Friendship ended with BNVG-M Artemis
BNVS Sentinel is my new best friend :D
For the maybe 3 of you keeping track, I'm a fan of ANVIS Ball Detent - despite its drawbacks, it offers the one of lowest profiles you can get when the goggles are in the stowed position.
For a while, I'd been using the BNVG-M 'Artemis' Housing from TNVC, but as of now, I'm switching to the older Adams Industries 'Sentinel' (both of which funnily enough were OEM'd by AB Night Vision).
Reason being, there's several design quirks I never really liked with the Artemis:
The screws/delrin inserts used to change out the modular power adapters are densely grouped and quite fiddly to install. The Sentinel only needs the screws, which are spread over a wider base.
The Artemis's ball detent tilt adjustment is handled through a thumb screw with four springs that physically push on the adapter like a teeter-totter. The Sentinel has a much more robust curved track system for tilt adjustment.
The power contacts on the Artemis are incredibly exposed to moisture while the Sentinel's are well-hidden.
The control switches on the Artemis are a mushy rubber pad style, while the Sentinels have a more rugged PVS14-style knob.
The Artemis lacks an integral battery tray (only the Dovetail MPA has one), leaving you with no way to power on the goggles in ball detent config.
I can understand the reasons why the Artemis was designed this way, such as reducing tolerance stacking, housing size, redundant power contacts, etc, but personally, I like the features that the Sentinel has over it - more robust design logic, less small parts to keep track of.
Seeing as both these units are discontinued and only going to get more scarce, I plan on keeping the Artemis housing, perhaps building it out with a cheap set of intensifiers in the distant future to have as a backup unit.
But really I should probably worry about getting these Sentinels purged and collimated first :P
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