Night Owl Explorer Marine Pro Night Vision Scope

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Product Features

• Weather-resistant two-piece rubber-coated body; 100-percent waterproof for use in any weather condition
• Has ergonomic soft-touch control buttons and indicator lights
• Superior optical resolution
• Range of view is 650 feet
• Spectral sensitivity of 400-900nm (nanometers)

Product Description

Amazon.com Review
I have been looking for an affordable night vision scope for years, and I believe I have found it in the aptly named Night Owl Explorer. The well-thought-out design and powerful optics make this scope a pure pleasure to use. Since finding it, I have spent many nights standing on my back porch exploring with my eyes the area around my home.

With the Night Owl, you will see an image as if you just looked through a regular optical device, except the image will appear in a monochrome green color.

This little gem literally turns night into day: There is not an area in my yard that is not visible to me, even on the darkest of nights. It works like a powerful spotlight, directing a very bright beam visible only through the lens.

The Night Owl fit my hand perfectly, and the deep blue rubber outer coating made for a nice look and feel, while also weatherproofing the unit. The handy strap held it tight to my palm, placing both the Power and the Illuminator buttons directly under my fingers for easy control. The care taken with the Night Owl extends to the smallest of details, including power management: Simply setting it down turns the power off so you will never accidently run the batteries down. --Dave Cole

Pros

• Small and lightweight
• Ergonomic design
• Effectively turns night into day
• Water resistant
• Built-in Illuminator

Cons

• No tripod mounting
• Separate focus for front and rear lenses
• Slightly soft focus at the edges of the field

Product Description
The powerful Marine Pro is the ultimate, premium performing monocular that combines exceptional engineering advancements of a 100% waterproof body structure with features such as a 48mm high-grade camera quality lens with 5x image magnification. The solid construction and rubber-coated night blue finish combined with ergonomic soft-touch control buttons and indicator lights make the NOCX5M a top line performer.

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7 x 5 x 11 inches ; 5 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005AQ9C
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #52,037 in Sports & Outdoors (See Bestsellers in Sports & Outdoors)

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

61 of 62 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb, June 21, 2001

By A Customer

This thing delivers exactly what it promises: it enables one to see in darkness! Within a city you will hardly find a spot dark enough to fully appreciate the scope, but in the country side at night this thing is incredible. The built-in infrared light source allows one to see in pitch black. The image is monochrome (greenish) and is distorted towards the edges, sort of like if you are looking through a bubble. Even so, the effective viewing angle is wide enough for comfortable viewing. Also, I was quite impressed with quality of the optics: if you adjust the eye-piece to your eye, the focus ring allows to get a very sharp image from just a few feet to infinity! I found a minor defect, however: The battery lid appeared to not provide a good contact to the battery, so I had to tweak the lid slightly for the power to come on. The construction of the body and the objective's assembly, however, seemed smooth and very sturdy.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars night owl night vision, September 21, 2005

By	Steven Brown - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

nice scope, feels hefty and appears to be well made. glass optics good light gathering abilities.large objective lense with nice metal screw on lense protector. Only drawback I found was the battery compartment was tiny and kind of hard to screw the battery cap on.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Night Owl Explorer Marine Pro Night Vision Scope, January 22, 2007

By	Jonyquest, CA - See all my reviews

I ordered this product through Amazon and recevied it promptly. The product itself is robust and works very well. It is however, very difficult to get a good focus. I usually get good service/product when ordereing from Amazon but this time I was a bit dissapointed. I ordered a "new" unit and not a used one. The product came in an opened box with origianl product packaging missing. Obviously a used returned item. You would expect more when paying $276.00 for an item. I would have returned it but It seemed to work fine. I am happy with the product but unhappy with Amazon for sending me used goods and saying it was new.