Thermal and night vision, although both are designed to improve nighttime visibility, are essentially different technologies.

If you’re hunting for the best night vision scope, the first decision isn’t brand - it’s technology: digital night vision (needs ambient light and/or an IR illuminator) versus thermal (detects heat ...

For centuries, mankind's greatest technological leaps have begun with a simple act: observing nature. Our desire to fly high was inspired by birds' ability to soar the skies. Our fascination with ...

Thermal cameras, monoculars, and scopes are cheating. I don’t know a plainer way to declare my opposition to devices that could allow us to bypass legal hunting hours. But, as long as this new class ...

While both thermal and night vision lenses are necessary for seeing in the dark, they have different functions and ways of working. Night vision optics are perfect for low light levels because they ...

With an explosion in recent years of invasive animals such as wild hogs, coyotes, armadillos, and more, hunting at night with thermal binoculars or a thermal scope has never been more popular—and ...

Night optics are getting more capable and more affordable every year. You can get your first or upgrade to a bigger sensor with better resolution and save money with ...

If you would like to improve your vision in lowlight scenarios or during the night or benefit from a thermal imaging monocular you might be interested in the new TNV30 which is launched via ...

Night vision goggles and thermal imaging scopes are both useful pieces of kit in their own right, but combining the two provides the best of both worlds. For those who have only the goggles, ...

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It was almost 20 years ago that a chief of police received a request from his training officer to attend a low light operations course. The chief was understandably surprised because, after all, it’s ...

Back in 2014, FLIR brought the same thermal imaging technology used by law enforcement and militaries to consumers through an accessory that gave iPhones heat-sensing Predator-vision. The latest ...