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[NEW] PREDATOR Multi-Role Thermal Imaging Monocular | Clip-On Ready, Helmet Mountable w/ Swappable Lenses & Rail Adapter Kit

[NEW] PREDATOR Multi-Role Thermal Imaging Monocular | Clip-On Ready, Helmet Mountable w/ Swappable Lenses & Rail Adapter Kit

The Night Operators PREDATOR is a multi-role thermal imaging monocular built around a 25mK NETD 296x192 thermal sensor running at a true 60 Hz with 25 millisecond latency. Handheld, helmet mountable, or clip-on ready ahead of a magnified optic: one unit, every role.

speed TRUE 60 HZ | 25MS LATENCY | 25MK NETD

camera SWAPPABLE LENSES 4MM WIDE / 13MM DISTANCE

done_all MULTI-ROLE HANDHELD | HELMET | CLIP-ON | FLIP-TO-SIDE QD

INTENDED USE WARNING: Observation use only. Not certified or intended for use by pilots in the operation of aircraft or ground vehicles on public roads.

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Dual dovetail bridge free, early bird launch offer, $179.95 value Free with every early bird kit. Pairs your PVS-14 beside the PREDATOR. Included free with every Wave One kit while the launch window lasts. After launch the bridge sells separately at $179.95.
YOUR KIT: CORE $749.95$1,499.95SAVE $750

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PREDATOR THERMAL WAVE ONE: FROM $749.95 DIRECT · 200 UNITS BUILT ON DEMAND · SHIPS 45 TO 60 DAYS FROM PURCHASE
Operator wearing a helmet with the PREDATOR thermal at night in a forest
NEW · PREDATOR THERMAL
PREDATOR THERMAL.
FROM $749.95
BUILT ON DEMAND IN LIMITED WAVES · EACH ORDER RESERVES A UNIT IN WAVE ONE · SHIPS 45 TO 60 DAYS FROM PURCHASE DURING THE FIRST MONTH OF LAUNCH

ONE DEVICE. FOUR JOBS.

A compact thermal you can carry, helmet-mount, bridge with your analog optics, or mount to your setup. Civilian-direct, from $749.95.

THROUGH THE PREDATOR
REAL FOOTAGE THROUGH THE PREDATOR. NO SIMULATION.
1000G SHOCK RATED
WE TORTURED IT SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO.
FROM
$749.95
LAUNCH OFFER · EARLY BIRD
Early bird orders get the dual dovetail bridge FREE, a $179.95 value, while the launch window lasts. Complete mount kit $949.95, with about $1,000 in name-brand mounts included.
Name-brand four-role thermals run $2,800 to $3,400.
SEE WHAT IT SEES
5,000+ verified reviews · 17,000+ orders shipped since 2023 · 1 year warranty
WAVE ONE
200 units, built in the order they are reserved
BUILD TIME
45 to 60 days from purchase
EST. DISPATCH
Mid to late October
TRANSIT
Worldwide from the appropriate in stock warehouse

We believe this is the most capable multipurpose clip-on and headworn thermal imager ever offered at this price, and we are not letting it out until it is perfect. A QC issue surfaced in prototyping, so we slowed down. Every purchase reserves a unit inside the current wave and locks your place in the build queue.

Night vision amplifies light. Thermal sees heat.

Analog night vision needs ambient light and shows you the scene. Thermal needs nothing. It reads heat straight off bodies, engines, and ground, in total darkness, through fog, light brush, and camouflage.

Nothing warm hides. A hog in a brush line, a coyote in tall grass, a person on your property at 2 a.m.: they glow.

Same scene through the naked eye
Without night vision or thermal, our eyes see nothing.

WHAT THERMAL WILL NOT DO.

IT WILL NOT SEE THROUGH GLASS
IT WILL NOT SEE THROUGH GLASS
Windows, windshields, scopes. Glass blocks heat the way a wall blocks light.
IT IS NOT FOR NAVIGATING
IT IS NOT FOR NAVIGATING
Thermal shows you heat, not terrain detail. That is why we do not call it night vision.
IT WILL NOT IDENTIFY A FACE AT DETECTION RANGE
IT WILL NOT IDENTIFY A FACE AT DETECTION RANGE
You will see that someone is there long before you can see who.
HEAT WASHES OUT ON A HOT DAY
HEAT WASHES OUT ON A HOT DAY
When the ground is as warm as the animal, contrast flattens. Nights and cool mornings are where it shines.

