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EyeClops Night Vision Goggles let you see in the dark, even the pitch black. Traditional night vision infrared goggles cost hundreds of dollars and more, while Jakks Eyeclops night vision goggles are only $85. When you think about that price difference, you say to yourself, how could they work? After buying them for my son, I can tell you that he’s having a great time playing with the goggles.

I’m sure you remember growing up and thinking how cool it would be to sneak around in the dark and be invisible. I actually researched night vision equipment, but there wasn’t any around when I was a kid – it was all military stuff. Furthermore, even if you could get your hands on night vision goggles, there were like $1,000 or more.

There are a couple of changes to get used to with the Eyeclops Night Vision Goggles. First of all, it’s disorienting that your vision comes from the center eyepiece on your forehead. You see, normally you see the world through your eyes, but the eyeclops night vision uses a 3rd infrared eye to collect the infrared light and distribute it to your right eye. I guess the nature of infrared night vision also prevents you from using both eyes to see in the dark.

Another thing is that the field of vision is much smaller than your normal, 180 degree field of vision, but I learned that that’s just one of the limitations of night vision itself, no matter what device you’re using.

My kids decided one night to put on their night vision goggles and scare us in the bed after we thought they had gone to sleep. I guess they got me back for messing with them and using their toy when it’s really theirs.

Because I was curious about why you only get 1 eye’s worth of night vision, I researched and learned that the reason this is so is because if you suddenly need to have regular night vision you can simply flip up the flap over your left eye and not have to wait for your eyes to adjust to the dark to see. If you’ve been running around with your eyeclops night vision goggles on for over 20 minutes, you’ll not be able to see well if you attempt to use your right eye to see in either normal dark or normal light. Man, Jakks company thought of everything!

Now on this point, I’m unsure, but the Eyeclops Night Vision Glasses have 2 modes of night vision – a stealth mode and a regular infrared night vision mode. From what I’ve seen, the stealth mode doesn’t seem to use any type of lights to illuminate the darkness, making the wearer completely invisible to others. In regular mode, the eyeclops night vision uses red lights mounted in a circle around the 3rd eye as well as the right eye to illuminate the darkness somewhat, improving your night vision, but obviously giving away your position to others.

If you have kids (especially boys) and if you have any mischief in your heart, I think you’ll really like these night vision goggles. They’re definitely worth it, and you can see lots of stuff you’ve never seen before. I highly recommend them as gift for Christmas for your kid or kids.

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