GOYOJO 2K Digital Night Vision Goggles, NVG Helmet Mounted for Tactical, Hunting, PVS-14 Night Vision Monocular with 4 Color Modes HD Recording & Playback

The media could not be loaded. 4/25/2024 Final Conclusive review (and final edits)- I am very pleased with this purchase. If you’re on the fence and you can’t get the higher end stuff right now this thing is it. I am aware of its limitations being digital but it has not disappointed for its price point. Peering through with the “white phosphor” setting is amazing (the others are cool too, but the white phosphor knocks it out for me experience-wise). From what I’ve seen on video of analog nightvision with white phosphor it differs in that there a few more color hues with the NVG2k so you can’t really make the comparison. Also to compare the Goyojo NVG2k to your run of the mill security camera nightvision isn’t even close. The NVG2k works surprisingly well without the onboard or supplemental infrared though its apparent that you would have to use it sooner than gen 2 or 3 analog. I have also been able to see other devices with infrared a mile away. I have seen satellites and stars I didn’t know were there. As a final bonus when we were hit by the Coronal Mass Ejection where others were struggling to make out the aurora borealis I was able to see a lot of it even with city light pollution. That was really nice to show my family.(4/9/2024) One more edit to my review: (sorry but for some of us 500 bones is a lot of money so I want to be thorough)- I tested this in a poorly lit structure last night and again it performed well without supplemental IR but I had to move cautiously around obstacles after the light was diminished to a certain level. Also- I once again rode as a passenger after dark and gazed out the side window through this device. Even through tinted glass and rain drizzle it allowed me to see structures and landscapes that were invisible to my other eye even several hundred yards away-building lights and hills even further. Oncoming traffic whether it be from the windshield refraction or just how it picks up headlights made it hard to figure out the position of other vehicles as well as my own. Also the reflective highway signs were also fairly washed out but there was some improvement looking at them from an angle without being directly hit by headlights. Folks who have even a cursory knowledge of night optics know that digital hasn’t caught up with generation 2 intensifier tubes- yet. However the jump between my previous digital nightvision device I bought 3 years ago and the Goyojo nvg20 is dramatic, to say the least. I am only keeping that one around as a toy for my kids when we go camping. However the NVG20 is opening the night up in a pretty significant way and has me thinking about later getting another one to bridge or waiting until they put out the next iteration. My spouse is also happy because I am not trying as much to justify the expense of getting more nightvision because this stuff is like pringles and I’ll be content for a while.(4/5/2024 review): I again took this with me in the car but this time I wanted to be free of driving so my spouse drove while I used the Goyojo nvg20- It worked well. I’ll add the caveat that oncoming headlights splashed out part of the image so I had to compensate with my unaided eye. I could see using this bridge-mounted as problematic in that scenario, as you would have to move one unit out of the way to better gage where oncoming vehicles are positioned on the road. Other than that it was a little shakey as I was just holding it in my hand as opposed to helmet-mounted; which I tried previously and was fairly usable. It was really cool to see all of the neighborhoods and countryside look like a cloudy afternoon and I could see in the trees a few yards even going sixty. No motion sickness for me. When I got home I used it for star-gazing. I could easily see 2-3 times more stars than I could with my naked eye. If I only bought this unit for looking at stars it would be worth the price of admission for that use alone. But it shines everywhere else as well. If you’re in this price bracket and in the market go ahead and snag one. Its a nice piece of equipment.*Edit-Updated review # 2 after a couple weeks of owning this device: Still very pleased but I’ve made a few more notes. On a *ahem* closed course following all traffic laws I drove with this mounted to a helmet largely in conjunction with my unaided eye in a suburban area so lots of light pollution. I started to get nervous driving around the 30mph mark but it is possible to cruise around. The dash instruments were useless to look at with the monocular alone. But it is possible to move a vehicle in certain conditions.Another thing to note is you can do some focusing with the dial closer to your eye as well and when I played with both focus rings I got a really usable and sharper picture. The dial closer to your eye can be completely unscrewed and removed but I didn’t want any contaminates in there so I only opened it once. So to sum up my third installment of my review this thing does really well for digital navigation but I would strongly caution against being reckless behind a wheel without knowing this device inside and out and only where legal,.. I guess. But there isn’t really any lag to speak of I’ve experienced yet (blurring yes when moving quick but as soon as you stop shaking your head it is right on point). so with some orientation you should be able to do 95% of what you’re hoping to accomplish. I would also like to note that none of the videos I’ve seen online reviewing this device does it justice. Not the fault of the creators but between filming through 30hz or through a camera focusing through viewfinder they simply haven’t been able to capture how well it works.*Edit/1st follow up review (extraneous info vacated and what I think after a few days further use).I still don’t regret purchasing this device and it has grown on me.