Tactical TAC0 Ep 2 - NVG30 Comprehensive Review (including Nightfox Prowl comparison)

Welcome to Episode 2 of Tactical TAC0. In this current season we are looking for the good digital night vision. On this episode, I review the Binock NVG30, the successor to the NVG10, and which is supposedly the standard for under $1,000 digital night vision. While the NVG30 is numerically impressive enough to be "the better Nightfox Prowl" and Binock's lack of attention to detail can be mostly coped with, the fish eye viewing experience will ruin it for most of the audience. More of Binock's lost opportunities can be found in this nearly one hour presentation where one can experience the NVG30 and its many frustrations that cannot be expressed by juggling an NVG30 and a mobile phone while saying, "Well I can see more at night now so I'd say it's good. Here's a coupon and some emojis." Binock just give us a better lens and we can make the NVG30 the better Prowl.

Notice: The presentation was filmed in March. Though third party mounts for the NVG30 are more available as time passed, Binock's official website won't help is not involved.

Again, thank you to DD35 / NATOMarksman for making this episode possible.

No buy here coupon code for you. Honestly you should instead save to buy something actually useful like gear/training/disaster supplies for a loved one.

Our stock video and full length results
Drive    • Feb 23 For NVG30 multicam driving test  
Walk    • Feb 25 For NVG30 multicam walk only  
360 table    • los qual March 8 For NVG30 360 table  

Other recommended reads
My previous Nightfox Prowl review    • Tactical TAC0 Ep 1 - Nightfox Prowl C...  
[Any good reads or resources from NATOMarksman can go here if he's in the mood]


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0:00 Bumper
0:43 Opening
2:02 New to DNV? Welcome
2:19 "The Purchase Triangle"
2:57 NVG30 Exterior: better than Nightfox Prowl
4:15 Confusion on Waterproof rating
4:51 Ejecting MicroSD Cards is hard
5:19 Warning on 64 GB cards
7:16 Test your gear before you go outside
7:49 Included charging accessories
8:16 Included Mount
8:51 NV Mount comes off easily
9:49 We had to buy an etsy mount
10:23 Etsy mount has little friction lock
10:56 We had to buy a camera thumb screw to fix the sliding
11:31 Binock Modular Mounting system?
13:03 How to mount the NVG30 to a tripod: Manfrotto RC2
14:01 Note the process is permanent
14:41 FYI the last 8 minutes was coping with what the Nightfox Prowl does out of the box
14:55 Unknown flipped NVG30 unit on official website
15:45 Given bridge mounts routes are locked in $1K packages or nonexistent
16:33 IMO it looks like a $20 tier metal 3d camera bar
17:14 FYI this is coping with
17:51 Why can't the NV industry make life easier for us?
19:18 Buttons
19:44 Color
19:55 IR Emitter
20:33 Notice: this is how you look with the IR Flashlight on
20:50 Digital Zoom
21:14 Menu
21:48 PiP
22:35 Built in Compass
23:35 Date/time
24:18 Missing mobile phone time auto sync
24:35 Missing wi-fi app feature
26:33 Intro to video samples
28:54 Drive test
30:00 Walk test
33:05 Aim test
34:38 Score so far
37:11 Bonus test results
37:52 TL:DR my thoughts on the NVG30
38:24 Where the NVG30 should shine: static filming
39:18 Where the NVG30 is lacking: being a head mounted NV unit
39:49 NVG30 viewfinder
40:39 Latency test
41:39 re: the nvg30 better than nvg10, so therefore nvg30 is a good DNV
43:07 Competing Prowl viewfinder
44:41 Warning about broken recording software
46:47 Reminder about audio quality
47:46 NVG30 microphone comparison with others
49:06 "The NVG30 is annoying"
49:16 This was supposed to be the better Prowl
51:13 My suggestion to Binock: give us better lens
52:29 My predictions on the future of NV and its audience
53:41 Thank you, and join us for our review of the DNV-9