SiOnyx Aurora Full-Color Digital Night Vision Camera

This is a well made unit and has an amazing number of features. On a moonlit night the view appears like dusk. The reviewers who complain about the graininess at 3X zoom (in very or no light) are correct and is the result of the zoom being digital. I'm going to mount it in front of a monocular and see if that improves the image quality, I'll also experiment with an infrared light source. I would buy this again for personal security and just fun of observing the nighttime wildlife.

It’s crazy good, not perfect in pict black conditions but if you add a 940nm ir light it helps a lot. People complain about latency but I did not notice it at all. Great purchase for all the survivalists and hunters who want something more and cheaper than night vision. It is it’s own HUD, it can display things like coordinates, direction your facing, date and time, etc. I will 100% purchase another to have goggles, however I’m kind of disappointed how few options there are for mounting this to a helmet, if you are looking for stuff like that I’d go to Etsy. Most of it is 3d printed but it all looks decent.

this is great had it for over 3 years now works great and has stood up to everything I’ve put it though ,and stands the cold up here in the north and much better than the other brands that I’ve owned

This product arrived very quickly and in perfect condition with the exception that owners manual was not on board. No problem! Shot them an email, and they (Bill) got one in the mail that day! I was very pleased at the view with a moon out! It was in full color and HD! Able to pic out the smallest details out to 120 yards (as far as I tried. Likely will go further). The total darkness picture wasn't so kind. Very grainy, but can pick out shapes and movement. This was however difficult at best. Turn on my IR flashlight or IR laser sight however, and the world lights up like a black, grey, and yellow version of daytime! I played with it on 3 different nights until battery weakened and I had to charge. Probably between 3 and 4 hours total on time. I do wish it had a reticle and a little farther eye relief. The picture is very small and would have to be aligned with a red dot very carefully if used on a rifle. I was sad to find out that I couldn't use it on my .308. If anything, eye relief is too short and I would end up with a case of Redfield eye (long-time hunters among you will know that term). The case is hard, holds all pieces, and is very protective and locks tight. I have read several complaints about customer service, but after communicating with them numerous times, I found them (Bill) eager to hell, teach, and provide extra teaching through videos. I have absolutely no complaints about customer service! I wonder if the complainers were asking for the impossible and angry when it wasn't provided. I recommend the SiOnyx Aurora. It's no $3,600 military or police night vision, but for the money, I think it's a great product! Wait until you try it under a moon! You'll know what I mean.

This is primarily being sold as a digital night vision device, maybe don't put big bright LEDs on it? (not noticeble to the camera, noticeable to whatever you're hiding from). Also the eye relief is non existent - you have to be pretty much touching your face to get a full view (this kit comes with a pic rail mount to put it on a gun), and if you move back more than an inch or so the screen shuts off (it comes back on if you get closer, but still). The quality looking through it is good, with an ir illuminator anyway. This is my first NV device, though so take this with a grain of salt. That said, I mounted this to a weapon and was able to navigate around my small cluttered house with little problem in total darkness. I can't speak to long range but I'd feel confident I could use this to ID a threat inside 15 yards... Except as is the threat would also be IDing me at the same time due to the previously mentioned lights. I suppose I can try painting or putting duct tape over them.

Works well by itself on moonlit night. Add 940 nm Light for pitch dark. Works great. Set up both on my Wendy helmet. Dovetail attachment bought on Etsy for Sionyx. Hands free night vision. Setup with a few extra's. Love it! All together cost was around $1300 with a few other extras. Would recommend for someone on a budget.

This device mostly serves its specific purpose of sort-of acceptable night vision, but the image itself, including the status text, is far too blurry under normal circumstances (e.g. eye within a few mm of the eyepiece) Things become somewhat clearer holding the eyepiece about 4 inches from the eye, but that (A) obviously dramatically reduces the FOV by about 60%, and (B) makes the device completely unusable since the display shuts off without an eye detected. Focusing doesn't help ( particularly the status text, since its focus is fixed ). Just get a PVS-14 with decent optics. The optics here are utter garbage.

Great all around product , fixing to buy another, very good product for the price

I love this camera for it’s night vision, however, I can’t stand that it doesn’t auto focus. I’ve literally stopped using it and moved my GoPros.

Skies clear enough for the big telescope are rare near me. This gives me a great view of constellations and cloud cover in seconds. I have done the lens mod to allow use with old SLR lenses and for prime focus astrophotography. Shame it only does 1.5 second exposures as most comets and DSOs are pretty faint.