The MOST IMPRESSIVE Night Vision I Have Used Yet!! Wildguarder Owler 1 Night Vision...Fantastic!!

[@StarGateSG7]

If you want REAL and PROPERLY PASSIVE nightvision, the CMOS sensor on ANY nightvision camera MUST HAVE 25 micron, 50 micron or even 100 microns per photosite at 1080p resolution in order to see under pitch black conditions WITHOUT needing the use of any infrared LED illuminator which gives away your position to ANYONE that has proper nightvision gear or ANY ANIMAL that has infrared sensitive eyesight! The Infrared (i.e. IR) LED illuminator is like a GIANT flashlight that shines SUPERBRIGHT to anybody who has decent passive avalanche-diode-style AVN-14 style goggles or monoculars (i.e. Gen-1/2/3+ NVG)! V

[@TheOmnipotently]

Hey man, awesome footage with this binoculars. But you missed the double Ufo sighting at 21.12 making a nice loop in front of the moon lighting.

[@outerlimitless]

Haha...I saw that...I must have been in their flight path!

[@Mr.Thermistor7228]

21:12

[@Special-Delivery57]

@@Mr.Thermistor7228 thank you. I’ve got some interesting footage.👍🏻

[@MCGAletsgo]

Quack Quack

[@ariannalewis7174]

Bird?

[@5153flash]

I bought these and was sold from this video. I agree with everything said here. My review after having them for 6 months. I bought these for hunting purpose and realized quickly that they are not great for that. They are heavy to carry and kinda bulky. It takes too much time to adjust for hunting purposes IMO. For daytime use these are much easier to use ,,even for hunting. But at night ,it just does not work for me. Over all,,not for hunting. That is really the only down side I found for these. Although I did add a second IR light ,,clip on,,that helps greatly for night vision. Now,,if at home on a tripod and no time limits(like hunting) these are awesome. No hurry to adjust and they are just amazing. the 40x zoom is clear as a bell. During daylight they work the best once again. The clarity is something you must see to believe and items 1/2 mile away have great detail. The night vision is also good but is best 100 yrds or closer. The extra IR light is also a great help and worth buying if you have these. At 50 yrds (or more?) you could read a book in complete darkness. If on a tripod,,which I suggest for all use. Anything over 100 yrds ,in darkness,,can still be seen (and not bad) but the quality is lower. I find the IR light from the binocs is too bright until you get 200 yrds or more. The night vision takes allot of time to adjust for best clarity, Adjustments are: zoom/focus/IR light pattern. They are very touchy. If you have these on a tripod and have patience to adjust them they are awesome.

[@rolandedrummer9723]

Thanks for extra info. I got the cheaper stealthcam monocular. Definitely didn't love. The screen is too small for my eye.

[@jasonbrown467]

i have one of these, i like it for most of the reasons you state. i have a few issues, one the IR bream is really designed only if you are zoomed in maybe 15x and higher, otherwise it puts a bright white spot in the middle of the picture, and the adjustment for the IR is very lacking. it basicaly goes from a tight beam to an even tighter beam also, you cant turn off the IR while in night vision mode. some times there is enough IR light in the atmostphere that you dont need the beam but its stuck on. there is a work around though, for some reason you can put a timer on the IR so it will turn off but you stay in night vision mode. having to adjust the focus while playing with the zoom is strange but i am learning to cope. using AA batteries is a fail imo, but you can use only four at a time if you want, you dont have to use eight the menue is easy, the features are easy, the optics look good, the screen looks good, you can run it off a external battery bank via the usb c, there is a mini hdmi port, it looks shockingly good both zoomed in and not and using IR or not there is no stabilization, so a tripod is a must this is not a binocular imo, but its important to keep in mind that this thing will suck at looking at things up close at night. get something else if you want to watch the path you are walking on. treat these as you would binoculars and by that i mean use them to look at things far away. that 20x zoom is awesome, then add another 4x digital and you can really see out there day or night i have used it to watch the nigh sky and it picks up on stars your eyes will miss, in fact i see satellites orbiting the earth almost every time i go out with it and watch the night sky

[@garybent3923]

What was the price I must have missed it

[@mnpd3]

Well worth the price for what it does. There's no substitute however for a Gen III passive scope if you want to spend a few thousand dollars. The Gen III is also completely passive and can't be spotted. The Gen III sees that IR beam as brightly as a ray of sunshine, meaning "active" IR scopes are not suitable for hidden surveillance.

