Yukon Advanced Optics 4x50 Night Vision Monocular: Customer Reviews & Product Details

I bought this just as sort of a fun toy to play with in Iraq. I couldn't be happier with it. I can see so well in almost 0 lum, I barely ever need the IR light. For basic spotting, this thing gets my 5 stars. Love it. I don't even check out NODS anymore from the arms room.

Item arrived looking good - for a birthday several days later. This allowed me to get a battery for it before the Bday.
On Bday, it functionned pretty well - especially for first generation, but it did not want to "cut off". Tried holding the off button, lightly touching, double pressing, etc. Finally went off. By next day would not turn off at all - had to remove the battery - a little difficult because I think it is supposed to be water proof or resistant. Now comes on whenever battery is installed. I am wary of items that start out defective and have (with a fair amount of difficulty I might add) returned it.

This a quality piece of work, especially when delivered to the door for $149.95. The clarity of vision greatly exceeded my expectations both with and without the use of the built in IR illuminator. Be careful when scanning across a surface that may be reflective, it will sizzle your retina's momentarily. Have a CR123A battery on hand and you are ready, almost instantly, to begin viewing. An excellent buy....Lynn

Having used NVG's in training and war (PVS-2/4/5/7's), I had limited expectations when purchasing this (1Gen). I was much more than pleasantly suprised when I received this and tested it for the first time. The NVMT easily outpaced my memories of the PVS-2 and bordered on the quality I was familiar with with the PVS-4/5's. Passive is quite good, but IR source light shows a dramatic difference in visibility and clarity. Rubberized coating good feature.

I got the night vision last week and me and my son used it over the weekend. In what will be one of the last warm weekends of the year, we had a great time. We were able to see the stars (which my son loves) and look into the woods at the edge of my property. It was clear and very easy to use, two on/off buttons, no complaints. My son and I had a great time this weekend.