850nm vs 940nm for night vision. Which one do you use?

[ImpactX]

Getting into night vision. So I see they make 850nm and 940nm on the same product. I did some searching youtube, videos and from what I can tell is. 850nm is brighter and shoot further. But have a visible red glow to the naked eye. The 940 is not as bright and is only good for short distance. But is invisible to the naked eye. That's all I can find on the difference between them. Or are there other pros and cons?..which one would you choose and why when getting into night vision.

 

[BlackICE]

If your after critters IMO they don't seem to mind the 850 (if the light is more than 20 yards away), and you get more range. If you are in a combat situation 850 can be fatal!

 

[JaceSpace1369]

Getting into night vision. So I see they make 850nm and 940nm on the same product. I did some searching youtube, videos and from what I can tell is. 850nm is brighter and shoot further. But have a visible red glow to the naked eye. The 940 is not as bright and is only good for short distance. But is invisible to the naked eye. That's all I can find on the difference between them. Or are there other pros and cons?..which one would you choose and why when getting into night vision.

Pretty much, if just for airgunning I'd likely stick with 940. Depending on the brand you'll get different ranges due to different power. I have a set of sniper hog lights with both 940 and 850 attachments. The 850 I can see 800-900yds while the 940 is 400-500yds

 

[nuclear]

I personally use the 940. I use it on my .177 alpha wolf the 940 has plenty of range for the type of hunting I do. My pard scope does an amazing job on picking up any ambient light so unless it’s pitch black I rarely even use my torch.

 

[Hal4son]

I'm running 850 but I'm not shooting rats at 10 yards. If I was, I'd probably be a 940 guy. Most animals at distance will not notice the red glow especially if it's already on when you swing onto a target. If you suddenly flip it on with it pointed at something and they are looking your way it may spook (depending on what you are shooting). Not all critters are wired with a hair trigger for spookiness.

Apparently I'm the only one on here who votes.

 

[athlon_oved]

If your after critters IMO they don't seem to mind the 850 (if the light is more than 20 yards away), and you get more range. If you are in a combat situation 850 can be fatal!

if the other person is using thermal, it don't matter which one you use. they both are going to be fatal.

 

[BlackICE]

if the other person is using thermal, it don't matter which one you use. they both are going to be fatal.

Even without thermal if your opponent has night vision you'll also light up like a Christmas tree with either 850 or 950. With the naked eye h 850 is visable, which is a bad thing.

 

[athlon_oved]

thermal is king. I haven't used any of my night vision stuff since I bought thermal a few weeks ago. it's the ultimate cheat code.

 

[BlackICE]

thermal is king. I haven't used any of my night vision stuff since I bought thermal a few weeks ago. it's the ultimate cheat code.

I agree but at a very steep price! Only the higher resolution models look any good to me. I tried some 256 models, IMO very poor compare to cheaper NV for target ID. They do let you see stuff that even in daytime seem invisible. I daylight I can see birds and lizard that to my naked eye are camouflaged.

 

[athlon_oved]

yup anything below 640 is not to great imho. i like the iray RH50R. the best bang for the buck, 640 resolution with LR and ballistic calc.

 

[BlackICE]

yup anything below 640 is not to great imho. i like the iray RH50R. the best bang for the buck, 640 resolution with LR and ballistic calc.

That must be a nice thermal but over 5K! That cost more in a Schmidt and Bender scope!