұрын

    @@kevin11288 yea man. And thank you.

  • @kevin11288

    @kevin11288

    10 ай бұрын

    @@MrT13 no thank you

  • @MrT13

    @MrT13

    10 ай бұрын

    @@kevin11288 lol well I can’t thank you and you can’t thank me so we can both insist.

  • @kevin11288

    @kevin11288

    10 ай бұрын

    @@MrT13 are we about to kiss?

  • @Baby_Brotha
    @Baby_Brotha10 ай бұрын

    No day time cap?

  • @kevin11288

    @kevin11288

    10 ай бұрын

    No there’s no tubes in that housing lol

  • @ethanbarnes3973

    @ethanbarnes3973

    10 ай бұрын

    I'm scared of the sun after the dirty civ testing. (Sun makes spots after 15min of dirrect shine on your tube.)

  • @christopherreitan
    @christopherreitan6 ай бұрын

    CAUSE IM BROKE THATS WHY

  • @zachr1958
    @zachr19585 ай бұрын

    it would behoove you.. immediate jarhead identifying phrase

  • @thegolflife7565
    @thegolflife7565Ай бұрын

    I thought the skeetIR was 17 micron

  • @customnightvision

    @customnightvision

    Ай бұрын

    I could have mispoken.

  • @MisterRoads
    @MisterRoads2 ай бұрын

    Forced bloopers took up enough of my time, I’ll be moving on.

  • @customnightvision

    @customnightvision

    2 ай бұрын

    Cool, thanks for stopping by ad dropping a comment. None of it is scripted, we just roll the camera man.

  • @Tyborg425
    @Tyborg4258 ай бұрын

    Love some facts and data, and long videos. Serious

  • @KidCorporate
    @KidCorporate10 ай бұрын

    Where to cop purple shirt plz

  • @kevin11288

    @kevin11288

    10 ай бұрын

    Man good luck. This one’s probably 15 years old.

  • @Blackflag.actual
    @Blackflag.actual6 ай бұрын

    Can you run a pvs 14 and thermal at the same time

  • @Grunt-Barra

    @Grunt-Barra

    3 ай бұрын

    Yeah, why not, you can have one over each eye or get a thermal overlay for a pvs14 and still have one natural lighted eye, and anything in the middle of your pvs14 vision will be highlighted with thermal

  • @stevenlacoste574
    @stevenlacoste5744 ай бұрын

    Wait, what do you mean the feet thing is weird? 😂😂

  • @rackhuff928
    @rackhuff92810 ай бұрын

    Bro hook me up with some gear please

  • @kevin11288

    @kevin11288

    10 ай бұрын

    What do you want

  • @DaveSmith-cp5kj

    @DaveSmith-cp5kj

    8 ай бұрын

    Sure bro, send me your credit card info.

  • @Tyborg425
    @Tyborg4258 ай бұрын

    I have a single pvs14 can’t figure out if I should thermal or eCoti clip on. I like shooting and run and gun. But evade and detect is cool.

  • @Tyborg425

    @Tyborg425

    8 ай бұрын

    Hopefully this video answers that for me?

  • @DaveSmith-cp5kj

    @DaveSmith-cp5kj

    8 ай бұрын

    @@Tyborg425 Get a thermal first and then a coti later if you need it. Thermals are useful during the day as well, and you can't use a COTI in the day (well the chinese clip 1 you can because it has a handheld adapter, but it's kinda whack). Also cotis have an issue with a lot of false positives unlike dedicated thermals. So its a lot less useful than a dedicated thermal. I would only get a coti if you start using dual 14s on a panobridge, or quads, as basically what the coti provides is the ability to have thermal without neutering your regular IIT FOV. As a side note, a binocular setup where both IIT tubes are facing the same direction with a coti is inferior to a 14 and a thermal imager, because the image you get from dual tubes is actually the exact same as a monocular. You really are not getting any advantage unlike a panobridge or quads.