You bought Night Vision, now what?
- Jon Dufresne
- Feb 1, 2023
- 6 min read
Updated: Dec 2, 2025
You bought Night Vision, now what? You made a large investment in yourself and a superpower called night vision. How do we take full advantage and utilize it to the fullest.
what's up guys so today let's talk about
what to do with night vision once you
purchase it so a lot of guys they'll
purchase their stuff they're all excited
they uh put it all together and then
they take pictures of it and that's it
and one of the things they miss out on
is the fact that you could use this
stuff every single day so think about
the way that you try practice if you do
if you don't you should and uh and think
about how how much time you can put into
these
off the range than you could on the
Range now there's a couple different
things you can do one is to dry practice
with them and we'll talk about a few
things with that
and then two is to practice in a way
that assists in understanding how to use
this stuff and then also the third way
is to just do normal people things
with your night vision so a couple
things right so dry practice or using
your stuff in dry practice when you dry
practice your your actual Firearms
skills or manipulation skills or
transitional skills or visual skills any
of those things they can all be done
under night vision now the only one or
I'm sorry the the caveat to that is if
you can't get dark enough yet without it
being dark outside because you have like
Windows in your office or whatever
that's okay you can literally do
everything that you're still doing minus
the weight of the the helmet or the
night vision viewing through the night
vision so you could actually wear the
helmet
on your head keep your night vision up
and still work a lot of those different
skills getting used to the helmet on
your neck uh getting used to actually
working the laser and the safety at the
same time
learning to use the laser and bring it
up to where you're looking versus like
you know fishing it around
um the same thing with your handgun
right and RDS handgun you bring it up
the same exact way that you would
normally is exactly how you do it under
night vision so when it when it goes
through that process or when you're
going through that process you could get
a lot of reps before it even gets dark
which I highly recommend because that'll
help you with like normal shooting then
it gets dark enough or you have a dark
enough space to play with them throwing
them down starts taking away like okay I
don't have peripheral vision anymore or
I have very low peripheral vision
because the ambient light is very little
play around with those things right see
what you can actually see play with like
reloads because reloads are going to be
one of the tougher things that people do
other than malfunctions under night
vision because they don't know one big
and I don't know what's happening until
they feel it or they just go through the
process of unloading it and then
reloading it so depending on the style
of whatever you're doing so when it
comes down to it though like you can get
a lot of work in
before you even turn these things on and
then once you turn them on you're good
to go so it's it goes back to the same
reason I tell people buy a laser a good
laser prior to like getting your night
vision or order your laser at the same
time because your night vision may need
to get built or something
that way you can start getting dry reps
with that visible laser whether you're
dry or on the line or at a range so
getting a lot of reps of those things
already now the the second way or the
the second thing to kind of go through
like I said is things that you could do
with your night vision like regular
people stuff one of the easy ones like I
mean for example prior to this video I
was sweeping the house and sweeping the
house under night vision is kind of
weird but it's like a very easy skill
that we normally do or some of you
normally do and uh and now you're doing
it under nods so very very interesting
especially when it comes to like focus
and and trying to sweep everything up
you may miss some things
um but it's it's a one a great excuse
for why you sweat bad uh to to your
significant other but secondly it's a
it's a really good way of starting to
learn your new depth perception so when
you're under night vision a lot of
people think you lose that perception
and I I think that's false because at a
certain point you gain
depth perception again because you're
able to figure out how far objects are
so what you're really doing is is
starting to learn a new depth perception
and it's okay it's just like being a
toddler again so you can wobble around
some people look like they wall around
our nods but you're just trying to learn
how far things are once more so do
things that'll help enhance that whether
you go outside and you play you know
throw a ball around with your friends or
if you uh throw a ball to your dog and
have them fetch it you go for a walk
with your dog maybe even go out and and
like [ __ ] I've had students mow the lawn
under night vision so anything you could
do like start getting that new depth
perception understanding the distances
of things and then also just work on it
per yourself right
um like making breakfast in the morning
and stuff try
pour a bowl of cereal with night vision
on it's interesting
be ready for spillage but but really
like it's it's one of those really
simple things that we don't think about
using and that you can literally use
every single day if you give it give it
the time so uh a quick one and to kind
of throw you guys a bone here or just
give you guys more information one of
the things I do on a nightly basis if
I'm home or if I have the time I will go
ahead do my dry practice right just like
I do so out of a holster or with the
rifle depending on which one I'm working
that day or a mixture of both and then
do the same exact exercises that I had
written down for that day
under night vision right you could also
do the same thing if you're not doing
this with night vision you can also
start translating this to white light
stuff right so the same things you did
during the day or with the lights on go
ahead and do them with the lights out
right and whether it's white light or
night vision and you can really get a
lot of work in and yes it'll extend your
dry practice time but you invested in
these you might as well invest the time
as well to learn how to use them
properly and become more proficient with
them
um the other benefit to it the more you
wear them the more comfy you get under
them you start learning that not only
the depth perception is new but spatial
awareness to objects
um and also how to scan around and not
trip over Legos and Hot Wheels and stuff
but also to the the the comfort of
learning how much weight you actually
have on your Noggin and what your neck
isn't used to and now putting this on
your neck or on your head and now trying
to get used to that you'll start
learning that you want to start ripping
things off and removing certain things
off your helmet to make it a little
lighter for your head and or balancing
it better like I've talked to talked
about in a previous video about
counterweights so hopefully this helps
guys
um just just some tips really and and
just a conversation per se uh one-sided
conversation because I can't hear you
guys but
it helps uh hopefully with with some of
you guys that are asking these questions
like hey Duffy what do I do now that I
have night vision or what what should I
do or where do I go with this or I can't
shoot at the ranges at night so what can
I do with my night vision if it's not in
a class
there's a ton of stuff so hopefully this
helps but um but I will say like the
more you get into actually shooting with
it uh and testing out what you did in
your dry practice and confirming that
you're dry practicing correctly uh
that's where you're going to see the
validation in utilizing more of your
equipment and hopefully making yourself
better over time
so hope that helps guys if you have any
questions put them below I'll get to
them if I get to them and uh and I'll
catch you guys on the next one take care
































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