By Zachary Preston

Last year, I bought the Eyeclops bionic eye for my son, and he thought it was pretty cool. When I first heard that EyeClops Night Vision Goggles were coming out, I was very excited, for myself AND for my son!

Honestly, at first I was disappointed with how they worked, until I asked about traditional night vision goggles and realized that night vision has its limitations, no matter how much you spend.

The craziest thing is that Jakks Eyeclops Night Vision Goggles are $80. Can you believe it? If I hadn't bought from Eyeclops before, I would think that they're junk, but since I was really happy with the previous toy from them, I went ahead and bought them.

Guess what - they work really well. I was shocked that I could put them on and see pretty far in the darkness. Yes, I did let my kids play with them, I know what you're thinking. By the way, my wife did tease me about the fact that it seems like I bought them for myself and not for her.

Since the eyeclops night vision goggles only provide a small field of vision, and due to the fact that your night vision is only seen through the right eye, your depth perception will not work as well either. All in all, there are some guidelines to night vision, such as - don't go running around in night vision mode - you'll probably hurt yourself. Walking around is fine, however. Just be safe about it.

It's funny, I learned from reading about pirates on Mythbusters that the reason they wore a patch over one eye was because if they were in a swordfight and had to go below deck where it's dark, they could take the patch off their patched eye and that eye would be ready to see in darkness and they wouldn't be night blinded. Same premise with the eyeclops night vision goggles - since you're only seeing in the dark with 1 eye, the other eye is ready to see in normal light anytime.

On these goggles, there's 2 night vision modes - one is 100% stealth (no one can see you) and the other one gives you better night vision but throws off a faint infrared light from the goggles themselves, so you're not 100% invisible. The EyeClops night vision goggles DO work very well, and for the price, they're amazing. When I tried them, I walked around our house in the darkness and could easily see my way around, so they DO work.

Frankly, I'm very impressed with Jakks Eyeclops Night Vision Goggles. There's a lot of attention to detail in making them, they are similar in performance to night vision glasses that are much more expensive, and they're extremely affordable. I would recommend them to people of all ages, not just kids. - 18098

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