We would rather you know this before you buy than after.

Most thermals do one job. This one does four.

PREDATOR thermal in handheld configuration
ROLE 01
HANDHELD

Pull it from a pocket and scan a treeline in seconds.

Take the controls.

This is a live simulation of the PREDATOR display. Real footage, real controls.

ZOOM · DEVICE OFFPALETTE · DEVICE OFF

Nine color modes on Gen 1. Contrast and brightness adjustable. One clean crosshair reticle.

Unscrew close. Thread on far.

PREDATOR body with both 4mm wide-angle and 13mm distance objective lenses

The PREDATOR ships with a 4mm wide-angle objective for maximum field of view on headworn scans, treeline sweeps, and moving on foot.

THE SWAPPABLE LENS SYSTEM

Every PREDATOR ships with the 4mm wide-angle installed. Thread on the 13mm distance objective and the same sensor reaches out. Swap by hand in seconds, no tools. The 13mm is $199.95, or included with the FULL LOADOUT kit.

4mm wide-angle objective lens
4MM WIDE-ANGLE · INCLUDED
Field of view: approx 40.6 degrees
Best for: headworn, scanning, close terrain
13mm distance objective lens
13MM DISTANCE · IN FULL LOADOUT, OR +$199.95
Field of view: approx 15.6 degrees
Best for: reach, in-line ahead of an existing optic, distance ID

An onboard reticle, when you want one.

One clean crosshair, and full control over it. Turn the onboard reticle on or off, and nudge its position with the arrow keys until it sits exactly where you want. Your setting is saved across power cycles.

Scan headworn, then mount it to your setup, or run it in-line ahead of your existing optic and let your day-scope do the aiming.

Close-up of the PREDATOR dovetail mounting interface

It speaks dovetail. So it already fits your gear.

Top-down view of the PREDATOR dovetail and 1913 mounting interfaces

The PREDATOR uses the same industry-standard dovetail and 1913-pattern interfaces the night vision world standardized years ago. No proprietary lock-in.

Aluminum G24 helmet mount seated on a dual dovetail bridge, direct front view
ON YOUR HELMET
Ships with the dovetail shoe and 1913 rail adapter included. Drops into standard PVS-14-pattern helmet mounts, J-arms, and flip-ups.
ON YOUR SETUP
Standard 1913-pattern rail. Mount it to your setup with the onboard reticle, or run it in-line ahead of your existing optic.
PREDATOR bridged with a PVS-14 on a dual dovetail
BRIDGED WITH PVS-14
Run analog in one eye and heat in the other. Works with standard aftermarket dovetail bridge systems. Our dual dovetail bridge, a $179.95 value, is included FREE with every early bird kit while the launch window lasts.

The mounts alone would cost a fortune. They are in the box.

Aluminum G24 helmet mount
Aluminum G24 helmet mount
Street price
$400 to $500
With Night Operators
Included with MOUNT KIT
Dual dovetail bridge
Dual dovetail bridge
Street price
about $599
With Night Operators
FREE for early birds · $179.95 value
Low-profile 90-degree flip-to-side QD dovetail mount
Low-profile 90-degree flip-to-side QD dovetail mount
Street price
$499 to $699
With Night Operators
Included with MOUNT KIT, or $179.95 added to CORE

That is $1,400 to $1,800 in mounts at name-brand prices. With us, they are included or a fraction. And the flip-to-side: no other thermal on the market offers a low-profile 90-degree flip-to-side QD dovetail. Not one.

THE FLIP-TO-SIDE QD
NO OTHER THERMAL HAS IT. NOT ONE.
Low-profile 90-degree flip-to-side QD dovetail mount
FLIP-TO-SIDE · 3 STEPS
Flip-to-side step 1: Clamp the mount
1
Clamp the mount
Flip-to-side step 2: Click the optic in
2
Click the optic in
Flip-to-side step 3: Flip it 90 degrees clear
3
Flip it 90 degrees clear
CLIP-ON PAIRING

Drops in ahead of your optic. On the same centerline.

The PREDATOR mounts ahead of your existing day optic and you look straight through it. With our mounts the optical centerline sits at roughly 1.54 inches, which matches most 1.54 inch LPVO mounts.

