What Tacticool accessories did you NOT buy today?

The fingering looks akin to that for a brass instrument.

 

Tru Glo? Isn't that the look on one's face after they've gotten lucky?

 

I keep seeing night vision equipment getting less and less expensive. I've always thought it was cool and kinda wanted some but I just, literally, can't think of an actual excuse to buy some that passes even my low bar for "valid."

I've kinda been watching them get cheaper for the last decade or so. I think that I realized that they were going to become nearly commodity items when we went to the zoo and they had a bunch of them in the Bat House, then I bought a toy night vision scope for my son when he was 10 or something. I think the brand was "Spy Gear."

Peace favor your sword,
Kirk

 

I went deep down that rabbit hole of 'toobers testing out the WISH body armor. The short version is, if it's the steel armor, it's good. If it's the soft armor, hit-or-miss.

The longer version is usually along these lines:

Hi, we're the 'toob channel 'shoot'n stuff' and we wasted our money on this WISH steel plate. We know that it's no good garbage but we're going to shoot it anyway to prove that. Staring with the .22LR which will blow right through it. <bang> OK, so it stops the .22 but well, a harsh glare stops a 22. We'll shoot it with a 380, which will blow right through it. <bang> OK, it stopped the 380 but you know, if I was shot with a 380 and found out, I'd be mad at the guy. We'll shoot it with a 9mm, which will blow right through it. <bang> OK, it stopped a 9, you know, that's just a 9. We'll shoot it with a .45, which is a real man-stopper! <bang> Well, it stopped the 45 but, you know, it's fat, slow bullet, so that's to be expected. We'll shoot it with a .357, which can take any game in North America and will blow right through it! <bang> Well, it stopped the 357 but it's just a pistol round after all, we'll shot it with something "real" now, a 5.56, which is fast and high energy with a high sectional density and blows right through armor. <bang> Well, it stopped the 5.56, but that's a Poodle Shooter so no big deal. We'll shoot it with a .308, a real man's rifle cartridge, it'll blow right through it. <bang> OK, it stopped the 308 which surprised us a lot but now we're going to shoot it with a 12ga slug which is the closest thing you can get to artillery in the home and will blow right through it. <bang> Well, it stopped the 12ga. but only because we didn't shoot it enough with everything else. <bang> <bang> <bang> <bang> <bang> <bang> <bang> <bang> <bang> <bang> <bang> <bang> Well, it stopped everything and shocked us. But you can't trust your life to this because it's cheap Chinesium WISH garbage and you should spend a lot of money to buy "reputable" armor from a dealer.
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Peace favor your sword,
Kirk

 

Here's an example of what I mean (embedded yootoob):


Peace favor your sword,
Kirk

 

Fair enough. I've looked for reviews of these Chinesium WISH steel plates that failed to stop what they claimed they were rated for. I couldn't find them. There were several that after the plate was beat up bad it eventually failed, or it failed to stop stuff it wasn't rated for. But after watching dozens of them, I didn't see any "reviews" <cough> that showed the plate failing to stop what they claimed it was rated for.

Conversely, there was apparently some soft armor that might fail. There was also a lot of soft or semi-rigid armor that didn't have any specific claims about what it would or would not stop which could fail at odd spots. I think Taofledermaus had a few of those "unrated" pads/whatevers. They'd stop some pistol and not others and were no good at rifle.

I mean, I'm as surprised as anyone else, to be honest. But it sure looks like the steel plates are actually pretty good. I, quite honestly, hate saying that. I don't really want to defend them. But I really need to be honest. And, as honest as I can be, from what I've been able to find, those cheap Chinesium steel plates apparently work as claimed.

But if you have a review you can show me where one of those WISH steel plates fails to stop what they claim it stops I really would like to see it. I'd find it comforting and validating.

Peace favor your sword,
Kirk