Right after my first foray into manufacturer visits at Bolt Airsoft I decided to make good use of my last day’s holiday before being thrown back into the daily grind of work by taking a leisurely saunter over to TaoYuan, the city just North of HsinChu where I’m based—between here and Taipei—where...
We’ve been impressed with the performance of the relatively cheap Bering Optics GT-14 Gen 2+ monocular, but this company has an even cheaper option for people who are not planning on using a helmet mounted solution. In the world of night vision, you either go super-cheap and not regret the money spent if the performance is not great, or you need to spend good money, to get a device with good enough parameters that’s actually useful in situations of low light. Digital night vision is a way to get a decent performance and a much lower price, but with some caveats. This is exactly what Urban...
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I returned from my short escape to Thailand for an old uni friend’s wedding last Tuesday morning—bleary eyed and knackered from a general trend of excess drinking, partying and sleep deprivation—and managed to return back to my flat in Zhubei—North of Hsinchu, Taiwan—get showered, changed,...
Just like the Theta Optics Compact Reflex Sight itself, the box it comes in is nice and compact. Sufficiently wrapped up to protect it from bumps on the way to the customer, it complete with an allen key to fit the sight to a 20mm rail as well as attaching/removing the riser. A small cleaning...
So when we got this plate carrier, we paid very little attention to how it was packaged as we were that excited to get it out of the jiffy bag and clear plastic bag packaging. All packed nice and tightly so that it doesn’t take up too much space. Ok so here we go, grabbing hold of this plate...
As with the other Direct Action Gear products we have purchased, the packaging is second to none. Nice zip lock clear bags, with an awesome box that has a Polish SF soldier on it and some targets on the back so you can make excellent use of and not waste the box that it came in! Superb, as usual....
So, another month rolls round and we’re nearing my first xmas here in Taiwan… even though I kind of came here specifically to escape all the ‘Hallmark Holidays’ of the West - I’ve spent the last three xmases overseas in Germany, Bruges/Luxembourg/Paris/Seville and China respectively - and they...
When it comes to flashlights, we all know that SureFire is the golden standard. There’s no doubt about it. But what if we’d like to look for a product that’s good and does not break the bank? Nitecore fills this need with many different options. The Nitecore MH12GT is a Multitask Hybrid Series...
Following on from my past experiences in the UK with plastic shelled FastMags for both STANAG/M4 magazines and 9mm pistol mags, as well as my own custom modified MP7 FastMags which then served to hold my awkwardly sized Five-seveN pistol mags, when I arrived in Taiwan I immediately started...
Another piece of Flyye Khaki gear which has travelled the world with me on my many adventures; the Flyye EDC Camera Bag is an excellent low profile/ minimal accessories carriage option for a reasonable sized SLR or Bridge Camera – in my case it perfectly fits and protects my Fuji HS20EXR Superzoom...
Pentagon is known for their tactical line of clothing, but today we’re going to have a look at something different. Jeans. Yes, normal jeans but with a tactical twist. Thanks to our friends at Military1st we can test the new offering from Pentagon. Pentagon Rogue Jeans is an attempt at delivering...