MiniAura Digital Night Vision Monocular with Carry Pouch

INFORMED REVIEW: Im calling this an "informed" review due to the number of reviews i have read on this monocular and similar products. Now that i have it and have used it, i can compare that to what ive read. From what ive read, alot of people want much more out of night vision, at this price point, than is realistic. Now, hold your horses on that thought, this little monocular is fantastic by any measure. For 95 dollars i am now able to see up to a hundred yards through my yard with great detail. And i asked myself the important question i think many of us on here wonder when looking for night vision devices. "Can I use this to see people or animals a solid distance in front of me, in complete darkness, with enough detail to make our who or what they are, and what they are doing?" Yes. Yes,yes,yes. Anyone who says otherwise has gotten a defective unit. Because for 95 dollars im able to use this stupid thing to pick out the details in the bark of a tree a solid 150 feet away from me. That is p-lenty enough for me. Now im not the owner of a large rural property, in which a more powerful device would be needed. Im in a suburban area with a fairly large yard, enough for this small device to show me whats going on at night, and i am usually able to scan about 1000-3000 square feet of space in front of me at any given angle of view. Thats assuming i can clearly see about 20-40 feet wide and about 100 deep.Additionally, this thing performs wonderfully in tight spaces, so that review about it not being suited for attics and crawl spaces, they are completely wrong. Remember, this thing fits in my pocket without much trouble at all. So all in all, this device is very effective for how cheap and small it is. It has a surprisingly solid construction of what appears to be ABS plastic and hold three normal AAA batteries. I love that. My only question is how battery life holds up, but since it runs off AAA it can be replaced and as much as I need can be carried on me at any time of course. So it's designed for you to keep powering it wherever you need it really. This appeared to be cheap and dodgy when i ordered it. What i got was far from that. This monocular is seriously worth the money. 9/10

I had a gift card and always wanted to buy this thing. In short I would have gladly paid full price. I had a gen1 device about 10 years ago.... this thing blows that out of the water by 1000%. The picture quality is about what you get from a modern baby monitor. Pro's: -uses typical batteries and not the expensive CR123 or whatever that my gen 1 needed -picture quality is exceptional compared to my old gen1 device.... not even close. Larger field of view, no distortion at the edges. The old gen 1 device I had was literally looking through a tiny hole with massive "fish eye" effect. This has no fish eye and can scan larger areas quickly. -Super light compared to the clunky gen1 device I had, powers instantly, you can't accidently fry a tube if a car drives by Pro/Con: -1:1 magnification. I personally like this but some might find this to be a con. My previous NV Gen1 device had a 3-4x mag.... didn't care for it since it reduced the field of vision greatly for how far you could actually use the device. -Its extremely small. I was surprised even after reading all the reviews. Its tiny! I like that compared to my Gen1 device which took like two hands and a backpack to carry (like the size of a old school camcorder). Con's: -The IR is visible, and usually needed. its not always needed if there is enough ambient light (i.e. suburban environment). I'm not trying to use this as a self defense / mil style application so if the red dot happens to be spotted I'm not worried. The spotter would have to be fairly inline with the device to spot it. Its not super bright but would be noticeable at closer distances and if it was very dark. -You can't see through windows.... I think this is very typical for any NV. My GEN1 device always had window glare whether trying to see out of a window from your house to spot something in the backyard, or trying to look through a window from a distance (i.e. backyard / into your house). Again I'm not trying to use this thing as a survival tool, or anything pervy so I'm not really that concerned and I'm not convinced that higher GEN devices can do this effectively all the time. -I wish the IR emitter could be dialed back a bit (i.e. lowest setting could get lower). -I do have 1 horizontal line through my display.... very not noticeable or annoying but its there. Again, picture quality is completely insane compared to my old Gen1 device. completely satisfied for this price.

This is a digital night vision device. I have used many of this type. They all work basically the same and generally give you similar image quality. They have different features like magnification, digital zoom, picture and video capability. In my opinion the miniture size of this make it a WIN WIN. Very basic, simple and strait forward to use. ALL, and I mean ALL digital night vision devises require an ir illuminator to use in pitch dark invironment. They do not have intensifier tubes that will be damaged by bright lights. The image quality is on par or even better than others I have tried. It uses a 850 NanoMeter wave length IR ilumminator which is very visible to any one or anything looking back at you. Here's the awesome part. You can buy a high powered 940 NM flash light to use with this instead of the built in 850NM illuminator and see WAY farther and not be seen buy what ever you are looking at. A lot more discrete. This is a Keeper. My favorite so far !!!. If I go out at night this goes with me. Carry it in any pocket Only a suggestion, Vastfire 10Watt, 940NM flashlight utilizing a 18650 battery. If look around you can get one for around $10 online. This is a Keeper. My favorite so far !!!

