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They fell off a truck. Everything but the nods is in ‘em.

This is going to get downvoted into oblivion, but it has to be said as the wave of paid shills make videos about this thing and how “amazing the price is” and the flood of excited buyers go to empty their wallets without giving it a second thought.

•••TLDR: if you think you may face an opponent with night vision, the FMP13 is a bad option for you. The optic gives off a lot of visible and IR, light, it could make you a target•••

The FMP13 is not a tactical optic. To some of you, this may sound like a non-controversial opinion, but when I saw the Jeff Gurwich’s video about this, along with the flood of other sponsored videos (I don’t say this to criticize Jeff, he’s awesome) I noticed that some of the reviewers acted like this optic offered a huge tactical advantage in a night setting, (Jeff didn’t do this, just mentioning it since he was the first vid I saw) and there were countless comments on these videos where guys talk about how great of a supplement this will make for their LPVO tactical carbine.
I commented on the Modern Tactical Shooting video criticizing the fact that this optic when used in the dark will light you up like a Christmas tree, and any adversary using NODs would see you immediately, and that people should think twice before hopping on the bandwagon.
Of course, this was met with a typical internet response of “you’re dumb, nah” and “bro it’s clearly a hunting optic”, but I have to reiterate, there are countless guntuber videos marketing this thing as a tactical option, the marketing from infitac even does this, let alone the thousands of comments (and even Reddit posts) from guys who put this on their tactical carbines. Notice who Infitac chose to market this product. You don’t see Steve Rinella making videos about it.., it’s the big name tactical tubers.
I’m not trying to say that the Infitac FMP13 is a bad optic by any means, I’m just saying that the marketing and general sentiment around it now is kinda silly. Again, if you think that there’s any chance your hypothetical adversary might have NODs, (or even functional eyeballs) then this thing is going to give you away. There’s a reason all tactical thermal optics (weapon mounted or not) have rubber eyecups. If you just wanna use it for hunting or home defense, and you’re not worried about light discipline, then go ahead! But I just wanna point out how silly it is to put this on a rifle with an IR laser and vis light ND caps. (If you know what I mean)
Thanks for reading my novel, even if you disagree.

Wanted something for the wife to be able to larp with me on the cheap.
-2x Blemmed Omni 7 Elbit GP tubes $1200
-BNVH-14 V2 Housing NEW $650
-Brightpath PVS-14 Glass NEW $800

Could have been done cheaper if I bought used glass, used housing, or worse tubes, but these are perfectly usable.
If I could do it over, I’d have probably bought a used RNVG housing for cheaper, and that’d be collimate-able, but this’ll be a fine loaner.
Just goes to show you don’t need to spend $3000 to get into nods.

-Shoutout to Midwest Night Vision for the bargain tubes

(pic from google)

1. I finally have everything i need to assemble a set of dual tubes. (this is not my first set of nods, but first time trying to build a set)
2. If i have 11769 tubes going in a housing without gain control, i am under the impression that i have to add a 3 ohm resistor to the tube in the place of the pigtail... Does it just solder onto the same connection points as the pigtail itself??

Still thought yall would like this. 90% of the gear is legit anyways, the real guns are kept in the safe tho

Looking at these housings in particular for a CHEAP loaner set. Anything I should know? Can’t find a single review online.