Coolest Toy of 2008 Is Definitely EyeClops Night Vision Goggles

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!

When my son first tried on the goggles, he complained that his field of vision was smaller. When I looked on the internet about regular night vision goggles, I learned that night vision has its limitations and will never be as good as regular vision, no matter what.

For one thing, it's kind of weird that your vision comes from the center eyepiece mounted on your forehead like a third eye. What I mean to say is that normally you see things through your eyes, but the eyeclops "sees" through it's 3rd eye that's mounted about 4 inches up and to the left of your right eye. This is a bit disorienting when you first use the device, but my son got used to it pretty quickly.

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.

A final difficulty is that since you have a smaller field of vision, and you're only seeing in night vision through one eye (the right eye) (and yes, this IS typical in expensive night vision goggles as well), you lose a bunch of depth perception. The moral here is that you don't want to go running around in night vision mode - you'll smash into stuff.

We haven't had any trouble with the goggles, but because the depth perception is a bit difficult when they're being used, I made sure to supervise my kids when they wanted to wear them outside.

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.

All in all, I'm very pleased with Jakks Eyeclops Night Vision Infrared Stealth Goggles, and I think they'll make a fantastic and fun gift for your kids for Christmas 2008. Check them out, and be confident that your kids will love them and they'll learn a lot by having them.

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