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How Night Vision Works

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    TOP SELLING
    NIGHT VISION
Monocular, Generation 2+, 5x
$335 - $340

Binocular, Generation 1, 3x, 24 lp/mm
$420 - $1100

Goggles, Generation 1, 1.15x, 3.50 lp/mm
$570 - $1100