Basic Reasons Of Why Night Vision Goggles are so Expensive

Written by adam7 | Published 2019/10/26
Tech Story Tags: night-vision | night-vision-goggles | wearable-technology | military-goggles | latest-tech-stories

TLDR Night vision goggles or devices were only used by military personnel for critical purposes. Recently night vision goggles are widely used by hunters, shooters, for wildlife exploring and for multipurpose safety and security purposes. Manufacturers spend lots of money on improving the technology to meet all latest demands and needs of military forces. Some manufacturers are forced to keep the prices high due to certain political reasons and issues such as hunting wild animals and security threats of misusing the goggles. The industry generated revenue of $4 billion in the year 2018.via the TL;DR App

Nowadays night vision goggles are gaining its popularity with time and the usability is also getting more and wider. Earlier, night vision goggles or devices were only used by military personnel for critical purposes, but recently night vision goggles are widely used by hunters, shooters, for wildlife exploring and for multipurpose safety and security purposes.
The night vision goggles are mostly used for surveillance purposes which increased the demand for night vision equipment and tools.  
However, most of the top night vision goggles are expensive due to multiple reasons.
There are several other reasons which force manufacturers to keep the price of night vision goggles high.
Let’s check out some most effective reasons:
  • The manufacturing cost is high
  • A night vision goggles are made up of special types of materials which adds the manufacturing costs.
  • All night vision goggles require special optical construction and some special optics which is quite expensive.
  • From the last few years, night vision equipment gained its priority and the industry generated revenue of $4 billion in the year 2018.
  • Artificial reasons for high pricing.
  • Some manufacturers are forced to keep the prices high due to certain political reasons and issues.
  • There are many countries where using and owning a night vision goggles is illegal and may lead to criminal offense too.
  • There are several threats of using night vision goggles which include hunting wild animals and security threats of misusing night vision goggles in the mind of political leaders.
  • All these restrictions encourage the demand of night vision goggles and the companies take advantage by keeping the prices high.
  • High pricing due to economics and other legal issues.
  • Economics played a vital role in price hike of night vision goggles. Though there is no proper use of night vision goggles in daily life in some cases it helps mankind a lot. 
  • Due to less demand in night vision goggles forced the manufactures to hike the prices.
  • Most night vision equipment producers suffered from losses in the past. However, it is gradually going down with increase in demand.
  • It includes the role of the military.
  • Mostly all major night vision manufactures have running contracts with military forces and other security agencies and provide them with night vision devices and goggles.
  • Producers take advantage of military business contracts and always try to keep the prices high when selling the products.
  • However, manufacturers spend lots of money on improving the technology to meet all latest demands and needs of military forces.
  • It provides precision-controlled hunting.
  • Low-quality night vision goggles are readily available for common people whereas high-quality goggles are expensive and are out of reach of common people.
  • Hunting is the major issue with night vision goggles so in many countries it is banned. This makes night-vision equipment expensive.
  • Moreover, night vision goggles provide special aid in shooting, spying, and hunting. It adds threats to mankind. So night vision goggles are expensive.


Written by adam7 | Hunter, Dart, Foodie
Published by HackerNoon on 2019/10/26