Has anyone tried it?

Aren't they very expensive, very heavy, and take large amounts of power?

just asking if anybody had done it.

I had a pair in my drawer for a while and often thought about using them for a night ride! Problem is, NVDs tend to have a narrow field of view. I've watched military pilots flying with them and they have to move their head around continuously to see everything.

Sounds like a good idea for an MBUK article though!

Rubbish depth perception apparently

Aren't they very expensive, very heavy, and take large amounts of power?

They are expensive but Russian technology is bring the price down. The best devices are limited by US expert control. Power is drawn from std batteries, the device I had took either AAA or AA. Overal not very heavy but feel it after they've been hanging off your head for a few minutes!

Would you not be at risk of serious eye discomfort if you met LEDs/HIDs of bikers coming the other way? Apart from looking even more of a tw@ !

+1 grtdkad…………lol

Aren't they very expensive, very heavy, and take large amounts of power?

The special edition of Modern Warfare 2 has a pair of working night vision goggles in the box. When they start putting them in with games you know the expense threshold has been crossed.

Would you not be at risk of serious eye discomfort if you met LEDs/HIDs of bikers coming the other way?

I would hope device would have some sort of max. intensity output so this didn't happen. The image would probably saturate first, you wouldn't be able to see anything and you'd end up in the bushes!

The special edition of Modern Warfare 2 has a pair of working night vision goggles in the box.

I can't wait for the next special edition that includes a Desert Eagle !

Friend of a friend tried it apparrently, didn't make it out of the car park before crashing into a large gate.

Depth perception on them is rubbish and it's quite a narrow field of view, a bit like looking through a toilet roll tube. You have to keep moving your head, scanning everywhere which really tires your neck muscles out and although they're nowhere near as heavy as they used to be it's still a lot more weight than an helmet mounted light.
Any bright external light and they 'back off' for about 5 seconds until the optics sort themselves out again. So they're useless if you meet any traffic or even streetlamps.

For low level night flying though they're ace!

There was a story where i grew up of a couple of pilots taking a set off base and charging about in a very nice car at night with no lights on. Sounded ace fun.