This professional infrared laser illuminator is a universal illuminator for all night vision devices. Among its many advanced characteristics is its high-grade alloy construction and its extremely high illumination strength. This illuminator has an adjustment that lets you regulate the area over which the light is cast. You can concentrate the emitted light to focus in on a target or give yourself wide sweeping ability by dispersing the illumination over a large area. By using this professional adjustment you decide whether you need illumination for a wider area or focused illumination on a particular point or target; this excellent variability gives you substantially improved clarity with all night vision devices. This illuminator will amaze you with its performance. Don't let American marketing fool you, this illumanator is much more effective and powerful than anything that ATN or others advertise regardless of the flashy ratings they give thier illuminators. You will gain significantly increased viewing distance, image clarity and brightness. Use it for any generation, it will take your generation one units to a whole new level of performance giving you, in many cases, up to and beyond 50% greater viewing distance. This unit uses standard AA batteries and is compact and ergonomic. Batteries for this unit can be found at the bottom of this page or in the Batteries and Bulbs section.