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 Mantis
Excuese me, do you have a mint?
 |  | You can buy CHEAP night vision goggles now
< on 11/25/2008 7:17 PM >
|  | | | I don't know how long it lasts, but at Target and Walmart right now they have night vision (infrared) goggles in the toy department for only $50! I bought one and I must say it's worth it. Just don't expect it to be top of the line like what the military uses, but it's pretty decent.
It takes 5 AA batteries.
"From down here, we can knock the whole wall down!"
"Duh, yeah, boss, but how do we get out?"
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don_corleyone
   
Location: F/RoX
Gender: Male
I have abandonment issues
| | Re: You can buy CHEAP night vision goggles now
<Reply # 1 on 11/25/2008 7:25 PM >
|  | | | i could use these on my next night missions!
leave the gun. take the cannoli.
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willskith
 
Location: Boston, MA
Gender: Male
| |  |  | Re: You can buy CHEAP night vision goggles now
<Reply # 2 on 11/25/2008 7:38 PM >
| | | | ...seriously?
how far can you see with them, 50 feet?
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argonian
 
Location: Toronto, ON
Gender: Female
"Now with added cats!"
| | Re: You can buy CHEAP night vision goggles now
<Reply # 3 on 11/25/2008 7:45 PM >
| | | | That is a good question. The only reason I would buy these would be to assist my mother in spying on her neighbours. Are they suitable for that purpose?
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Mantis
Excuese me, do you have a mint?
| | Re: You can buy CHEAP night vision goggles now
<Reply # 4 on 11/25/2008 8:15 PM >
| | | | Posted by willskith
...seriously?
how far can you see with them, 50 feet?
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Yeah, that's what the package says. Also, they might be able to see orbs with. I tried them upstairs in my room last night when I got them, and didn't see any wierd spheres flying around. But as soon as I got halfway down the stairs to the basement, I quickly started seeing circular objects flying around. I don't know much about paranormal stuff (even though I spent a considerable amount of time on GameFAQs' P/C board for several years), but I've seen pictures of orbs, and they looked like them. Also, I don't think what I saw were dust particles because these things looked like the size of baseballs, and they were flying fast. And they weren't water droplets cuz there wasn't any water around.
But I would venture a guess that they will see as far as the IR light ranges. I understand you can buy infrared lamps which might increase the range. I think they have those for photography, which don't cause red eye.
| That is a good question. The only reason I would buy these would be to assist my mother in spying on her neighbours. Are they suitable for that purpose? |
What would a situation be like? Probably, because they range a decent distance. Probably not clear across a neighborhood or field, but maybe across a yard. I have yet to test them outside at night. It would be awkward and difficult to use them to take pictures with. For that, I would probably recommend just getting an IR lamp and taking a picture using that light.
Note: You can see IR light with your bare eye, I don't know why people say it's invisible. It's invisible to see light from it reflected off of objects, but you can see the IR LEDs when they're on. They look just like dim red LEDs.
"From down here, we can knock the whole wall down!"
"Duh, yeah, boss, but how do we get out?"
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willskith
Location: Boston, MA
Gender: Male
| | | | Re: You can buy CHEAP night vision goggles now
<Reply # 5 on 11/25/2008 8:26 PM >
| | | | Posted by Mantis
Yeah, that's what the package says. Also, they might be able to see orbs with. I tried them upstairs in my room last night when I got them, and didn't see any wierd spheres flying around. But as soon as I got halfway down the stairs to the basement, I quickly started seeing circular objects flying around. I don't know much about paranormal stuff (even though I spent a considerable amount of time on GameFAQs' P/C board for several years), but I've seen pictures of orbs, and they looked like them. Also, I don't think what I saw were dust particles because these things looked like the size of baseballs, and they were flying fast. And they weren't water droplets cuz there wasn't any water around.
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...there is so much fail in that post that I don't even know where to begin
grit your teeth in the face of fear. self repression is the true sign of a coward, toss your inhibitions to the wind. |
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Mantis
Excuese me, do you have a mint?
| | Re: You can buy CHEAP night vision goggles now
<Reply # 6 on 11/25/2008 8:50 PM >
| | | | Posted by willskith
...there is so much fail in that post that I don't even know where to begin
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Chill out Scully, I'm just posting a review of my experience testing them, and I urge you to place the emphasis on "might" because I clearly saw them. Hell they might have just been dust particles, this is my first time using IR goggles, so if you're more experienced with them than I am, 1) why'd you ask me, and 2) please enlighten me what they were. The only thing I was trying to do was give an accurate description of my test round with them, so no, I don't think I failed.
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"From down here, we can knock the whole wall down!"
"Duh, yeah, boss, but how do we get out?"
Geeks like science fiction and technology. Programmers make things the geeks like. Hackers do for fun the things the programmers get paid for. |
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willskith
Location: Boston, MA
Gender: Male
| | | | Re: You can buy CHEAP night vision goggles now
<Reply # 7 on 11/25/2008 9:43 PM >
| | | | You must be using these:
[last edit 11/25/2008 9:44 PM by willskith - edited 1 times]
grit your teeth in the face of fear. self repression is the true sign of a coward, toss your inhibitions to the wind. |
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kts
Location: Laurel, MD
Gender: Male
LOL WAT?
| | | | Re: You can buy CHEAP night vision goggles now
<Reply # 8 on 11/25/2008 9:49 PM >
| | | | will, i want to have your babies.
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don_corleyone
Location: F/RoX
Gender: Male
I have abandonment issues
| | Re: You can buy CHEAP night vision goggles now
<Reply # 9 on 11/25/2008 9:51 PM >
| | | | Posted by Mantis
I don't know much about paranormal stuff (even though I spent a considerable amount of time on GameFAQs' P/C board for several years)
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HOW CAN THIS BE??????
leave the gun. take the cannoli.
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metawaffle
 