CENTERLINE ROUGHLY 1.54 IN · MATCHES MOST 1.54 IN LPVO MOUNTS
SETUP A · HOLOGRAPHIC OPTIC + MAGNIFIER
Wire diagram: PREDATOR clip-on ahead of a holographic optic and magnifier, with the PREDATOR centerline sitting roughly 0.2 inches below the optic centerline
1. PREDATOR CLIP-ON2. HOLOGRAPHIC OPTIC3. MAGNIFIER
SETUP B · LPVO ON A CANTILEVER MOUNT
Wire diagram: PREDATOR clip-on inline ahead of an LPVO in a cantilever mount, one shared 1.54 inch optical centerline, side profile
1. PREDATOR CLIP-ON2. LPVO ON CANTILEVER MOUNT
SETUP A · HOLOGRAPHIC OPTIC + MAGNIFIER

With a holographic optic the eye relief is longer, so the view through the clip-on is more tunnelled, with less field of view. It works, but the LPVO image is better.

One honest note on height: this class of holographic optic puts its optical centerline at roughly 1.74 inches above the rail, not 1.54. The PREDATOR sits slightly lower, so you will not be able to make full use of the glass centered. No riser exists for it right now. Use the PREDATOR's digital reticle for alignment, as covered in the note below.

SETUP B · LPVO ON A CANTILEVER MOUNTOUR RECOMMENDATION

We highly recommend running an LPVO behind the clip-on. Your eye sits right up against the glass, so you get much more field of view and a clearer, fuller image.

A NOTE ON ALIGNMENT

With holographic optics and magnifiers, an aftermarket riser may be necessary to achieve a more perfect center. Otherwise you will likely rely on the PREDATOR's digital reticle rather than your day optic's reticle, since the optics are not perfectly collimated. The standard we hold: align on the digital reticle, floating roughly around the center of your actual LPVO or holographic reticle. We got it really close, but we cannot guarantee alignment through multiple optics, so use the digital reticle. And the digital reticle is not bad.

FIELD-PROVEN

We recoil-tested it. It held.

Most thermals in this class have never seen a proof test. We ran the PREDATOR through heavy recoil, shot after shot, including punishment hard enough to tear the mount clean off the platform. We re-secured it, and it held its setting exactly. It holds zero, session after session. That is not a spec-sheet claim. That is what happened on the range.

Why name-brand compact thermals cost $2,800 to $3,400. And ours starts at $749.95.

MARKUP CHAIN
NAME-BRAND
SENSOR + LENS + HOUSING
IMPORTER
DISTRIBUTOR
DEALER
RETAIL FLOOR
$850
NIGHT OPERATORS
Night Operators PREDATOR thermal monocular, railed right-side profile
SENSOR + LENS + HOUSING
CIVILIAN DIRECT
FROM $749.95

The big-name compact multi-role thermals are excellent devices. If a famous logo and a dealer handshake matter to you, buy one. No hard feelings.

The part of the price that sees heat is the sensor and the lens. The rest is the supply chain: importer, distributor, dealer, retail. Every markup lands on the tag and none of it lands on the screen.

We sell civilian-direct from our manufacturing partner. Same four-role concept, same industry-standard mounting, simplified where simplification does not cost you heat on the screen. That is the entire trick. There is no other trick.

And the part nobody else does: the dual dovetail bridge comes FREE for early bird orders, including CORE at $749.95. It is a real $179.95 accessory on its own listing, and on the name-brand side the same bridge is a separate purchase at about $599, sold to you a month after the device, once you have worked out that thermal on its own is not the same as thermal beside analog. We give it away in the entry kit because we make it ourselves, and because you should not have to buy twice to find that out. That is a launch window offer for early bird orders. After launch, the bridge sells separately at $179.95.

CORE plus the G24 and flip-to-side add-ons comes to $1,029.85. MOUNT KIT is $949.95 and saves you $79.90.

What we left out on purpose.

EYEPIECE
Name-brand: Multi-axis ocular assemblies.
Ours: A fixed magnified diopter. One less thing to fiddle with in the dark.
BUTTON PAD
Name-brand: Deep menus and app rabbit holes.
Ours: Ten buttons, zero menus. Settings is one press for brightness, again for contrast.
DISPLAY
Name-brand: A 1440-class display.
Ours: 320-class. The sensor decides what you detect.

Every dollar we cut came out of complexity. None of it came out of the housing, the mounting standard, or the warranty.

Where it lands in the market.

