the pd pro 16b is a binocular night vision device that chances are up to this point you probably
have not heard a lot about it's manufactured by photonis defense and i know that when i first
started digging into this set of binocular night vision devices there wasn't a whole lot
of information out on the internet so i decided to get my hands on one of these because i wanted to
educate you guys about this product what ended up happening is it became one of my absolute favorite
binocular night vision devices that i have run to date so today we're talking about this this is a
product that's on our website we're going to dive into the specs of this set binocular night vision
this video is going to be a short video just covering the pd pro 16b some of the specifications
of the 16b and also what you can expect when you get the box and open it up so i've got the case
here that the 16v comes in i'm going to open it up i'm not going to dive into all of the stuff
that's included inside of this case because i have all of that listed on our website definitely check
it out there if you want to see everything that is included with this particular box open this up
i'm going to take the manual and the spec sheets out and i will just quickly show this to you guys
just so you can see all of the compartments so it is a really nice box very organized
and considering the amount of money that you're spending on a set of pdp 16 bs it is always nice
when the item that you're buying comes in a case like this that is very functional and keeps your
investment very safe so let's close this up and we will move this off to the side over here so diving
into the specs of the pd pro 16b the entire body is manufactured from machine 7075 aluminum when
you look at the overall footprint of this unit it compares very similarly to a pvs31 but as many of
you know the pvs31s are not aluminum and there are some stories of breakages that happen with the 31s
because they are somewhat fragile along the pivot points none of those issues occur with the pdpro
16b because of the robust design and the materials that are used within this unit the tubes that
are featured inside of the pdpro16b are the 16 millimeter 4g tubes that are offered from photonis
defense now most of the other units that you might see on the market are 18 millimeter tubes pbs14s
other sets of binaries bnvds stuff like that these do have a smaller tube which leads to some of that
weight savings that we talked about but you still get the same field of view that 40 degree field of
view that you've become used to with other sets of binocular night vision or pvs14s so all of
that is still there you're not sacrificing that field of view because of the smaller diameter
with the 16b the pd pro 16b is offered in two different tube types they're both 4g tubes but you
can get them in either the white phosphor which is what i have here and it's my personal preferred
choice or you can get them in a green version which photana says does have a higher maximum gain
than the white phosphor units so if you find yourself in extremely dark conditions
the green may make more sense for you depending on that end use depending on your preferences
although i will say that stacking this particular unit up against all of our other units dtnvs is
with l3 we have bmvds with elbit white phosphor tubes that are very high foam spec tubes
all of our other photonics units and all the pbs14s that we own these units are extremely
functional even in extremely low light conditions so that's one of the specifications that people
point out a lot with photonics units and you see a lot of hate on the internet about
people think that photonics units are gen2 tubes which they are not and they also like
to say that they don't have enough gain to be functional in ultra low-light conditions
which that is not the case and like i said we have all that information we've got tons of
different resources on our youtube channel but on our website if you go to tatargets.com under shop
night vision you'll see all the specifications about this particular unit as well when we go
to the actual function of the housing on the front of the unit we've got a battery compartment which
houses one double a battery and you get about 25 advertised hours of total run time if you're using
it constantly with one double a battery which is a good amount of runtime one of the other cool
features though is it does have the ability to add a battery pack on the back here and photonis
does offer them and if you order this unit through us we can connect you with a battery pack as well
that's another option that you don't need to run but if it makes sense for you and you need all of
that extra run time and you want to run a battery pack instead of a counterweight of some sort
you can do that with this unit the power switch is on the front of the unit one turn to the left
will power it on if you pull out on the knob and then you turn it all the way the little onboard ir
illuminator will illuminate and you can use that for things like reading maps navigating doing some
fine motor skills things like that as far as all of the other functions as you can tell both pods
articulate separately when this unit is powered on if you articulate one leg that pod will power down
the other one will stay on flip that one up both of them will power off this is an automatic
feature so that if you're wearing it on your helmet you want to flip them up out of the way
they will power down automatically i'll dive more into the topic of the mounts but i did want to go
over one feature since i'm talking about the auto power on and off this is the photonis mount right
here and one of the features of this particular mount is the fact that when it is in position
if you open this mount and flip it in this direction you'll see that little bar there as
soon as that bar gets even remotely close to the unit it automatically powers on whether or not you
have the power switch in the on position so let me clarify that even if you have the unit powered off
when you have photonis mount on your dovetail and you flip it into position it will power on
your unit it's sort of like a fail safe so that no matter what your unit will always power on even if
you forgot to turn on the power switch aside from all of that and all of those different features
we also have two lanyard mounts on the body of the unit these will allow you to have attachment
points for your particular lanyard so that in the event that you bump the unit off of your helmet
it will be retained by those lanyards you won't lose your investment and see a ton of money just
crashing down to the ground on top of the unit it's a standard dovetail mount so that means that
it's going to work with all the naroto's low stow mounts the wilcox g24 anything that's a standard
mount that you would typically use with bnbd's dtnvs rmvgs things like that so overall the pd
pro 16b has become my personal go-to for night vision at this time i think that it offers a lot
of features for end users you've got that clarity the amazing clarity of the 4g white phosphor tubes
you've got the robustness of something like a bnvd or rnvgs but you have the lightweight of a pbs31
and when i weighed this unit it's 15 ounces with the battery inside of the unit so this thing is
extremely small and as a size comparison i have a set of bnbds over here to compare side by side
with the pd pros and immediately you're going to see how much smaller the pd pros are than a set of
bnbds so if you're looking for an extremely compact unit you care about lightweight you
want a 7075 unit you like what photonics has to offer and all of these different features that
i went over are of the utmost importance to you the pdpr 16b might be an awesome awesome choice
for you guys it is covered by photonis's warranty the craftsmanship is amazing that 7075 aluminum
gives me peace of mind that even if these things hit the dirt or i bump into something
whatever it might be that i'm not just going to snap a pod right off of the body
and for all these reasons that i discussed it has become one of my go-to night vision units so you
want to learn more about the pd pro 16b or you're interested in purchasing one of these check out
our website go to tattargets.com go to shop look at our optics go into the binocular night vision
and you will find these on our website if you found this video helpful and you're on youtube
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