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Depends where you are! ITAR/etc means the markets fucking confusing. In the US it’s possible to get really nice L3Harris Gen3 tubes, whereas in Europe you are
by fullspectrumdev 3y ago
Depends where you are! ITAR/etc means the markets fucking confusing.
In the US it’s possible to get really nice L3Harris Gen3 tubes, whereas in Europe you are more likely to find Photonis Echo or similar - which are really nice.
There’s the older school green phosphor tubes, and more modern white phosphor tubes - the WP ones are better in terms of contrast, and IMO easier on the eyes.
The set I have the most time on uses Gen3 WP Photonis Echo tubes, and is really nice, but I’m told it doesn’t hold up great compared to the ones available in the US.
There’s some Chinese tubes on the market now that are supposedly rather good, but I’ve not played with those.
- philwelch 3y ago> There’s some Chinese tubes on the market now that are supposedly rather good, but I’ve not played with those. I wonder if they reverse engineered the stuff we left behind in Afghanistan.
- fullspectrumdev 3y agoI’d not be surprised tbh given the timing of the sudden leap in Chinese commercial tube quality. While the general science behind Gen3 NVG is pretty well known, having a few sets in hand would have massively sped up development, and there’s now a couple of suppliers knocking out really quite respectable tubes.
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