Nightvision monoculars today on the gold box at Amazon

Two monoculars are today's special gold box deal du jour at Amazon. Both qualify for free shipping since they are over $25 each. There are over 35 comments in the Gold Box discussion, talking about this deal. They are:

Night Owl Optics NGM3X National Geographic Elite Edition 3x Monocular for $180, and

Night Owl Optics NGM5X National Geographic Elite Edition 5x Monocular for $250.
They are co-branded with National Geographic which may give its outdoor users more "street cred", or rather "outdoorsy cred" :)