IR-940 EXTRA-LONG-RANGE IR ILLUMINATOR (940NM) by Night Optics USA

a solid and well desined product BUT ....

I just received the item. It has a solid, well designed structure. I have not tested it in/on the field yet, this is my visual inspection report as a very handy and experienced person, hopefully I will upgrade this review later, if this system allows me to. 1- It came to me with a simple weapon mount grip, good. 2- Looks solid and water resistant enough to rely on it. 3- It has NO on/off indicator of any kind, just a push button (at back end) so you can not know if it is ON or OFF, very bad idea. I took it to the bathroom, turned off the lights, looked at the LED inside through it's magnifier to see the little red-ish low light. JUST BE QUICK AND CAREFUL WHEN CHECKING ITS ON/OFF CONDITION THIS WAY. 4- I suggest to remove the battery right after you are done using it, just in case. *- As I mentioned before, the item is reasonably well designed. I did a quick test with a Gen-1 monocular, I could see better with this illuminator at around 30 yards that I couldn't without illuminator. NOTE; everywhere was covered by snow during test, and snow amplifies up to 6 time all ranges of beams (like; UV, IR and visible light). *- Second issue which is not related to the item directly, was the outrage $66 shipping charge for half a pound package, that took around two weeks as USP/FED EX job. I had a purchased item from eBay, from same state with two pounds weight, same USP, cost me $22, took 7 days, If it was a night vision gadget requiring waiting time to be assembled and it was 2 pounds (checked carefully the rates) would be ok. loosing customers in this competitive world is easy, holding them, matters.