Side by side field test with other night vision devices result in "excellent" rating
SOURCE: Rigel Optics
DeWitt, Iowa.-September 10, 2002-Rigel Optics night vision products were recently featured in a field test by writers of The Wall Street Journal. Excerpts from the results, as published in The Wall Street Journal on September 5, 2002, are below.
"Nature lovers and night paintball players appreciate the stealthy feature of the scopes, as they let you function under the cloak of darkness. And they're especially good for us "cidiots", or inexperienced city dwellers, who might need them to navigate the total darkness of an expedition to the countryside...
I tested a $559 pair of conventional style binoculars for night vision, with nearly 3x magnification from Rigel Optics of De Witt, Iowa...
The good news is that the technology works. Instead of seeing a black wall of trees, the scopes reveal trunks and leaves. The black mask of a burgling raccoon is easily seen 60 feet from the garbage can. That ominous knocking sounds is just a bird feeder hitting a branch. And where did all those stars come from?...
The Rigel Optics binoculars have excellent magnification and good image quality...
Bart Farrell, a professor at Syracuse University's Institute for Sensory Research, says high-end night vision technology is remarkable...
Rigel Optics is an American based company providing high-quality night vision and other optical products inclusive of night vision binoculars, goggles, rifle scopes, and optical glasses to private individuals, companies, and public organizations in the US and around the world. For more information, visit Rigel Optics web site at www.rigeloptics.com .
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