It works very well, especially for the price. I use it to check on my dog at night and see if there are other critters around. I would pair it with an IR lamp to really see what is happening in a big yard.

I bought my husband a more expensive pair of night vision binoculars for Christmas, but I decided to also buy him this Carson MiniAura more or less as a toy to play with. Imagine my surprise that he uses the Carson more than the more expensive pair. It is so small he can carry it in his shirt pocket. He is older, so he loves that it is so easy to use and nothing complicated with menus, etc. We live in a country subdivision and it is very dark at night. We have to let our big dog out at night and could not see if he did his business in the dark. He uses the Carson and can see all the dog's movements and the entire perimeter of the yard even if it is pitch black out. The picture is extremely clear. When he walks the dog in the morning while it is still dark, he carries it with him to see what is going on around him. He loves it so much I think I am going to order another unit as a backup in case this ever gives out.

For the price this is s cool little device. I've owned pricey night vision in the past and granted this doesn't perform like true night vision, but still can be fun. My biggest complaint is the obvious red light when it's in I.R. mode. The mode without it is virtually useless. You would need so much ambient light to use it without the I.R. that you'd be able to see with your own eyes without the device. It has a small field of view also. It works great with the I.R. on high, provided you're not trying to be sneaky because the red light gives you away. The magnification is basically zero, it's real time view. Again, for the price and a backyard toy, it can be fun, but if you want serious night vision, spend serious money.

Smaller than a deck of cards and it gives a very bright, almost too bright, field of view when using the IR light at night (almost no moon). I didn't notice much difference between the 3 IR settings. They all gave a very bright and relatively clear field of view, although it is difficult to see at much distance if there is a lot of brush as it lights up so brightly in the foreground. There's no problem looking across my lawn to the woodshed though. I didn't notice any horrible distortion from the neighboring house lights. They are visible but are 100' or so distant from where I was standing. The IR light is visible to observers but is a dark red glow. My biggest complaint is the setting without the IR light as it is very poorly lit unless there is a lot of ambient light, and it doesn't improve vision much, if at all. A neat item for short money and very easy to carry around in your pocket.

The reason I this product, my wife and I are doing a lot of traveling hotels, airbnbs, and I watched a lot of videos on hidden cameras in these places. I was looking for something to pick up those hidden cameras out of all the videos I watched. This product worked like it should have and would pick up any infrared. Hidden camera at night.That's the reason I purchased this item.

This is an awesome device. It's not intended for military use and the cost is not comparable with military night vision stuff so I wouldn't compare this little guy with top dollar night vision solutions. However, there is at least one parameter of this device that beats any competitors - the size. It's very small and it does exactly what it's supposed to do, so what not to like? Even with IR illumination turned off it actually helps to see in low lighting conditions just as advertised (not in all cases but in many cases). With IR illumination it produces very sharp and contrast image just as advertised. The surface of the device is "soft-touch" kind of polymer, feels very nice. The device actually allows you to do what you need in total darkness without drawing too much attention or waking your family up (unless you're doing too much noise). For the price it performs very well and I would highly recommend it to anyone interested in inexpensive night vision solution. If slightly visible IR illumination LED is a problem for you, you can easily upgrade your device by covering the LED with IR filter cut to proper dimensions, it won't cost you much. UPDATE: 3 years later it still works like new. Never had a problem with it, other than taking batteries out of it sometimes was a challenge.

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Ich war schon beim Auspacken von dem geringen Gewicht dieses Gerätes überrascht. Als nächstes beeindruckte mich die tolle Haptik, denn das Teil liegt dank der guten Oberfläche wirklich gut in der Hand. Der erste Praxistest in einem absolut dunklen Raum verblüffte mich total. Man sieht wirklich alles. In manchen Rezensionen wird von einem hohen Batterieverbrauch geschrieben. Dies kann ich nicht bestätigen, denn in den meisten Fällen ist es gar nicht notwendig das IR-Licht zuzuschalten und schon gar nicht auf voller Leistung. Das mitgelieferte kleine Aufbewahrungsbeutelchen finde ich super um das Nachtsichtgerät zu schützen. Ich hätte mir gewünscht, daß die zuletzt gewählte einstellung des IR-Lichtes gespeichert bleibt, aber es ist auch kein Problem, denn man kann es mit wenigen Knopfdrücken umstellen. Überhaupt ist das Gerät sehr intuitiv bedienbar und man findet sich sehr schnell rein. Ich habe es einem Freund sofort weiterempfohlen und für ihn bestellt. Absolute Kaufempfehlung.

Received the product today and tested it around the house and nearby parks. Great little device for the price. Will definitely be using it for hunting. Can see in total darkness up to a fair distance and under some good ambient light does really well in outdoors. The IR illuminator that comes installed in it is quite strong and does the job however will look into buying something more powerful to allow greater results. Highly recommend.

Great product, does exactly as it says and easy to use it.