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nite-eye 500
By: devil_bri Date: January 25, 2013, 7:54 am
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bought 1 of these a few months ago,
HTML http://www.night-eye500.co.uk/
they are great fun
i wouldnt be keen to use it for longish distance fox, but some
people claim they do
they are great fun for rabbits ! i havent tried it yet for rats
as i need a new air rifle, my old springer makes it awkward to
cock, while the camera is mounted on the scope
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Re: nite-eye 500
By: duck caller Date: January 25, 2013, 8:38 am
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how much was the complete unit m8
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Re: nite-eye 500
By: devil_bri Date: January 25, 2013, 10:21 am
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i think between £300 - £350
i just checked their web site and i see they are not selling
them at the minute !! i think this is down to a legal battle
over patents with a competitor that makes the same thing, they
are called Nitesite 200 !!
both do exactly the same thing but the nitesite 200 has pic tag
of £600 while the Nite-eye500 was ony £300 ish
check out youtube and see some great vids of both units in
action
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Re: nite-eye 500
By: duck caller Date: January 25, 2013, 10:31 am
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yea i checked them out on utube and their webpage but no price
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Re: nite-eye 500
By: BenBlaker Date: January 25, 2013, 10:44 am
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Their price that was on the site before they removed it was
£350.00
It has better quality optics than the NS 200, but build quality
is slightly less good, but well worth its money, whereas the
NS200 is overpriced in my opinion.
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Re: nite-eye 500
By: devil_bri Date: January 25, 2013, 10:50 am
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I got mine last June, and i think it was less than £350, but
cant remember !
I havent held the NS200 so cant comment on the optics build
quality etc, but from reading reviews from those in
England/Scotland/Wales they would have the same opinions.
I feel the build quailty on the NE500 is fine and suits me,
especially when its half the price of the NS200 !!
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Re: nite-eye 500
By: BenBlaker Date: February 2, 2013, 4:40 pm
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Problem is, their competitors have a law suite against them, and
hence they are not able to sell until that's sorted. Their
competitors sell their unit at £250.00 more for basically the
same unit, and hence want Night Eye out of their sights so to
speak.
Their competitor is NiteSite NS200
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Re: nite-eye 500
By: babbyc1000 Date: February 26, 2013, 2:51 pm
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i should sue them all, i came up with the idea for them several
years ago on pigeon watch, still have the prototype upstairs
::) (true story that...)
anyway, long story short, youre mental paying that sort of money
for them. the idea behind them was simple - how people could get
cheap and affordable night vision for lamping (considering all
the scopes at that time were £1k+). its quite easy when you
think about it, all a night vision scope really consists of is a
night vision camera showing the footage on a screen. so all you
need to do is mount a night vision capable camera (small
security type) on the back of a scope, link it to a portable lcd
screen, hook them up to a power supply, and roberts your mothers
brother... i bought all the parts i needed from ebay for less
than £100 all in, wasnt alot really - a night vision security
camera than runs on 9v batteries, a small lcd screen that runs
on a 12v battery pack, and an infra red torch filter (which is
about somewhere...). all you do is hook the camera to the back
of the scope so its looking through it (make sure to get a
camera that can focus), link it to the screen and mount the
screen on top of the scope, put a stock bag/pouch on the butt
for the battery packs and 9v battery to sit in ;)
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