Originally Posted by
okie
The elephant in the room is why you would need that much power unless you had a full power laser aimer to go with it. At any range where a low power aimer is going to be bright enough, my vampire in IR mode is enough illumination. Actually, the vampire looks very similar to his KIJI with the diffuser on it. The low power aimers are only good to about 50 yards, or possibly 100 if you're really pushing it and conditions are right. I'm thinking the use case for these is maybe helmet mount or handheld to be used purely for observation. I could see there maybe being a need for that to avoid having to point a loaded weapon at something just to see what it is.
I haven’t used the Kiji, but the MAWL’s 0.7mw aiming laser has enough reach for more illumination than a Vamp can offer. There are other IR devices with the same power laser as the MAWL, but with crummy illuminators.
RLTW
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