New Night Owl Optics NON5 5x Magnification

by Night Owl

Product Description

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Go night fishing, boating, or nature viewing with Night Owl's Cyclops Compact Pro viewing scope. It's 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 5x magnification and high-level amplification. The Cyclops Compact Pro is also weather-resistant so when you are caught in the rain you can still view without damaging your monocular.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• ASIN: B00004THMR
• Item model number: NON5
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,303,548 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)
  • #70 in Sports & Outdoors > Hunting & Fishing > Hunting > Hunting Optics > Night Vision

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

30 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent for consumer use, April 30, 2001

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This review is from: New Night Owl Optics NON5 5x Magnification (Misc.)

I own the Night Owl Cyclops Pro now for almost 2 month. It is excellent. As it is "only" a Generation 1 night vision device, here some remarks on that: Gen 1 devices like the Cyclops Pro have some distortion, but this really isn't a big thing. You hardly notice it. The gain is not high enough for very low light conditions. But this only means that you have to switch on the IR LED illuminator. If you are a general trying to equip your troops, this might be a problem as you are visible for other people using a night vision device. For the rest of us it does't matter whether you are invisible or not. So good Gen 1 devices are more than adequate for consumer use. The build in illuminator is only fair. For around 60 dollars I bought a russian made external IR LED illuminator. It has an optical systems with a real lens so you can focus the IR light beam much narrower. This increases the viewing range in extrem low light conditions dramatically. With this addition I am very pleased with the performance. I doubt that I have to upgrade to a Gen II device once they become cheaper. The ususal disclaimer: I am not affiliated with Night Owl Optics or any manufacturer or seller of accessories in any way. I am just a user.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice Night Scope, September 29, 2002

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Bennett Fung (Honolulu, HI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: New Night Owl Optics NON5 5x Magnification (Misc.)

I bought this scope out of curiosity rather than any pratical need. This scope works well as advertised. However, be aware that this scope is the type that needs a little bit of light or Infrared light and it magnifies the light many times and display the image on a green scope. It cannot see in total drakness, and it does not detect infrared radiation emitted by body heat or other sources (That type cost over a thousand dollars).

Living in the city, I have not found many uses for this device yet. But I imagine that it would be great for camping or other outdoor night time activities.

11 of 54 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Night Owl Cyclops Pro Night Vision Scope, August 19, 2000

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ben mort (Brisbane, QLD AUS) - See all my reviews

This review is from: New Night Owl Optics NON5 5x Magnification (Misc.)

this is the best. this scope helps me in my hunts at night. now i can see perfectly in the dark. i want all u people reading this message to buy one now!!!!!!!