So... nightvision...

[Rosencratz]

... I was recently scanning amazon for entertaining purchases that I might be able to justify coupling onto a genuine order that I actually need when I stumbled on a kids "spy goggles" that professed to have night vision.

It's just a pair of goggles with torches strapped to the sides of course but it got me to thinking.

Generally for my star viewing I have very remote dark-sites. Only a minority of them can I simply step out of my car, the rest involve 20-60minute hikes, in one case, even longer.

Generally I take a batch of torches, each one a back up for if the batteries fail in the others but I was wondering if, more for fun that practicality if there was any practical/affordable night vision options available for a denizen of the night.

My timelapse photo-shoots often have me standing around in the dark for 1-3 hours while the camera automatically clicks away so it might provide some entertainment then too.

I thought of nowhere more likely to have an answer than here and I'm fully expectant of little more than comedy answers because any sensible solution would cost a gajillion pounds!

[nephilim]

http://www.nightvisiongear.co.uk/ For all your covert night vision needs

Steve

[foundaplanet]

I have had a look through a gen 2 monocular and in honesty a red torch and natural night vision is far more comfortable than a green and black digital enhanced image. They are okay for a few minutes but I think you'd quickly tire of them..

[Rosencratz]

Ah,excellent point. I keep forgetting to get a red torch i'll add it to my list.