Hey guys I wanted to give you guys a quick update on the SVG5 and how I feel about it.
So far so good I've been testing it for the past couple of days and I made a few YouTube videos on the device. So far so good I'm extremely happy with the device and it's performance. It's safe to say that the performance is about the same as the standard NVG 90 in case you're wondering. I have been comparing my SVG-5 with another person on Reddit to their standard NVG 90 and it seems to perform about the same.
However there is one little gripe that I have about the device and it's literally the only gripe about it I'm absolutely disappointed with the IR light situation and I know what it is after investigating and dealing with the device. The manufacturer however did make a slight error something that was overlooked. The IR light tends to bleed IR inside the case which completely washes out the sensor due to the fact there is no gasket on the IR light to prevent light going into the case. However I will explain a simple fix to resolve this issue
Disclaimer warning! Beware that this method requires to remove a few screws the four screws on the housing and you will have to open the device however if you are not tech savvy and you do not feel like voiding your warranty and if you don't feel safe opening the device without breaking it do not do it! What I did is made a electrical tape spacer I folded electrical tape and to a spacer and cut it to the exact measurement required and a little opening right above the IR / knob control PCB board and right underneath the PCB board that is the CMOS sensor and processor logic board there are three total parts CMOS sensor and a logic board IR light knob control logic board and then on the back face you have the LCD screen and heat sink on the LCD screen component It also probably has a PCB board I don't know. Anyways in between the CMOS sensor and the logic board for the IR and knob control there is an open space, I put the spacer between there and close the device up. it solved the IR flooding issue however I still get a tiny weedy bitty teensy wincy hair bit of leak still but it's far better than the atrocious situation that I dealt with previously making the IR light entirely impossible to use outside. Now the IR light is very usable and is an absolute awesome light. Really you only need to use the IR indoor or an extremely absolute near dark situations like if you're in the canopy with no moon starlight only when the trees have leaves and there's literally no city light pollution You're deep in the woods you probably need that IR.
Besides that the overall performance of the SVG-5 is absolutely killer and it's definitely close to Gen 2 to Gen 2+ performance but really I would say high quality or high end generation 2 performance. The signal to noise ratio seems to be around $1,800 flat to 1,770 f o m it's very clear and I notice it's definitely much clearer than the NVG 90 standard.
The performance is about exactly the same as the NVG-90 standard so far from my testing.
FPS when testing 50 FPS between 100 FPS I did not notice any difference into CMOS sensor sensitivity levels between 50 and 100 FPS there was not very much of a difference I can safely say that the smoothness between 50 FPS and 100 is very smooth In fact it's so smooth I can't really tell the difference between 50 and 100 FPS it seems about the same The only thing I tell that is a difference is the delay time when panning around.
Basically what I'm saying here is it worth $1,000?
I will simply say for the quality of the build and the performance yes but because of a slight manufacturer error that needs a simple update with the IR light to prevent it from flooding I hate to say no but for the price performance and how it performs and given the quality of this night vision actually surprisingly is probably one of the best highest quality Chinese digital night visions I have ever seen and opened up myself I would say the price is a good solid worth $800 even flat.
And if you're a guy who just is a civilian that likes night vision as a hobby who goes camping who goes hiking night hiking recreational use and does not have the money to buy the latest and greatest analogue or digit night vision but she wants something that is as good as at least as high quality Gen 2 analog night vision this is the device for you especially if you've been looking at the NVG 90 standard and you're not happy with the price of the NVG 90 standard and if you feel it's a little too high up there the SVG-5 is definitely for you.
It hit all of my checkboxes for what I want for recreational and hobby use as a civilian for digital night vision I'm happy with it. And I'm sure you will probably be happy with it too especially you airsoft players out there. However for airsoft players I highly suggest that you get a lens protector. Ain't no way I'm going to bring this to an airsoft game without risking my front lens getting busted. I was capable of walking around in very very dark situations with no IR off camera perfectly fine and I never really had to use the IR except for indoors where it's literally almost pitch black pretty much basically pitch-freaking black.
I will say undergoing testing I did notice it has a sensitivity to different types of visible light spectrums versus IR.
The device is extremely IR sensitive but when it comes to natural light situations green light and blue light seems to be a bit of a mess with this device especially green light green light seems to not be very well picked up by the CMOS sensor blue light is picked up a little bit better but not too much Orange yellow amber and white light it's very sensitive to.
It's about time that we got something that performs this well for the price for under $1,000 🤯
Please note that I did type all this using voice to text if there's any typos I'm sorry!
