While some night vision goggles rely exclusively on enhancing ambient light to improve the user’s vision, this set by Nightfox Swift uses infrared (IR) light to create images, even when it’s pitch ...

Editor’s Note: October 23, 2025: As veteran Contributor Justin Park begins testing a new round of night vision and thermal imaging gear, we’ve updated this story with some early frontrunners based on ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. For those who spend their weekends and vacations camping, hunting, or hiking in the great outdoors, a few handy gadgets are necessary to keep ...

Night vision goggles are one of those things that you’ve always wanted, but known that the novelty wasn’t worth the hundreds (or thousands) of dollars such fancy equipment obviously would cost. Well, ...

Images of soldiers sweeping through a compound in the dead of the night have frequented national news for decades. American soldiers dominate the night thanks to night vision goggles — but that ...

Jamey Caldwell has spent thousands of hours working with night vision devices—in war and for hunting feral pigs. He spent 21 years in the US Army, with the first seven serving in the 75th Ranger ...