Some people ridicule even the concept of a SHTF scenario. This thread is not for you.
Lets say the power grid is down and their is civil unrest due to any number of reasons. My belief is that the majority of problems will occur at night. Groups of individuals or lone opportunists will could target homes for robbery, rape, or other unpleasantries.
This is where a good gen III night vision device will come in handy. It will be necessary to set up shifts where individuals are looking for bad guys approaching your house. A good goggle will allow you to identify them before they are in your yard or at your back door. You do not want to be scanning your perimeter with your Surefire light as a general rule. This would be literally screeming "shoot me, I'm over here". You want to see the bad guys before they are on top of you and spring an ambush.
The night vision device gives you the opportunity to see them in advance in an unknown manner to do this. Since you will probably be outnumbered, the element of surprize will be your biggest advantage. Consider NVGs as a force multiplier.
When you think of how many rifles you have that you don't really need, $2500 for a good set of night vision is not that expensive. It could be the advantage that saves your life.
Lets say the power grid is down and their is civil unrest due to any number of reasons. My belief is that the majority of problems will occur at night. Groups of individuals or lone opportunists will could target homes for robbery, rape, or other unpleasantries.
This is where a good gen III night vision device will come in handy. It will be necessary to set up shifts where individuals are looking for bad guys approaching your house. A good goggle will allow you to identify them before they are in your yard or at your back door. You do not want to be scanning your perimeter with your Surefire light as a general rule. This would be literally screeming "shoot me, I'm over here". You want to see the bad guys before they are on top of you and spring an ambush.
The night vision device gives you the opportunity to see them in advance in an unknown manner to do this. Since you will probably be outnumbered, the element of surprize will be your biggest advantage. Consider NVGs as a force multiplier.
When you think of how many rifles you have that you don't really need, $2500 for a good set of night vision is not that expensive. It could be the advantage that saves your life.