Dumb question because I’m sure the answer is “hell nah”. But maybe someone knows more than I.
I’ve got a night vision monocular, and it’s pretty sweet for the price, much to recommend it. Problem is, the thing has such a small FOV that it’s no fun, and certainly not practical. You can observe something if you hold very still, and so does the target. I got some infrared strobes off eBay, the kind that clip directly on a 9V battery. Thought they would make cool trail markers for unfamiliar woods. Nope. Again, the FOV is so tight you have to point right at them, even though they’re intensely bright.
Another issue is that the screen brightness blinds your natural night vision. It has a lens cover with a pinhole in it that works well enough, but narrows the FOV even further.
Anyone tried the binocular version? I realize the range will be pretty short without carrying an infrared light that projects well. I can handle building that bit!
Honestly I don’t know what Id ever use them for. A guy set up a corn field/deer hunting spot on a spot behind my partners family with motion cameras and such. He had a drone that either he rigged up or bought with an IR camera on it. Dude would fly over the area and check how many deer and where they were before going hunting I guess. It’s not even “fair.”. You can spot the deer easily and they have no idea you were ever there. I remember seeing several photos/videos where he was tracking them. At a certain point you have to feel like it’s just overkill. Although if he was using as much of the meat as he could I guess it’s still better than what we do to cows and such
They are such a convenience in edge cases that 99% people don’t need them, but they can end up being one of those things where you find a lot of nails to hammer.