Pard Night Vision Monocular, Night Vision Goggles with Rangefinder, Clip-on Scope for Night Watching or Obervation, Night Viewing Range up to 350m, HD Photos & Videos, NV007SPLRF

Disclosure, this is my first time using a night vision scope adapter, so I don't have much to compare it to. What I have been doing is reading reviews for years, and always was well aware of the downsides in quality when you don;t have thousands to spend. What attracted me to the PARD was both the positive reviews, and specifically the fact that this can be used with my already mounted quality Meopta scope. This scope is amazing once it's dialed in. I added an external IR light, but the built in one isn't bad. Adding an external improves image quality though, as well as essentially doubling the battery run time, because you aren't asking the PARD battery to power the light. Attaching to my Meopta 4-20 was a breeze. I was up and shooting quickly. I love that I can twist it off and be day shooting without in a second. I'm not yet using all the features, screen shots and video recording. But every time I think, "I wonder if I can use it to do..xxx" the answer has been yes. I've connected it to my cell phone via wifi so I can monitor without craning my neck to look through the objective. I am ordering an HDMI LCD to make that even easier (yes it has a micro HDMI port) I was concerned that the added depth behind the scope objective would be a problem, but on my current set up, it really isn't a problem. It's size is such that it doesn't move you that far back on the cheek riser. Highly recommended.

Some initial thoughts after getting the unit set up and tested... I thought long and hard about getting the NV007SPLRF. I was planning to get the NV007s, which is less expensive, but I was intrigued by the rangefinder and the upgrades the SP brings. So I waited and waited and kept researching whether this was the unit I wanted to spend so much money on. I wound up choosing this over the ATN, Sightmark, Sytong, and One Leaf units, mostly because I wanted a good-quality clip-on and not a dedicated NV scope. Anyway, I'm glad I went with the NV007SPLRF. It's a bit pricey (part of why I only give it 4 stars), but it appears to be very well-made. The body is aluminum with very little if any plastic. The instruction manual leaves much to be desired, but luckily there are enough videos on Youtube (mostly the NV007s) that help with getting things set up. Tech support, at least from the seller, isn't all that great either. I'm the one who asked the reticle adjustment question and got a "shake the adapter" response. ??? Much of how to operate this unit is thankfully intuitive. I was hoping the NV007SPLRF would come with the advertised quick-release adapter. It did, and it makes mounting the unit quite a bit easier. My scope has a small objective - 40mm - so I needed to use the thickest (#3) adapter ring, and it required no tape. I did have to fiddle with the shim a few times to get that pesky reticle adjustment to be dead center. The manual, of course, gives no guidance on this. The battery does drain quickly, so I picked up some extra 18650 batteries and a charger (I don't want to charge batteries in the Pard, even though I think you can). I'm not using WiFi and I won't do much if any recording, so I'm hoping to get good battery life. I did buy this primarily for nighttime pest control, so I will use the IR, which does seem to be effective. The range finder is pretty cool, especially at night, and it's accurate. I made sure my scope was zeroed before I mounted the Pard. Once I had it mounted I shot some targets and it held zero perfectly. I even used the digital zoom feature on the Pard, and I hit everything I shot at dead on. The menus are clear and intuitive but the actual target image - the home screen - appears a bit darker to me than I expected. It's still fairly clear and you can certainly see what your shooting at, but it's not as bright as the scope-only image. Long story short....my initial impressions are very positive and I recommend this product (but not if it goes back to $700!)

Set up great on the scope very well built

I recommend it.

Sad. I guess quality and $700 means different things to different people. Light weight yes, nice balance yes, button functionality yes, focus ability yes. But that's about it. Eight hour battery life not even when fully charged and not being used. Typical after a week of nightly use about 2 hours and that's being generous. First and foremost I do understand its a clip on and with that said, the red dot is constantly on the move from zero, the cross hairs are only visible when zeroing, calibration limits seem acceptable, but unattainable. When focusing you will have to decide on focusing on the target without cross hairs or focus on crosshairs with a fuzzy target, unable to have both. Maybe a below average monocle for night watchers, but not for chasing vermin in the night unless your an early sleeper

I previously left a negative review but I've since figured out how to make this work great. 1. Scope with Side Focus You'll want a scope that supports side focus (parallax adjustment), otherwise you can have problems where the focus of the reticle and the target get out of sync. 2. Use a low magnification scope Use a scope with a magnification range 4X less than you actually plan on using, because this clip-on adds 4X to your magnification by default. 3. Ballistic calculations If you want ballistic calculations, which I assume everyone does, get any Sig Sauer BDX rangefinder 5. Holdover dot (automatic firing solution shown in reticle) If you want automatic holdover dots in your reticle showing you where you need to aim to compensate for drop, get one of the Sig Sauer BDX scopes. I strongly recommend the Sig Sauer Easy6-BDX 1-6X scope to go with these PARD units because it is low magnification to preserve a wide field-of-view and it has side focus. 6. Rangefinding in total darkness Buy a Sightlok RF-1 mount, this will enable you to mount your ordinary handheld rangefinder to your picatinny rail and co-witness it with your scope. Now you can range your target in total darkness. This mount also helps isolate your rangefinder from recoil. Now you have the equivalent of a WMLRF! 7. Better field of view Field of view is critical. Consider applying what you learned above, but instead buy one of the 12mm PARD clip-ons, they offer 1X minimum magnification instead of 4X. Hope this review helps someone!

The idea behind the product is great, and I had read a number of good reviews. I wanted to put this on my Ravin Crossbow for coyotes. There were two major problems: first, it would not fit securely on the scope I was using, which is a Trophy Ridge scope set at 390fps. The problem seemed to be the diopter ring being larger than the scope body, so there was no secure attachment possible (at least not that I could figure out). The second problem was centering the reticle properly- because the unit wouldn't fit securely, the reticle of the scope was off to the left in my field of vision. It did appear that the laser range finder worked well. I will be returning this and looking for a better option. I don't want to go with an ATN or similar scope because they are very heavy for the rail on my crossbow.

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Der Laserfokus geht extrem streng nach vorne..

Molto utile per caccia notturna . Il prodotto è molto valido ma per funzionare al meglio deve essere montato su di un ottica molto luminosa e dotata di punto rosso ,la qualità dell'immagine può essere migliorata aggiungendo una fonte IR supplementare..Efficace fino a 200 metri

Wirklich kompakt & wertig diese Generation, kein Plastikspielzeug. Bildqualität u. Helligkeit bei 50er ZF: Topp. Mitgelieferter Adapter u. „Spacer“ voll in Ordnung. Ansetzen im Dunklen sollte man üben.