[@PaulMcDonagh-rv6vc]

You wont get a decent gen 3 for $2,000. That budget needs to increase. For $2900 you could have a really nice high FOM elbit XLSH white phos in a pvs-14. That when gen 3 gets really good.

[@kennethrenock6588]

Brother thank you you have me sold 100% I will give my review back to you when I purchase

[@outerlimitless]

Please let me know how it goes!

[@shatner99]

21:16 Just two CF-18s chasing that darn balloon.

[@alphaomega8373]

Is that really you William?

[@davidsimons5764]

Can you give a link to buy them

[@arpc]

Superb review! Thanks for your time in doing this! 👍

[@outerlimitless]

Thank you for watching!

[@UFOs_Over_Europe]

Note that how the clouds behind this object are passing by this

[@chefcurry8831]

Wowwww this is exactly what I came to see !!! UFO siting around 21 mins in

[@outerlimitless]

Unfortunately just an airplane... But it was cool

[@UFOs_Over_Europe]

Amazing UFO video

[@moonpaws1]

I would like to buy one, but the company won't respond to any of my questions about how well they pack this item for shipping. Not going to throw $325 to a Chinese company without any assurance of this. I've contacted them 4 times. Unfortunately, it is not available on Ebay or Amazon.

[@barrybueler3356]

Very cool always wanted a night vision option and these cost less than my regular vortex binoculars 🤔

[@outerlimitless]

These might be worth a try... it's a totally different type of experience. Obviously dependent on batteries... but still very cool

[@barrybueler3356]

@@outerlimitless is love to go out and blow a ton on a pair of ones that come as close to military grade u can get just can’t pull the trigger because I’m guessing it will only get use like 2 times a yr but seeing in the dark is super cool to me

[@JohnKuhles1966]

WildGuarder OWLER1 + WiFi connection to your SmartPhone possible in the Updated Follow-Up version? App that gives you remote access to control everything and see everything on different screen ... or even better also for Windows 11 Laptops?

[@Romakes317]

It looks pretty good! i have night vision made by Sharper Image and they are basically electric binoculars with night vision, it's kinda funny,

[@jsherrodmalone1]

Question - can you see the IR light with the naked eye, if you were on the other end of the camera? Meaning if hunting would the Night vision/IR light shine like a flashlight on the animal or would it stay dark outside of the camera..and only what you see inside the camera light up?

[@kevinyoung9557]

Good question

[@5153flash]

Cannot see IR light with naked eye,,,not at all!!! Security cameras use it,,,trail cameras. You can see any devices IR light with these binocs though.

[@RAINMAN309]

Can you put those binoculars on to a tripod?

[@markhillen5090]

Do you have any reviews on similar binoculars or monoculars the use thermal imaging for outdoors?

[@Shinzon23]

Neat but I would have preferred a mounting to attach these to helmet or headstrap mount

[@outerlimitless]

These are pretty big for that. A smaller unit sure... But these are quite large

[@johnkenny694]

Unreal!!!

[@dinnyconway695]

How much do dey cost

[@germanshepherd6638]

Will it work with stargazing?

[@UFOs_Over_Europe]

21 :06...look how strongly the light reflects from the bottom of the clouds

[@MARYOLIONHEART]

Drone

[@Mr.Thermistor7228]

nice review, definetley got me interested and will deep dive in this topic. im already a flashight/headlight/camera/edc/outdoor lunatic nut job so night vision is right up my alley. i was always fascinated with the nods i got to use while i was in the army. cool to see civilian nods are right there too

[@outerlimitless]

They are definitely getting there...quite impressive on this model. Best I have seen yet. I will keep digging into more and more models looking for which I think are the leading brand.

[@acroduster]

All 6 button infared night vision "binoculars" (not actually binoculars) are the same internals. And if these things make you this excited try some gen 3 passive mil spec noght vision and see what these dont show.

[@paprecisiontv1635]

A lot of people don’t have the money to spend on somthing like that especially now a days unfortunately

[@nelsonarmor]

For star gazing, is the gain high enough for the stars & milky way on a clear moonless night? Or is it detuned for the built-in IR emitter only as in some other brands?