Price band
PREDATOR MULTI-ROLE
From $749.95
Name-brand multi-role
$2,800 to $3,400
Single-role sights
$700 to $1,500
Handheld scanners
$300 to $700
Four-role capability
PREDATOR MULTI-ROLE
Helmet: supportedDirect mount: supportedClip-on: supportedHandheld: supported
Name-brand multi-role
Helmet: supportedDirect mount: supportedClip-on: supportedHandheld: supported
Single-role sights
Helmet: not supportedDirect mount: supportedClip-on: not supportedHandheld: not supported
Handheld scanners
Helmet: not supportedDirect mount: not supportedClip-on: not supportedHandheld: supported
Swappable objectives
PREDATOR MULTI-ROLE
Name-brand multi-role
Single-role sights
Handheld scanners
Dovetail helmet standard
PREDATOR MULTI-ROLE
Name-brand multi-role
Single-role sights
Handheld scanners
In-line clip-on
PREDATOR MULTI-ROLE
Name-brand multi-role
Single-role sights
Handheld scanners
Sold
PREDATOR MULTI-ROLEDirect
Name-brand multi-roleDealer network
Single-role sightsMarketplace
Handheld scannersMarketplace
Warranty
PREDATOR MULTI-ROLE1 year
Name-brand multi-roleVaries
Single-role sightsVaries
Handheld scannersOften none
US support
PREDATOR MULTI-ROLE
Name-brand multi-role
Single-role sightsRarely
Handheld scannersRarely
  1. Price band bars are drawn on one shared scale from $0 to $3,400.
  2. Swappable objectives means the 4mm wide-angle and the 13mm reach lens both fit the same housing without tools.
  3. Dovetail helmet standard means it clicks into the same industry-standard dovetail interface as analog night vision.
  4. In-line clip-on means it is rated to sit ahead of a day optic rather than replacing it.
  5. Marketplace means it is resold through third-party listings rather than sold to you directly.

What you'll actually do with it.

See the difference the lens makes.

Rendered at the PREDATOR's true 320 x 320 display resolution. What you see here is what the screen shows.

Digital zoom does not add detail. At 3.0x the 4mm puts a deer at the same size the 13mm gives you at 1.0x, built from three sensor pixels instead of nine. That is what the second lens actually buys you.

4MM · DEER · 150M · 1.0X
PREDATOR range simulation, 4mm lens, deer at 150 m, 1.0x, rendered at the true 320 x 320 display resolution
WANT THE REACH?

The 13mm distance objective threads on by hand and nearly triples what the same sensor resolves. $199.95, or included in the FULL LOADOUT kit.

4MM WIDE
HUMAN
100 m
VEHICLE
300 m
13MM DISTANCE
HUMAN
250 m
VEHICLE
600 m

Measured on our production units, not copied from a lab sheet.

COYOTE AND PREDATOR CONTROL

Scan a field edge and know what is out there before you commit to the walk.

THE 2AM PERIMETER CHECK

The dogs go off. You step onto the porch and know in four seconds whether it is a person or a possum.

WHEN THE POWER GOES OUT

Every light on the street is dead. Yours is the only set of eyes still working.

CAMPING AND RUCKING

Off the trail after dark. See the ground, the treeline and whatever is moving in it.

BRIDGED WITH YOUR PVS-14

Analog in one eye, heat in the other. The setup that sees everything.

SEARCH AND RESCUE

Missing people, lost livestock, a dog off the trail. Body heat cuts through rubble, brush and total darkness.

The numbers.

SENSOR
Resolution
296 x 192
Pixel pitch
12 um
NETD
25 mK
Refresh rate
60 Hz
Latency
25 ms

Power that swaps.

16340 cell entering the open battery compartment of the PREDATOR
4 TO 5 HRS +1.5 TO 2 HRS PER 16340USB-C

The internal battery runs 4 to 5 hours on a USB-C charge. Drop in the included 16340 and keep going, spares live in your pocket and swap in seconds. Your 16340 ships as its own package and may arrive before or after your unit.

Remove the 16340 before charging over USB-C.

In the box.

Everything laid out, nothing hidden in a spec sheet.

LAUNCH OFFER · FREE DUAL DOVETAIL BRIDGE · $179.95 VALUE

The bridge is a free launch gift for early bird orders. Not an upsell, not a later purchase: a real $179.95 accessory, included at no charge. Name-brand dual bridges run about $599 on their own. Ours ships free with the entry kit, so the day you want your PVS-14 riding beside the PREDATOR, thermal in one eye and analog in the other, the hardware is already yours. After launch it sells separately at $179.95.