*Original review follows* First off, I’m impressed. This is an initial review as I have just gotten this nvg20 (nvg30; I guess they’re the same difference) delivered today.Where to start… this is not a pvs-14. I’m aware its microchips/sensors and not an intensifier tube. I’ve never looked through an analog tube and when I almost had the money scraped together for an analog device I impulsively bought a crossbow and a thermal scope instead. I don’t regret it. And I don’t thus far regret purchasing this goyojo nvg20 either.Let me make another comparison. A while back I got a digital hands-free module thingy I paid around 250 for. Basically the infrared LEDs lit up like Vegas and washed out whatever tool I was using, rendering red dots useless and to even the naked eye I was pretty visible several yards away. And forget navigation. Between the lag/choppiness, field of view and the way that thing fit my face- walking around in the dark was no stroll in the park. Literally. However: the Goyojo nvg20 is a different animal altogether. Its near perfect 1:1. The lag/delay is almost imperceptible. It more comes across as a little blurring but totally something you would expect. I was really surprised at how well it could see without the use of the built-in IR illuminator. So to compare these two wouldn’t really even be fair. One would be okay to spot your dog late night in the backyard while the Goyojo NVG20 you could take your dog with it mounted on your head on a hike- under moonlight fairly comfortably (serendipitous I got it delivered on a near full moon, so hopefully I’m not seeing it too much through rose-colored glasses).Some of the things that made me go “hmm:” This is probably an abstract gripe for most but I sort of wished it had a lanyard hole I could attach some paracord to either secure it to my wrist or to some sort of helmet set-up. While it exceeded what I was expecting it to be capable of, when it did start to struggle it started to fall off precipitously. Without the IR on in a dark part of my house it struggled. So it was really sensitive to very low light, but at a certain point it just said “I’m not gonna.” Which is kind of strange where it did struggle. Let me see if I can articulate what I mean; The spectrum where it is capable will smoke the average human-eye, but at a certain level it works about the same as my eye. Granted this was without any IR and it was very powerful until it got really dark. With IR it was like I was carrying a bright flashlight (through the viewfinder). I also didn’t care for the auto-screen brightness. That might be personal preference but there is a way to shut that down which is nice. Also the 40hz is noticeably better than the 30hz setting, but you can’t use the 40 when using other things like wifi and record I think. Which I won’t be using either feature much but it might be a consideration for others.I think the use cases for the nvg20 are slightly more specialized than either whitelight or mil-spec stuff. I think where this thing will shine is exploring the outskirts of civilization, not subterranean sewers. I think it is well capable of perimeter observation of your property. I don’t think it is a John Wick type of device nor should you rely solely on it to drive on a busy street to pick up fast food but I think with a little orientation you should able to jog or even ride a bike with it, not suggesting anybody try it but I’m going to try both and think it will do fine. I am probably going to keep it on the nightstand and in the bug out bag. I thought of another use case for this- not using it for night-driving but as a spotter for people wearing dark clothes, bikes, cars without headlights etc at intersections that are poorly lit. I think this would be a sneaky way of looking into your car after getting groceries after dark (a concern for some who wouldn’t want a surprise passenger).In summary this is what I think- If you can’t afford or you can’t wait for a Pvs-14 and you decided to find something that will satisfy that itch for a bit there are a bunch of way worse choices you can make that are far less capable than this unit. I think this is a solid option for those on a shoestring budget, moreover this doesn’t have to follow crazy export laws, you can larp with it during the day without too much worry. I think between all the budget options out there this thing miles beyond most of what I’ve seen and read reviews about in this price range. I think this is a great unit and for most of us living the civilian life this unit excels. I sort of blew my mind how well it performed, actually.

First let me say if you need a quality Night Vision device for a very reasonable price this NVG20 would be a very good option to consider.This device comes with everything you need to use right out of the box including a couple of helmet mounts, battery and nice battery charger and cables or you can use the device itself with an external USB battery pack.This device comes in a nice box and is very well packaged.Main device features are:It has different modes of operation: Color, Green, Blue/White and Black/White, it has a built-in compass, digital zoom and manual focus and video recorder with a Micro-SD slot.It also has a WiFi app that allows you to stream the live images to a phone or tablet real-time.I have used this device in near pitch-black conditions with very good results in all the different modes. it Works but like most NV it works better with a little help from the built-in IR or a helmet mounted IR. I have to say the black and white is pretty amazing compared to many other high-end NV's I have used before.If you run this device on low brightness with the lowest IR setting you can see very clearly up to several hundred feet. That is all I used or tested it for so far and it may go further. note: The battery seemed to last a decent amount of time with those lower settings.There are more expensive NV models similar to this device like the Sionyx opsin but they cost 4-5 times more expensive and need an external battery pack just to operate. The Opsin is a very good unit but at 4-5x the $ price it may not be worth it to most people. I have used both and this NVG20 is a very nice unit.A PVS14 may be considered the gold or baseline standard by a lot of NV folks, and it may perform in pitch black a little better but at 4x-6x $ the price a PVS14 gen 3 is much more expensive and doesn't have different colors it only has green or white pho does not have recorder or a Wi-Fi app, so it may not be worth it to most people either.If you are using it for SAR or EMS you really need a unit that has good resolution with different colors and a recorder, if possible, in order to identify chemicals, liquids or fluids etc...We are about to go out and do a field exercise and I will try to an update to this review, if possible, when I return with pics of the exercise if I can figure out how to upload the images to Amazon.I hope this review helps with questions from an actual heavy-duty user of this NVG20 device and I wasn't using it for airsoft of bird watching although it may work pretty good for those activities as well.