[@dolebandit9942]

Zoom lens are generally not good for star gazing

[@nelsonarmor]

@@dolebandit9942The zoom he was referring to is digital zoom, which I think of as false zoom. This unit has a fixed focal length. The sensor gain on this is excellent for casual viewing, though not for astronomy photography. It has bloom. But it has the lowest sensor signal noise of the five different types in this class I tested

[@ravioli_352]

Hey just bought one from Amazon..night vision quality is excellent I might say but, until I stepped into view of my yard camera..I checked my yard camera & it shows a super bright light that I don't believe that humans can see this bright light..but possibly animals can? What do you think?

[@outerlimitless]

That bright light is the 850nm infrared beam emitter. Animals with IR sensitive eyes could see it... Otherwise no.

[@davidpanizzutti3043]

what was that, that appears in the top right hand corner under the moon at 21.12 till 21.20 and makes that strange manoeuvre

[@adziup]

that was a drone, and this was seen double, because camera was catching image in wierd way :P

[@32elplebe]

Helpful informative video 👍. Question: Does the audio sync with the video recording? Thank U

[@nonyabiz550]

You may need a codec

[@jasonbrown467]

as a matter of fact, its not synced, at least it wasnt for me using vlc on a win 10 i7 ssd laptop, i filmed a 40 minutes video or so watching about 6 deer and then got distracted watching cars, jets over head then the stars and the audio was off, by a lot like several minutes . but i know sometimes these things can happen with various media players. the recorded audio may catch your thoughts at the time of the recording and it sucks if they are not in sync, i will play more with this

[@6foot8jesuspilledpureblood82]

Hey mate, have you tested a better nv device compared to this?

[@outerlimitless]

Not yet, this is still my favorite!

[@Special-Delivery57]

Totally off the chain IR. Holy sh$t!👍🏻🍻🕯

[@UFOs_Over_Europe]

Cool review but digital zoom is not a good thing, I think I may be getting this one

[@outerlimitless]

These are by far the best I've used because they actually have optical zoom. It's an impressive unit

[@UFOs_Over_Europe]

@@outerlimitless is that 3rd generation of nvs?

[@outerlimitless]

@@UFOs_Over_Europe I have no idea to be honest

[@UncleDon226]

@@UFOs_Over_Europe They are not true NVGs. The generation refers to the image intensifier tube that real NVGs use. These dont have image intensifiers, only infrared image sensors. Therefore- no generation classification.

[@UFOs_Over_Europe]

@@UncleDon226 so what do you recommend?

[@BooDamnHoo]

Eh. Not interested in zoom. I'll be interested when their sensitivity is good enough to operate without an illuminator, IOW, when they get a digital photomultiplier chip going.

[@philb5]

I have contacted the company to ask specific questions without absolutely no response if they can’t respond to simple questions I can respond when I really need them

[@tejeda7324]

you do understand,, that 98% of the items you buy from amazon are some dude from his basement buying cheap stuff from china in bulk, and slapping their "company name on them" right?

[@philb5]

@@tejeda7324 No I did not know that. Thanks , I was aware E bay was that way but not Amazon. I thought you bought off the shelf’s at Amazon warehouse. Regardless I contacted the manufacturer directly with no response

[@tejeda7324]

@@philb5 there you go now you know.. 😃

[@moonpaws1]

Yep, I have had the same experience. All I asked was how well this is packed for shipping. Not going to throw $325 at a company in China that doesn't respond to basic email questions.

[@moonpaws1]

Am I supposed to in good faith trust them if they are broken in shipping or faulty, that they're going to warranty their item?

[@shatner99]

Did you identify some Meese?

[@ReverseEverything]

Are these better than the Creative xp?

[@outerlimitless]

These are still the best I've ever used by quite a large margin

[@misterepicmannjunior3080]

This can be budget night vision goggles for me

[@sifusasdo2314]

Cool Video 👍 Thank U for the Info and the Links 👍

[@outerlimitless]

Thanks for watching!!

[@ptrenken]

Monoculars?

