Night Vision Goggles - Nightfox Swift 2 NVG Goggle, Head or Helmet Mounted, Wide FOV, 1x Magnification, Infrared Night Vision Binoculars, Stealth 940nm IR, Military-Style NODs for Airsoft

First rate does what it says on the box

Ok so after buying the swift and having issues with the eye relief I returned that and bought the Prowl instead .This has good eye relief and makes the difference between a soft image to a sharp image .So this is going to be a long term review and will be added to as time goes by .So in the box comes everything you need to start up inc a hard storage case that's a good quality item as is the charge lead and the head mount it also comes with a helmet mount for airport and a lens cover .Once unpacked charged and fitted the eye relief was set and provided a clear sharp image that git better as I played around with the settings, tmThe nightvwas clear with no moon and was dark .The unit works well with no IR illumination switched on which on a dark night was ok but with cloud cover it's pretty good this gets better with the IR illumination switched on and has settings from 1 to 5 and a 3x zoom it also has a back-light screen function that makes the image brighter to the eye .So taking the dog for a walk into the moors with no torch the unit worked well and enabled me to see the dog and surrounding area with ease and I can see this being useful for night observation of wildlife or shooting.I intend to use it for night fishing as I have lost some big carp at the net by them spooking when they see the head torch so this may be a worthwhile investment and I will add more info and video as the fishing season gets underway .The one issue I had was walking around it sometimes was a little uneven as the depth perception is lost but I have a feeling that two units may solve this and Nightfox sell a bar that enables two units to be mounted together although this would be an expensive setup to solve the dept perception issue so I'm undecided to fork out the extra as yet and I'll keep you updated on this .The aftersales from Nightfox is simply awsome and even answered emails on Christmas day I've never had that kind of service and it's a measure that company's should mark themselves by .All in all upto now its a good little unit that's well made well presented and packaged is easy to use and may well be able to help in landing more fish ,time will tell and I'll report more as its used so check back for more

I recently purchased the Nightfox Swift 2 night vision goggles and was very surprised and disappointed to find that the digital screen (viewfinder) has no dioptre adjustment. This virtually renders the goggles useless to anyone that has difficulties focusing on close objects. Nightfox have included a focus wheel but this is limited and will only allow the user to focus the screen to a point which is still out of focus however hard you try. This is where a dioptre adjustment is crucial. It allows for fine-tuning for different eyesight’s. I am sure I do not need to explain what a dioptre does as most people have probably come across one on any digital equipment that has a digital/ optical screen. For example: Digital cameras, binoculars the list could go on. It seems however that the Nightfox research and development team had not come across the dioptre concept as it is not included as a feature on their goggles. When I contacted Nightfox to bring this to their attention. Their answer was to return the goggles using Amazons 30 day returns policy. I wonder just how many returns of these goggles they’ve had.Oddly enough, the newly released Nightfox Prowl does include a dioptre adjustment. I wonder why that is?I do think that Nightfox should be obliged to highlight this problem in their description of the Swift 2 and I presume its predecessor the Swift. Instead of just relying on customers sending them back which is a waste of everyone’s time and effort.The sad thing about all this, is that the goggles themselves are actually very good. If you hold them away from your eyes, you see how clear the picture would be. But that defeats the purpose of why I bought them, to wear on my head as advertised. It is no good having goggles designed to wear against your face, when you have to hold them at a distance, and for the screen to light up your face. Not very incognito at all.

Cant believe such great night vision for very reasonable price. Really impressed.

Excellent piece of kit, great value

Unit is low quality build and image clarity is extremely poor, focus wheel next to useless. Unfortunately with this type of tech you get what you pay for….. item returned .

I bought these and after a few night time hikes I have to say my only regret is not buying the pro version for the recording feature.It takes some getting used to as I found depth perception becomes worse but even at that if you just take things slow and pay attention everything is fine.Furthermore, if you encounter the fps glitch where the device locks up when you enter the menu just- reset the device using a pin and then factory reset the device in the menu. This worked for me and now it works perfectly.

It can be hard to look at the screen your eyes being so close to the screen, buying reading glasses seemed to help this, the field of view is limited and it can feel 'a little closed in' and disorintating while using them. The IR light also is too focued in one area and not spread out so much so you can loose detail of what your looking at, the light being so focused and bright.Even changing the intensity of the light dont help this blinding glow. I found putting masking tape over the right hand IR light help reduce this light focus and made it better to see close up. They are ok for a little mess about at night.