The tech is amazing

I might need these for reasons...

Honestly, just having the option to not use the Jerry 31 level lenses and put on Carson lenses would be enough for me! It's the only thing stopping me aiming for one. Currently just gonna save for Katanas or Argus 1431.

I agree! I went with the Mh1s and plan on putting a C5 on later.

You missed the first paragraph of the video. Congrats.

No it is that cool. Will I buy it right now? Hell no, I need to become a better shot first. But it's something to keep an eye on

Hiding from NVTI gear is cheaper than running it. Ideally, you wanna do both.

18k easy money

18K can get you a quad setup with a handheld RH25 thermal monocular

Honestly having a little thermal monocular in your pocket for a quick scan here and there is probably the better set up for most people anyway. All you need the thermal for is it show you where to look with your NV. A mid tier thermal will do that really well for you. If you got the nice nods with very good identification range, all you need is a mid thermal cause even mid to low tier thermals have high detection range but poor identification range. NV is basically the opposite, good identification with poor detection. A sub $1000 thermal monocular will get your detection range up into the several hundreds of yards. The bust out a rifle scope to look through with your NV or something to ID from there. Even one of the 300-400 thermals will bump your detection range up significantly if you just use it for periodically scanning for detection only, then leaning heavily on your NV to do the rest. It’s by no means ideal or the best, but for the cost it’s hard to argue with. A 400 dollar thermal paired with a pvs14 used in this manner is a major boost in capabilities over someone who only has NV. And for less than the cost of a Wilcox mount lol. As a stand alone device they’re fairly poor quality and not very useful, but paired with a highly capable device like gen 3 nods, it’s a big boost in capability.

If you have to choose between NV or IR you should absolutely get IR even if it's just a handheld monocular. Detection with thermals is miles ahead of NV.

You can get Jerry 31's and their C5 clip on thermal imager for $8,000 together. That doesn't account for a helmet, mount, or IR device. But most people can save over a year or so and be able to afford some form of night vision.

​@@yakivpopavich or the C2 + j31 for 5k

Yup! Search up "Binocular Night Vision | Photonis PD Pro Binos" on TA Targets KZfaq and you will find it 👊

Yes you can have superpowers, my friend.

We are already able to supply just the housing. If you need one, email us. Or we can build it up for you however you’d like. 👊👊

@@Arkayne who much are just the housing? I’m assuming it takes unique optics and not pvs 14 pieces?

You can run the CE5 battery pack which does not have GPS. We agree.

@@KeystoneCarry so its the battery that has the gps nav stuff and bluetooth in it? not the nvg itself?

@@zr6671 I am not sure of the Bluetooth aspect, however the battery pack on the JFB has the GPS markings and function on the battery housing. The CE5 pack is just batteries. Bluetooth is less concerning than GPS obviously due to distance limitations. I’ll be playing more with all of this as I keep using this unit. 👊

@@KeystoneCarry awesome look forward to seeing more about this imma DEF keep this on my radar.

Yes, this surpasses the C in almost all respects simply due to the clarity of the unit. The CE5 video drops in two weeks and we do more comparisons. This is like having an RH25 fused to your binos, which is insane. That doesn’t mean the C or CE5 are bad, just that they don’t have the capabilities of this bino in terms of thermal clarity and detection or seamless experience.

Get ‘em 😈

Why? The breach sucks. 😂

The worries of a Chinese killswitch are not entirety unreasonable, but consider that the US has passed legislation to have killswitches in all of our cars. There is no promise that anything ever will be 100% clean unless you designed and fabricated it yourself.

We compare it to the CE5 at the end of the video which would be very similar to a COTI. We aren’t fans of COTI.

You can get them for $10k now

Go check out one of our latest videos called "Thermal Caught Escaped Killer Danelo Cavalcante" We show the Jerry FB with Elbit white phosphorous tubes in that video! After you watch that video please let us know your thoughts. We think your opinion will change.

Excellent. Well integrated, good fusion and clarity. Impressive.

We would choose to have some sort of thermal for most scenarios. If driving, the binos are nice. You could consider something like the Infiray outdoors CBL19 as a handheld without spending a ton. We stock those for that reason.

@@Arkayne oh wow, I just watched some videos on one. That is great option. Thanks for the product reference

Yes, and you can also turn off the NV if you ever just wanted thermal.

You actually don't need to turn the thermal off. It's not like when looking through a thermal only unit, where looking at glass is just blacked out. I was surprised when I looked through windows; the nvg image sort of just keeps working so it's like you're looking through nvgs as per normal and the thermal doesn't "block out" anything.

Vertx Transit Sling 👊

Whatever makes you feel better. It’s called a product review, not an ad.

@@Arkayne oh come on that was a good joke lol

If you get a thermal and tube you can hold them by hand and see which eye likes what. If there's anyone that does NV classes nearby maybe they can let you demo theirs. But straight up thermal bridging with a dedicated thermal scope + 1 tube is hard, the images won't line up perfectly because they're built different. I think the ideal is binos + some kind of COTI.

You can run a PVS14 on either eye and there is no right or wrong. With binos, you'd need to train yourself through it. It certainly IS possible, many people have done it. It will just take hours and reps. There is a benefit when in total darkness as your eyes ONLY have the optics to look through. I find that makes it easier than standard daylight binos. Even with a bridged setup, you can keep the 14 on your dominant eye for shooting, a thermal on non-dominant for scanning. Whatever works for you is right for your situation. Hope that helps!

Hey great question! Shoot us an email at cs@arkayne.com so we can have a more in-depth conversation 👊

@@Arkayne okay i appreciate it! i will be contacting you, it kind of screwed up that wording, so I’ll fix it up!

We do behind the scenes often

Only when using thermal. Thermal definitely sucks batteries down

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Yeah once you get into binos or a 14 and thermal, you’re in the $10K range often

@@Arkayne when I wrote that I didn't realize the system you had was an overlay, or that there was even overlays like that out there.

Understandable. Most customers rocking thermal rigs with a PVS14 are already into their setup 10-12K. The extra $3K will absolutely be worth it for some folks. Thanks for watching!

@Arkayne Realy good to know the tech is getting better for everyone. My unit tested the first issued NOD/Thernal hybrid units back in Afghanistan 2011. Very good fusion mode.

Why’s that?

You really think a Chinese housing is equivalent spec, build and electronic wise to a ENVGB? The ENVGB has probably hundreds of millions sunk into its IP and research with decade plus of development from the PSQ36, PSQ20 and other systems. They’re comparable in relation of what they both do but obviously the ENVGB is far superior to this. Like hell the glass quality on this unit requires your eye to be a half inch or less to fully get the sight of the tube and thermal overlay.

Ayyyy

Watch it, learn about the tech, and start a plan to save money. This video isn’t about selling a $15K unit, it’s about educating people as to where the tech is headed.

Let us know when you get to that point and we’ll get a set built up for you with whatever tubes you want. 👊

@@Arkayne 🙏

I tried checking their website where they had pre-orders going. dead link.....

@lamppost904 yep and no response on Facebook. They killed their instagram a while ago due to censorship so that's a no go. He moved from LA to Tennessee a year or two ago and after that sort of dropped of the radar with minimal updates.

Damn so what happened to the pre order thing?refunded or just ran with it,?

@lamppost904 no clue haven't seen any updates. No idea how many pre-ordered

Imagine having to use Lucas to form your opinions for you. Congrats.

@@Arkayne L +ratio, cope + seethe

TF does that even mean goober? 🤣

I think that is tween-speak.

@@Arkayneit means Lucas was in his ass trying to pray the bay away while he typed that reply

That’s why they are know and ur not