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Night Vision Safran TAD
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The way thangs lookin these days, maybe a nuke blast rating would be good.
On second thoughts maybe a Horta Pee Test resistance rating would be good as well.
Hecque on third thoughts that might fix all its probems. Horta swears by it.
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My manual says "2m for 2 hours" in the back. Interesting that they'd nerf the specs from the social media claim.
*I just went and looked at it.
Absolutely.Yep, if it is down 2 meters in water for 2 hours that likely means you waz "kilt in da streets" and wont be needing it any more.
I am just looking for an excuse to snag an eCOTI honestly, but if the TAD is the best platform, then well, I hope they fix it soon because I am impulsive, lol!
Having had both side by side, the resolution difference may be there on paper, but I can't see it. The presets appear to be more or less identical, but the manual gain setting on the E-COTI are quite valuable in getting the cleanest image. In theory, the ATAK plug-in should go public soon, so things like route guidance will be there, if that's something you need.
Can you "feel" the extra heft of the eCOTI, or is that nonsense just lost in the mix?
The mounting method is a bit odd. I have PVS-14 style optics on my binos but it does stick out surprisingly far if I use the PVS-14 side of the mount ring. TNVC even commented on it when I sent them a pic. Then again if I put it on the PVS-15 side of the ring it sits closer and I can’t actually tell any significant difference in the thermal overlay (ie it still seems to sit properly on borders and edges).
Yes. Per the manual, for PVS-14 style optics you are supposed to mount the ring with the dovetail part sticking away from the user. If I do that it sticks out so damn far. Even if I mount the ring up on the lock ring instead, it sticks out like this:
If I flip the ring around, which the manual says is the PVS-15 mounting method, I can put it on the objective and it sits much nicer:
I sent TNVC a pic with it mounted farthest out which the manual says is correct, and it was so far out they were like “man that looks all wrong.” I’ve tried it in all three mount conditions and it doesn’t seem to make an enormous difference to the accuracy of the thermal overlay (ie size of objects or accuracy of edge marking). However, it doesn’t properly latch into the PVS-15 side of the mount, it needs about 0.5mm more travel to let the latch snap into its little groove. I even sent them a video of that issue. Safran is telling me they checked the ring and it is good, but I’m going to be pretty pissed if they send me back the same ring and it still has the same issue after I’ve shown it to them on video.
If I flip the ring around, which the manual says is the PVS-15 mounting method, I can put it on the objective and it sits much nicer:
I sent TNVC a pic with it mounted farthest out which the manual says is correct, and it was so far out they were like “man that looks all wrong.” I’ve tried it in all three mount conditions and it doesn’t seem to make an enormous difference to the accuracy of the thermal overlay (ie size of objects or accuracy of edge marking). However, it doesn’t properly latch into the PVS-15 side of the mount, it needs about 0.5mm more travel to let the latch snap into its little groove. I even sent them a video of that issue. Safran is telling me they checked the ring and it is good, but I’m going to be pretty pissed if they send me back the same ring and it still has the same issue after I’ve shown it to them on video.
So all COTI mounting brackets should be clamping onto the Infinity Stop Ring on your NV device. Also, it is prefered that the Infinity Stop Ring be a metal aluminum one instead of plastic. That away when you clamp the COTI mounting bracket on your NV device it is not "squeezing/crushing" your synthetic/plastic NV obective assembly.
Clamping the COTI mounting bracket onto the synthetic/plastic objective is really not the correct way to mount the bracket. You can do it in a pinch, but it potentially could result in some damage and will rotate your COTI if you change the focus on your NV device.
No matter how you mount the COTI on you NV device, I strongly recommend you have some sort of lanyard system on it so you do not loose it out in the field.
Clamping the COTI mounting bracket onto the synthetic/plastic objective is really not the correct way to mount the bracket. You can do it in a pinch, but it potentially could result in some damage and will rotate your COTI if you change the focus on your NV device.
No matter how you mount the COTI on you NV device, I strongly recommend you have some sort of lanyard system on it so you do not loose it out in the field.
"Yo dawg, I heard you liked bungy retention in your bungy retention..."
I will have to check when I get home from this business trip but IIRC the TAD manual says to put it on the objective, not the lock ring.
Rotating a COTI doesn’t matter other than the menu might be off kilter but it’s not like changing the focus on NV takes much movement.
Yes it will have a lanyard but I’m not putting a lanyard on and off when I am taking photos in my gun room for TNVC’s CS rep. Also the lanyard is for emergency retention, not to somehow make it ok that the device doesn’t latch into its primary mount.
I want to say something slick, but my US made uberkit's weak showing kinda slapped that smart out my mouth.
The bracket goes on the lock ring. The objective is not a suitable mounting point.
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