King of Puns
Location: Brisbane!
Gender: Male
Purveyor of Fine Lampshades
| | | Re: You can buy CHEAP night vision goggles now
<Reply # 10 on 11/25/2008 10:05 PM >
| | | | Posted by Mantis
Note: You can see IR light with your bare eye, I don't know why people say it's invisible. It's invisible to see light from it reflected off of objects, but you can see the IR LEDs when they're on. They look just like dim red LEDs.
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Erm, that would be "red light" 
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ActionSatisfaction Esq.
Location: Newark, NJ
Gender: Male
Action always satisfies
| | Re: You can buy CHEAP night vision goggles now
<Reply # 11 on 11/25/2008 10:25 PM >
| | | | Listen, the guy is really just trying to share a tip on something some users might find useful or at least cool. If you don't agree with the rest of his post, don't bash him for it, because this is NOT the place for religious discussion. If you want to argue whether orbs are real or not go to the religion or ghost/paranormal boards we have here for such discussion.
Everybody drop the paranormal thing and get on the subject of night vision goggles please.
"The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life." - T.R. |
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chumpster
Location: chicago
Gender: Male
Mondo Rondo
| | Re: You can buy CHEAP night vision goggles now
<Reply # 12 on 11/25/2008 10:35 PM >
| | | | I would buy them but I think it's kind of odd that it was in the kids section of target and cost 50 bucks. Nothing in the kids section of target should be 50 bucks...Nothing!
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ActionSatisfaction Esq.
Location: Newark, NJ
Gender: Male
Action always satisfies
| | Re: You can buy CHEAP night vision goggles now
<Reply # 13 on 11/25/2008 10:38 PM >
| | | | You've obviously never tried to purchase a game of laser tag! $60!
But yeah, I'd love to have a pair of night vision goggles, just for shit n giggles. And they'd be useful and fun to mess with while camping/night hiking. Anybody else have tips on night vision goggles?
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"The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life." - T.R. |
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metawaffle
King of Puns
Location: Brisbane!
Gender: Male
Purveyor of Fine Lampshades
| | | Re: You can buy CHEAP night vision goggles now
<Reply # 14 on 11/25/2008 10:50 PM >
| | | | Christ almighty, I already find gratuitous reasons to use my collection of torches around the house - can you imagine if I had night vision goggles?
Hey, actually, they'd be great for checking on the kids at 1am. Nay, they'd be *eseential* for checking on the kids at 1am. What's that, you say? A parent without night vision goggles is a neglectful failure? Hmm, you make a compelling argument.
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metawaffle
King of Puns
Location: Brisbane!
Gender: Male
Purveyor of Fine Lampshades
| | | Re: You can buy CHEAP night vision goggles now
<Reply # 15 on 11/25/2008 10:59 PM >
| | | | Just browsing the more expensive night vision goggles on Amazon, and came across the greatest review I could possibly have asked for:
1 Star
Lens are reflective!, March 9, 2008
Title says it all brotha. The lady I was looking at through the window saw my lenses clear as day.
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El Gordo
Gender: Male
| | Re: You can buy CHEAP night vision goggles now
<Reply # 16 on 11/26/2008 6:15 AM >
| | | | Arstechnica did a mini review on these a while back
http://arstechnica...ision-goggles.html
They're definitely not true night vision, but they do work and for $50 might be a fun toy to bring draining with you.
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/-/ooligan
Location: Las Vegas area
Gender: Male
When in danger, when in doubt, RUN IN CIRCLES, SCREAM AND SHOUT!
| | Re: You can buy CHEAP night vision goggles now
<Reply # 17 on 11/26/2008 6:22 AM >
| | | | Costco had 'em on sale for about $60 last month. They're in the toy section because they are toy-quality & toy-designs!
The best thing about having them is that since they're only good in the dark, you won't get too many people seeing you (an adult...) wearing them & laughing & pointing at you.
Please, by all means, buy them & give us a review of how they work in operational UE environments, not just the kiddie back yards & bedrooms the marketing literature shows.
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Opheliaism
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Location: Out on the border of everything and nothing, TN
Ophie
| | | Re: You can buy CHEAP night vision goggles now
<Reply # 18 on 11/26/2008 6:27 AM >
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I just got my new signature in that article. 
The possibilities for shenanigans are nearly infinite.
Show up at 9:30 with 15 dollars cash and your fingers crossed.
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Mantis
Excuese me, do you have a mint?
| | Re: You can buy CHEAP night vision goggles now
<Reply # 19 on 11/26/2008 2:44 PM >
| | | | Will, I just want to let you know that you caused me pain and discomfort when I saw those pictures because I was drinking a Pepsi when I started laughing and the pop came out my nose 
Those were hilarious!
There's also a switch on there that lets you toggle between black and white and green monochrome. There is a little switch in the form of a dial that lets you increase the intensity of the IR. The only complaint I have about the goggles is that it has a narrow field of vision, but maybe that's normal with these things. Oh, and the eye piece that has the little screen that shows the images is on the right side. The left side sticks out in front making it look like it also has something, but it's nothing, but it flips out so you can see normally with your left eye.
It actually fits very comfortably over your head and face. I'd still personally rather use a plain ol' mag lite over these, so I'm going to return them, but I still think they're well worth the money, especially for amateurs or hobbyists like us.
"From down here, we can knock the whole wall down!"
"Duh, yeah, boss, but how do we get out?"
Geeks like science fiction and technology. Programmers make things the geeks like. Hackers do for fun the things the programmers get paid for. |
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