[@georgehooper670]

Eric is right and I've looked at a lot of these always having some limitation. Color quality in daytime varies. NV sharpness at night within a limited range then zoom 3X a little and lose it. Low quality video or snapshot capuure some as low as 480p. Maybe purchase an infared flashlight at 850mn to help. The Owler 1 resolved this by first going with quality optics with a 30mm lens with 20X optical zoom (anyone else to doing this?) so not to be too heavy set to a 1.6 F-srop to gather light. The trade off with gathering light is with depth of field so zooming around a user has to focus again. Then it is sharp without any distorion. This was designed with software to gather light so if you are looking around in your neighborhood for an opossum, wolf or bad guys with a street light or other house lights then you won't even have to turn on the night vision clearly seeing everything for 500 meters. So I bought it directly form store.wildguarder.com/ and it took about 14 days to deliver it to my front porch in Indiana. Their China tracking has a lot to be desired with no locations versus FedEX and UPS but it got here. It is an amazing Night Vision worth $339.99 USA. But it is technnlogy. Wnen something better comes out maybe next year use it for your need or sell it cheap on Ebay. Who knows maybe Eric tell us if someone can beat this awesome design. Regards

[@outerlimitless]

Thanks for writing... still today this is my leading candidate... it literally blows the other brands out of the water from what I have seen. I'm still impressed with it.

[@sarabandacaronte9845]

21:12 spaceship ?

[@MARYOLIONHEART]

Is a damn drone, hahahaha 😅

[@TheCollectiveIntellectual]

You sound familiar

[@TheCollectiveIntellectual]

Would be cool if they had Wi-Fi and Bluetooth

[@outerlimitless]

Yes...I'm testing a new unit of theirs currently that does have wifi...and it's insane!

[@UFOs_Over_Europe]

Im really suprised why didnt you notice that this was not the moon at all...I guess you didnt want to

[@LTHankWill]

21:12

[@UFOs_Over_Europe]

20:55 note how this big shiny round object cast the light that it emits towards the clouds and how the clouds are passing by the object in front of it and behind it...damn what a sighting

[@2wheeladdict12]

Are you referring to the plane ?

[@UFOs_Over_Europe]

@@2wheeladdict12 nope, im referring to the sphere

[@nitrocell9287]

Funny to see people reviewing technology that was invented in 1939. Thats 84 years ago people. Sony made a video camera back in 1998 which had a “night vision” (infrared) mode. It even was capable of seeing threw clothes. I ran around with digital NV when i was 14 years old. Im 36 now! Hell in 2010 Jakks Pacific released SPYNET Night Vision Infrared Goggles for children that do this same thing. You can get a pair for like 30 buck online. All of a sudden this tech keeps getting rewrapped and called new then priced for hundreds? I dont get it. Morons reviewing it obviously have no idea what they are even talking about... Sorry

[@nonyabiz550]

Exactly! Ridiculous. They should have them in FLIR and r/x glasses by now

[@UFOs_Over_Europe]

This is not the moon...holy shit,

[@UFOs_Over_Europe]

This was not the moon at all, you should report this etc

[@scotthares]

If it doesn't have built in rechargeable then forget it!

[@UFOs_Over_Europe]

Powerbank, best solution

[@CoolcatAMA-Pro]

There alright not military grade

[@kevwilk4778]

Wow

[@fredfloyd68]

Apps and batteries...hmmm dirty words ya dont want to hear....iffy.

[@nonyabiz550]

None of these things record?! 🙄

[@outerlimitless]

I have no idea what that means

[@evansaw293]

Man this was terrible.

[@outerlimitless]

Which part?

[@evansaw293]

@@outerlimitless the laxk of comparison to a regular camera. It felt like a paid ad

[@outerlimitless]

@@evansaw293 why would I compare this to a regular camera? That would be it's own topic... not a feature review of a product. If your point is this should be compared to a regular camera I agree that's an interesting topic. But these are a binocular style product. The footage is only for demonstration... It's the user's experience that's the interesting part of ownership... Not the capturing footage.

[@evansaw293]

@@outerlimitless its abour establishing a baseline. If you can see 300m with a regular camera at dusk and 300m with the night vision, its probably not a very good night vision camera. If you only show night vision at close range, its probably not a good camera. If its probably not a good camera and you are hyping it up, it feels like a paid spot and a waste of my time.

[@evansaw293]

@@outerlimitless maybe Im shitting on you to much....

[@jurgenschmolz9801]

Falsch kein Nachtsicht geräht-Dämmerungs Fehrnglas mit schlechter sicht

[@ralphtaylor787]

Can this be used to locate game cameras.

[@nonyabiz550]

Good question

[@Kokopellli]

Is it california legal?

[@seeyouagain911]

What do you mean by that?

[@gobstoppa1633]

boughT mine after this 18 month ago. YOU WERE RIGHT. POUND FOR POUND WORTH EVERY PENNY. CHEERS.TOPMAN. MINT.