| Night vision glasses are giving more and more people | | | | that the viewer can make out details. This type of |
| relief from the many hazards of driving at night. Most | | | | night vision is usually denoted by a generation. Gen 1 is |
| people are bothered by glaring headlights from | | | | the oldest and Gen 4 is the newest. Gen 1 were the |
| oncoming traffic and the bright headlights from the | | | | night vision glasses used during the Vietnam War and |
| cars behind them, but night vision glasses can really | | | | Gen 2 was developed to get substantially more light |
| help and eye professionals are recommending them to | | | | amplification. Gen 3 glasses get better resolution and |
| many of their patients. As long as the night vision | | | | Gen 4 glasses were developed so that they could |
| glasses have an anti-reflective coating, they will help to | | | | quickly change as light conditions changed. In this way, |
| reduce this glare and help you to see better when on | | | | visibility can still be retained even in the midst of bright |
| dark roads with little or no light. Be certain not to pick | | | | explosions. These types of night vision glasses are |
| up a pair of night vision glasses that do not have this | | | | priced anywhere from a couple hundred dollars to |
| special coating as they will not help you and can hinder | | | | thousands of dollars. |
| your driving. This type of glasses usually have a yellow | | | | For a long time, night glasses or goggles were used |
| or amber lens so if you see a pair that you like with | | | | only by the military to make it easier to see the enemy |
| these colors of tinted lenses be certain to make sure | | | | at night. But now they are being used by private |
| they also have the coating. These glasses are priced | | | | detectives, wildlife enthusiasts and more importantly, |
| at approximately forty dollars but can go as high as | | | | police officers to help them at night when they are |
| four hundred dollars, especially if you are looking for a | | | | looking for a missing person or someone who has |
| top of the line pair that professionals like race car | | | | broken the law. Firemen are also finding a good use |
| drivers wear when they race at night. | | | | for night vision glasses or goggles as they can help |
| Night glasses can actually refer to any number of | | | | them find trapped victims that are lost or unconscious |
| glasses like goggles and binoculars that use a special | | | | in a dark building. |
| means to increase your vision at night. Some of these | | | | So whether you are looking for night glasses to keep |
| glasses use thermal vision, some use an image | | | | you safer when driving at night, or for vision glasses |
| intensifier and some use active infrared. Active and | | | | like goggles to be used for other purposes, you will be |
| passive systems are the two main categories of night | | | | able to find many online sites with a variety of both. Be |
| vision glasses. An active system uses a device to | | | | certain to remember the most important fact when |
| bathe an area in non-visible light and they are normally | | | | you are purchasing night vision glasses for driving and |
| used for security purposes. A passive system collects | | | | that is to only buy the kind that include an anti-reflective |
| the light given off by the stars and then intensifies it so | | | | coating. |