Should You Bridge PVS14s? - Noise Fighters Panobridge

[@FocusTripp]

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[@justcallmejoeable]

PVS-14 is a gateway drug

[@crisraya9691]

By far my favorite gun-tube channel

[@kksrv]

00:05 I like that Holosun magnifier in the background pretending to be a mono tube NV

[@andrewr508]

Dovetail flip down binoculars????

[@FocusTripp]

@@kksrv it can dream

[@jurpo6]

I have a pair bridged with a nvb-58. I love that it’s fixed because it’s one less thing to fiddle with in the dark. Dual 14’s are also the best move if all your friends are rust belt poor.

[@junkmanjam9945]

This is insanely timely for me. I went for a night hike last after a few weeks, and for the first 10 minutes I upset that I cheaped out and went mono. By 20 minutes in, I was adapted and it was all good. When I got home, though, my girlfriend took my mono and instantly fell in love with the sky. So long of the short, I'm buying another "for her" and a secret bridge lol

[@Jooglesberry]

I use the code four defense panoramic bridge and it's pretty fantastic. I find the field of view increase massively beneficial, much more so than regular binos over a single tube.

[@FocusTripp]

@@Jooglesberry I don't know why binos don't have a pan function

[@DonJohn-h8l]

​@@FocusTripp I heard Noise Fighters are working with LLI to make a new MH-1 with the ability to pan.

[@welderdude1]

For my binos I went with the MH-1 housing with high fom WP tubes on a Wilcox G24 Light mount.

[@FocusTripp]

@@welderdude1 what kind of weight at you looking at

[@DonJohn-h8l]

Love that setup, MH-1 is the hotness. I can't wait for the pano version.0:00

[@DonJohn-h8l]

It's the one of the only ways to get wider field of view without the quad nod setup. If you use RPO light weight lenses, they have a slightly wider field of view as well. I heard the Boomslang 50° lenses aren't great, so might want to avoid that route. Eventually LLI is supposed to release a version of the MH-1 with a pan adjustment, but that could be more than a year out.

[@greenleaf9116]

i tried the panobridge and i don't really like it . I really like the Arc Panning Bridge, they are more adjustments when you change the angle and it's cheaper .

[@DonJohn-h8l]

My cursed setup: 1 gen2+ wp and 1 gen3 gp on a Noisefighter pano. Gen2 in a tanto and gen3 in a pvs-14.

[@kebomp]

this is actually pretty cool.

[@FocusTripp]

@@kebomp it does the bridge thing pretty good

[@94todd]

I've got to say, I absolutely loved my pano bridge, I switched to a katana housing, which is nice for certain reasons, but I really do miss the pano feature

[@FocusTripp]

@@94todd I wish more binos could pan

[@64ig6kg0]

It works great with the light weight pics 914c

[@FocusTripp]

@@64ig6kg0 what's the total weight?

[@64ig6kg0]

@@FocusTripp I ended up selling one of them so I couldn’t tell you, but I ran around with it and shot with it. It was a manageable set up.

[@alexanderluster402]

Interesting that you didn't mention having to use two seperate sets of controls with the pano. Seems like a pain in the butt. I guess you can just run them both at max gain and rely on auto-gating. But I like to fiddle with my pvs14 and keep it where its bright enough but with minimal noise

[@welderdude1]

I have the Panobridge for my dual band setup. I'm running a pvs14 and a NOX18 thermal off of it.

[@FocusTripp]

@@welderdude1 how does it work with the two different images

[@welderdude1]

@@FocusTripp the NOX18 is a bit bright compared to the pvs14 but I can still move and shoot reasonably. The main benefit of the NOX18 is that due to the 60htz refresh rate I can move fairly quickly without a noticeable image delay.

[@commanderosis435]

Yes

[@leileijoker8465]

I'm thinking about salvaging the L3 tube in my PVS 14 and buy another similar spec WP tube to put together a bino. But I don't have any experience assembling NV devices.

[@FocusTripp]

@@leileijoker8465 I have thought about going the assembly route as well just to save some money

[@DonJohn-h8l]

Most companies you can buy a housing from will assemble the unit for u at no, or little extra cost. Mainly because the tubes have to be culminated.

[@JKbigfan]

FUCK, I forgot what video game the background-music/OST is from 😭😭

[@Saboteur_91]

So did Optics Force let ya keep the gen 2+ unit? Or is my boy Tripp now nodless? 🙁

[@PhuzzPhactor]

Bump

[@MoonMoon-gu2ge]

In the army I was issued pvs 7s, then when we deployed we finally got the new pvs 14s. I personally prefer a monocular, if I had to run two units one would have to be a thermal.

[@DonJohn-h8l]

The answer is no, you should bridge 2 Tantos.

[@jurpo6]

For that money just get duals. Bridging 14’s nice for people on a budget with omni tubes to be honest.

[@DonJohn-h8l]

@@jurpo6 Most binos can't pan, and I don't think any can pan and articulate. So if you want a wider field of view and not spend 20-40 grand for quads, this is one of the best options.

[@WeekendMarksmanNorcal]

I really want night vision, but can’t justify the cost. I’m banking on China not invading CONUS in my lifetime.🤞

[@mrohloff1]

What about domestic threats?

[@dantauche7917]

Same lol. It's super cool but I will literally never ever need it or use it enough to justify the cost

[@dantauche7917]

​@@mrohloff1what realistic domestic threats would require night vision? Be honest

[@mrohloff1]

@@dantauche7917 there are plenty of potential threats. We arent immune to civil war. You dont have to try and cope about you not having NV. Its a tool that can prove to be a huge asset. It's better to have it and not need it then need it and not have it.

[@WeekendMarksmanNorcal]

@@mrohloff1 Your FBI agent has entered the chat… 😂 Jokes aside, I live in a great community with neighbors who care for each other despite our political differences. In smalltown America, we govern locally and take care of our own. The chaos you describe would have to pit us against each other, and I don’t believe that will, or could, ever happen. The real threat to America is bots and agent provocateurs constantly commenting about domestic threats and Civil War.