Salop Matt Posted January 16, 2013 Report Share Posted January 16, 2013 Am contemplating a NV monocular later this year .....But an american brand one so I can buy it cheap when over in the USA later this year. But what brand do folk recomend for sensible money ? Any advice would be much appreciated as I have no experience or knowledge of NV ! ATB Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckyshot Posted January 16, 2013 Report Share Posted January 16, 2013 (edited) Not sure which NV you can legally bring back from America so may be worth checking that out first. If all is ok then maybe a PVS-14, but they still wont be cheap. All depending if you plan on using it as an add on of course. Edited January 16, 2013 by Luckyshot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted January 16, 2013 Report Share Posted January 16, 2013 NV monoculars from the States should be okay. NV scopes etc are a different matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted January 16, 2013 Report Share Posted January 16, 2013 I think most of it is very restricted I don't think you can even export the bare tubes, worth checking as its a lot of money if they get seized Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadioles Posted January 16, 2013 Report Share Posted January 16, 2013 Buying from the States is not always quite the bargain it might seem. Not too bad if you get away with bringing it in "quietly" but if you have to declare it then add import duty to the purchase price and then vat on top of the purchase price plus vat - yes, vat on the duty! While you are out there, go to the chemist and pick up some aspirin, paracetomol and ibuprofen. Over here you can only get it in silly expensive blister packs and get told off if you try and buy more than a few pills. My mate just brought me back a bottle of each and each bottle contains 1000 tablets - total cost 29 pounds the lot. Last time I did that they lasted a few years despite having a house full of teenagers and pill popping women! Why does my wife always have a headache? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrelsniffer Posted January 17, 2013 Report Share Posted January 17, 2013 Certain NV tubes in US fall under ITAR and are not exportable so be very careful i also hear if you walk into a shop and ask to look at gen3 and certain gen2 you may not be allowed as you are not a US citizen not sure how true that is ,now if you do manage to buy a NV unit even a monocular if it has a tube that does fall under ITAR rules and you try get it out the US and get caught..its the same as smuggling arms...jail time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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