There’s no shortage of new products coming out of the Pulsar factories this autumn. This time anyone looking to transform their riflescope into a night vision device should take a closer look. There are two products in this release: the Forward F455S and the [Read More…]
When you talk about weapon-mounted lights, SureFire is one that many talk about and use. Their legacy weapon lights are undeniably a world standard. Their Hellfighter is the king of their weapon light portfolio. It was used by the US military and we will look more [Read More…]
X-Vision Optics is a Minnesota-based company that focuses on providing customers with infrared night vision devices for hunting. The X-Vision Optics XANR100 Night Vision Rangefinder combines a number of technologies and features to give the customer a capable, [Read More…]
Earlier this year Pulsar sent us a really interesting new toy, and it has now been made official. Pulsar calls it a new generation of multispectral binoculars, named Trionyx T3/T3i. With these magic binoculars, you get a combination of thermal, digital night vision and [Read More…]
About two weeks ago, Pulsar teased us with a picture of a new digital sight. At the time no one knew if the technology inside was thermal or digital night vision. It’s now known that the new product is called Pulsar Digex C50 and that it’s a day/night [Read More…]
Welcome once again night vision aficionados. Today we take a look at an oldie but goodie, the AN/PVS-5. The PVS-5 was the US Army’s first binocular night vision goggle. They were actually used for the USAF in the 70s. The Friday Night Lights series is brought to [Read More…]
My good friend Alex of Nocorium recently compiled and posted an interesting topic. Fixing night vision blemishes with BlackBoxing. We will go into further detail and as always the Friday Night Lights series is brought to you by ATN Corp, manufacturers of night vision [Read More…]
Trijicon have announced the introduction of a pair of new thermal imaging systems: REAP-IR & IR-HUNTER. The optics come with various levels of magnification and feature industry-leading 640×480 resolution, 12-micron thermal sensors with 60 Hz frame rates. The [Read More…]
Welcome to the first episode of the TFB B-Side Podcast. The B-Side podcast is going to be a little less focused and a little more light-hearted than the TFB Behind the Gun Podcast. This week I brought on one of TFBTV’s favorite presenters, Hop. On today’s [Read More…]
By far the most popular way to aim a rifle in complete darkness is with IR lasers in tandem with a night vision device. IR lasers give you great accuracy potential and a less complicated aiming process when you are equipped with a head-mounted night vision device. [Read More…]
One of the country’s leading digital night vision device manufactures has landed a pretty big contract with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. SIONYX recently acquired a 5-year long contract to provide FBI agents with the pocket-sized Aurora PRO digital night [Read More…]
This Friday Night Lights we will continue the Dual Tube Spotlight mini-series where we take a look at binocular night vision goggles. This week we have the Elbit Systems of America F5032. It is also known as the SBNVG and PVS-31D. The Friday Night Lights series is [Read More…]
Friday Night is here once again. Last week we talked about Weltool Weaponlights. So let’s go back and talk more about night vision. This time we will look at an accessory that is often overlooked. The Night Vision Magnifier is a great way to augment your night [Read More…]
It is Friday Night and it is once again time to get our photon jam on. Today we take a look at Weltool weapon lights. Specifically their W35 series of weapon lights. They come in white LED, IR LED and LEP. As per usual, Friday Night Lights is brought to you by ATN [Read More…]
Night Vision Devices is a Pennsylvania-based operation providing low-light optical solutions for both US and foreign governmental agencies, as well as the growing civilian night vision market. The company describes themselves as: “…the source for the highest [Read More…]
Today we get a special look at something only servicemen and women may have seen – the Leonardo DRS DVE (Driver’s Vision Enhancer). Thanks to @WildBillHMMVW, I got a chance to check ut his Thermal Hummer. As always, Friday Night Lights is brought to you by [Read More…]
Night vision devices and related gear are starting to come into mainstream appeal with a lot of gun owners for their ability to take shooting and hunting well beyond the reach of the sun. Suunto is a Finnish company that specializes in outdoors-oriented watches ranging [Read More…]
So things have escalated quickly the last time I wrote about the Steiner PVS-21 monocular and mentioned two accessories for the PVS-21. The Steiner CEHUD and COTM add a whole other layer of capability that you do not have with traditional night vision systems. Friday [Read More…]
Hello fellow photon aficionados and welcome back to another Friday Night Lights. Today we take a look at another Insight product. This time we are looking at their pistol mounted MFAL (Multi-Function Aiming Laser), the AN/PEQ-14. Friday Night Lights is brought to you [Read More…]
Another week has passed and it is now Friday afternoon. Today we take a look at something we sort of looked at before – Steiner’s PVS-21. However, this is the Model 2740 LPNVM PVS-21 monocular. As always, Friday Night Lights is brought to you by ATN Corp, [Read More…]
Well hello there fellow night vision enthusiast and welcome to Friday Night Lights. FNL is brought to you by ATN Corp, manufacturers of night vision and thermal optics like the THOR LT. As with all of our sponsored series, Friday Night Lights will continue to bring you [Read More…]
I see you have come looking for some cool night vision and thermal content. Welcome, reader, to Friday Night Lights. FNL is brought to you by ATN Corp, manufacturers of night vision and thermal optics like the THOR LT. As with all of our sponsored series, Friday Night [Read More…]
Welcome back, night enthusiasts. Friday Night Lights is brought to you by ATN Corp, manufacturers of night vision and thermal optics like the THOR LT. As with all of our sponsored series, Friday Night Lights will continue to bring you unbiased news and reviews from a [Read More…]
It is Friday night and you know what that means. Friday Night Lights is brought to you by ATN Corp, manufacturers of night vision and thermal optics like the THOR LT. As with all of our sponsored series, Friday Night Lights will continue to bring you unbiased news and [Read More…]
Welcome back fellow night vision enthusiasts to another installment of Friday Night Lights brought to you by ATN Corp, manufacturers of night vision and thermal optics like the THOR LT. As with all of our sponsored series, Friday Night Lights will continue to bring you [Read More…]
The world of firearms optics is vast and ever-growing. Steiner has been a name in the industry since just after the second world war – born out of the ruin of ware in Bayreuth, Germany. The company, started by Karl Steiner, was created from a one-man workshop [Read More…]
Back again for some more Friday Night Lights? Welcome! We are sponsored by ATN Corp, manufacturers of night vision and thermal optics like the THOR LT. As with all of our sponsored series, Friday Night Lights will continue to bring you unbiased news and reviews from a [Read More…]
It’s Friday night and you know what that means. We are sponsored by ATN Corp, manufacturers of night vision and thermal optics like the THOR LT. As with all of our sponsored series, Friday Night Lights will continue to bring you unbiased news and reviews from a [Read More…]
Back again with Friday Night Lights. We are sponsored by ATN Corp, manufacturers of night vision and thermal optics like the THOR LT. As with all of our sponsored series, Friday Night Lights will continue to bring you unbiased news and reviews from a variety of [Read More…]
Welcome to Friday Night Lights. We are sponsored by ATN ATN Corp, manufacturers of night vision and thermal optics like the THOR LT. As with all of our sponsored series, Friday Night Lights will continue to bring you unbiased news and reviews from a variety of [Read More…]