DUAL DOVETAIL BRIDGE FREE · EARLY BIRD LAUNCH OFFER · $179.95 VALUE
CORE
In every kit
PREDATOR UNIT
RAIL ADAPTER
EYECUP
USB-C CABLE
FREE
CLAIM FREE
DUAL DOVETAIL BRIDGE
FREE · $179.95 VALUE
QUICK-START GUIDE
MOUNT KIT
Tap an item to add it
G24 HELMET MOUNT
FLIP-TO-SIDE QD
FULL LOADOUT
Tap an item to add it
13MM OBJECTIVE
DUAL DOVETAIL BRIDGELAUNCH OFFERFree with every early bird kit. Pairs your PVS-14 beside the PREDATOR.
Included free with every Wave One kit while the launch window lasts. After launch the bridge sells separately at $179.95.
TOTAL
$749.95
BATTERY

Runs approx 4 to 5 hours on the internal USB-C rechargeable battery. Drop in the included 16340 for approx 1.5 to 2 more hours per cell. Cells are inexpensive and swap in seconds, so spares live in your pocket. Your 16340 ships as its own package and may arrive before or after the unit. Remove it before USB-C charging.

Built on demand. Wave one ships 45 to 60 days from purchase.

This is not a warehouse product and it is not a pre-order gamble. Every PREDATOR is built to order in limited waves, and your purchase reserves a real unit inside Wave One production. We hit a quality snag late in prototyping, and rather than ship something almost right, we are hammering it down until it is perfect. That costs time. It does not cost you your place in line.

Reserve now and you are early enough to land in the first wave. Wait, and you are waiting on the second.

WAVE ONE IS LIMITED

We build in small waves, not warehouses. Every purchase reserves one unit inside the Wave One production block, filled in the exact order it came in. When the wave is claimed, the next buyer waits for Wave Two.

QC IS THE HOLD-UP

We hit a QC snag in prototyping and we are not shipping until it is perfect. Sensor uniformity, objective threads, reticle alignment and mount fit are verified per unit. Units that do not pass do not go out.

1 TO 2 MONTHS TO BUILD

Shipping is 45 to 60 days from purchase during the first month of launch. Each order reserves a unit in Wave One production, estimated dispatch late October to early November. We ship worldwide from whichever appropriate or in stock warehouse, and tracking is sent the moment your unit ships.

Shipping is 45 to 60 days from purchase during the first month of launch. Each order reserves a unit in Wave One production, estimated dispatch late October to early November. We ship worldwide from whichever appropriate or in stock warehouse, and you get a confirmation and tracking the moment your unit ships.

The brand behind it.

17,000+ orders shipped since 2023. 5,000+ verified reviews across our night vision line. The PREDATOR is built by the same operation, sold the same way: direct.

17,000+ ORDERS SHIPPED
5,000+ VERIFIED REVIEWS
1 YEAR WARRANTY
US-BASED SUPPORT

Questions, answered straight.

Shipping is 45 to 60 days from purchase during the first month of launch. Every purchase reserves a unit inside Wave One production, with estimated dispatch late October to early November. We ship worldwide from whichever appropriate or in stock warehouse. We will not release a unit until it passes QC, and you get tracking the moment yours ships.
Through-the-lens white-hot thermal frame captured with the PREDATOR

Own the predator.

DUAL DOVETAIL BRIDGELAUNCH OFFERFree with every early bird kit. Pairs your PVS-14 beside the PREDATOR.
Included free with every Wave One kit while the launch window lasts. After launch the bridge sells separately at $179.95.
TOTAL
$949.95
or 4 interest-free payments of $237.49 over 6 weeks with Sezzle
THIS RESERVES A UNIT IN WAVE ONE PRODUCTION
  • Built on demand, ships 45 to 60 days from purchase during the first month of launch
  • Wave One estimated dispatch: late October to early November
  • Shipped worldwide from whichever appropriate or in stock warehouse
  • Limited wave. Orders are built in the sequence they arrive
  • Nothing ships until it clears our QC bench. No exceptions
Secure it now to hold a Wave One slot. Ships 45 to 60 days from purchase during the first month of launch.
FROM $749.95 DIRECT · SWAPPABLE LENS SYSTEM · WORLDWIDE SHIPPING · 1 YEAR WARRANTY · 5,000+ VERIFIED REVIEWS
WAVE ONE · 200 UNITS · BUILT IN SEQUENCE
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