SIONYX Aurora Black Color Digital Night Vision Camera & Kits – Rugged and Impact-Resistant Aurora Black, WiFi, Mount, 32GB MicroSD Card, Waterproof Protective Case, & More

Turns night into day, and in color. Prepare to order new batteries though because sometimes the ones provided are pretty old. No matter. The batteries are cheap and it's still great technology for the buck. Comes with solid cases for everything and a great deal of extras.

This product is truly the most bang for your buck and that statement is not empty. I am familiar with far more expensive night vision products as I am required to use them for one of my jobs. For at home use this camera kit is the most practical thing I could imagine and is very versatile. The kit come with an adjustable IR illuminator which allows it to be function in zero light situation which works surprisingly well. This is perfect for filming you tube videos in low light situations. like all other night vision products, this camera requires some type of ambient light to work well. The sionyx does need more light than something that cost 5k-8K but since they include the IR light, it's not even an issue and again, you can't beat the price. The camera is color night vision which is new to me and amazing. The color does become less vibrant and have less range with less light and becomes more of a grey-scale color when you are approaching zero light conditions but still has good picture quality. A rifle mount is not included but is available on Amazon. When paired with a 3x magnification sight mounted in front of this camera the application for night time hog and coyote hunting even airsoft is perfect. This I have tested hitting targets at 150 yards and can see for a distance greater yet than that. Night vision Scopes at the cheapest are much higher priced than this sionyx camera and are notorious for losing their zero and image quality. That is not an issue with this camera because it is a stand alone unit or so has been my experience. The battery life hase never given out on me when I've had it out using it so I don't know how long it will last with continued use, I only know it last plenty long enough. If you are using it for super extended amounts of time, this kit comes with two batteries which is a great bonus. Being digital night vision, they say there is no risk of ruining the tubes from light exposure. It can be used in broad daylight, dusk and night and I have tested it in all condition without disappointment. Some people online claim that there is some video lag when helmet mounting this camera as a monocular but in the applications I have use it I have not found such an issue. I really would recommend this product to anyone who was wanting to get into night vision on a budget or who wanted a way to shoot video at night with very pleasing results.

If I didnt find this kit for $400 I wouldn't have bought this Sionyx. I have a PVS-14 so I'm not in need of NVDs but I have always been curious about the Sionyx since they came out years ago however the price point never appealed to me and still doesn't. However when I saw this kit came with the Aurora, an IR Illuminator 940nm (which I was already looking at buying an AGM IR illum 940nm or Inforce), and a Marsupial rangefinder pouch (also already looking for a RF pouch, especially since Im a fan of Marsupial) I knew I had to buy this deal!Aurora Black MSRP $399IR Illum MSRP $80-$150Marsupial RF Pouch $40So in my mind the Aurora cost me around $200This is a cool addition to my ISR kit wish it came with interchangeable lens though, although there is a mod for that by S2 Underground on Youtube

(The two attached images are of the device with and without supplemental IR illumination for comparison respectively, review below)The Sionyx Aurora Camera is an excellent night vision camera, it helps extend your capabilities for action photography and videography in the dark. Great for photoshoots and videos at events like Milsim West or taking fun videos on hiking and biking trips where the use of IR light is less of a problem.DO NOT BE MISTAKEN, this is absolutely NOT a night vision device, it will absolutely never replace or even compare to an analog NVG (even budget tubes like Gen2 or Gen2+ image intensifiers). This is an excellent value CAMERA, it's not an image intensifier tube, dont be fooled into believing you can use it as one or you will be horribly disappointed. If you do not have that use in mind you will be very pleased with the value you get out of this package.What's good about the Sionyx Aurora Camera?It makes an amazing low light action camera especially for the price. Its small, the battery lasts a decent amount of time (and you get several in the package), it's easy to figure out without the need of instructions, and it works leagues better than the naked eye or a traditional action camera with an IR filter.What do I dislike about the Sionyx Aurora?To begin, the video can sometimes be choppy or intersected with brief spurts of grainy or unintelligible frames in extreme low light conditions (no moon/starlight and or heavy tree/cloud coverage). There is a VERY clear cutoff once you hit a certain light level, the video goes from great quality and easy to see, to pitch black and grainy. I imagine this is to be expected of a budget night camera, and can be remedied with the use of IR light (supplied in the package) when safe and applicable. The app is unusable and you have to use a data transfer Micro USB cable to get any images or videos off your device (and the cable included didn't work for me). These are the reasons I knocked a star off the review.Overall I think for the value you get in this package is astounding, just understand the limitations of the technology and understand the use case you need this for and you won't be disappointed.