Night Owl Explorer Night Vision Scope

by Night Owl

Product Features

• Ergonomic design and styling for comfortable night viewing
• Durable, covered power and IR buttons
• Weather-resistant
• Powerful 3.1x image magnification
• This item is prohibited from export outside the US

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Go night fishing, boating, or nature viewing with Night Owl's Explorer viewing scope. It is a compact, easy-to-operate device that travels well for recreational use. It's also useful for surveillance, search and rescue, and property management. You'll expand your viewing boundaries with the powerful 3.1x magnification and high-level amplification. The Explorer is also weather- resistant so when you are caught in the rain you can still view without damaging your monocular.

Product Description

The compact Night Owl® Explorer™ night vision monocular features a 2-piece, rubber-coated body frame and a camera-quality objective lens magnifying images at 3.1x. The NOCX3 also comes with ergonomically placed operational buttons near the ocular providing easy to use, single-hand operation.

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 6.4 x 4.9 inches ; 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004THMT
• Item model number: 490302
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #383,024 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)

Customer Reviews

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114 of 120 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars These are a great buy..., August 6, 2000

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Oscar Shin (Carlsbad, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Night Owl Explorer Night Vision Scope (Electronics)

I studied the night vision market for a long time, before I got the Explorer. Sure enough there seemed to be many makes and models out there that would've fit the night vision bill - the camping trip, checking out wildlife at night up at the cabin, perhaps a little stargazing, that type of thing. Fact is there are a variety of styles and "generations" out there for those with pockets deep enough demanding all the bells and whistles like in a 007-flick. Problem is, how much to spend? A few hundred or a few grand? For me the choice was simple. I wanted something good enough to enable clear, comfortable viewing - even in the darkest light-conditions with a powerful lens at a low, low price. Well, I finally found the Explorer from Night Owl Optics and I wasn't disappointed. What a great price for a fantastic piece of night vision equipment!

73 of 78 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Night Owl Explorer 3.1, September 2, 2001

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This review is from: Night Owl Explorer Night Vision Scope (Electronics)

I found the Night Owl Explorer 3.1 to be ok, thats all. The price isn't bad for what you get and it's very hard to pick out a "good" night vision unit in this price range. The one thing I don't like about it is it needs the IR light on it to work if it's completly dark out, which is ok, but the IR light is so bright that someone could spot you sitting in the dark because of it. It has a 1/2" diameter red light on top of the unit which at night is very bright if there is nothing else out there. This would not be a good unit for surveillance work. The unit only has a 15,000 light gain in it, some have up to 35,000 and would most likely be a better choice, if the claim is true. All in all it's ok for just screwing around with though. I also got the 5X lens adapt. for it, it works pretty good but does rob even more light. If you want a real good unit get one with a 2nd or even 3rd gen. tube, they are much better than any of these 1st gen. cheapies.....

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Effective Nightvision. Two thumbs up!!, December 7, 2003

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knsch (North Texas) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Night Owl Explorer Night Vision Scope (Electronics)

I just received and used this Night Owl nightvision model "NOCX3".This product worked GREAT.I had 3/4 of a moon.Location was a wooded lake area 1:30am.I could see clearly at least 300 ft away.Standard green monochrome view.I messed with the IR a little but really didn't need it.The IR was just like turning on a mag light,effective 100 ft.I was able to turn on the unit and shut off a minute later for approx 20 minutes of sustained usage.Saves battery juice.Limitation,field of view was like looking through a paper towel roll.Small,but you could see everything.This is a great low cost Russian nightvision product.--ks.