REVIEW – Merrell Intercepts

ITEM:      Intercept Lightweight Trail shoe

MANUFACTURER:      Merrell

DESCRIPTION:

A lightweight, low profile trail runner.

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REVIEW – Mystery Ranch Crew Cab

ITEM:                     Crew Cab

MANUFACTURER:            Mystery Ranch

DESCRIPTION:

The Crew Cab is an expandable pack made up of 3 separate compartments and components for carrying loads that are unusual in size and shape. It can be used as a compact day pack of 31L (1900 cubic inches) capacity, or expanded out to 82L (5000 cubic inch) capacity.

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REVIEW – Sealskinz Gloves

MANUFACTURER:            Sealskinz

PRODUCT:      Ultragrip Gloves

LAYOUT/DESCRIPTION:

A windproof, waterproof, breathable glove with grip dots on fingers and palms.

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REVIEW – Wild Things HiLoft Parka

ITEM:     High Loft Jacket or Parka, Extreme Cold or Happy Jacket

MANUFACTURER:            Wild Things, USA

DESCRIPTION:

A heavyweight, high fill, high loft puff jacket for the tactical market.

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REVIEW – Strider SOA

DESCRIPTION:

Medium sized, fixed blade sheath knife from the Strider stable.

Ok, this isn’t really a review, more like a boast/brag on my part that I have something cool. Humour me, it’s the only entertainment and meaningful relationship I have at the moment whilst stuck in a mining town.

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REVIEW – AA Maglite Torch

ITEM: AA Mini-maglite

MANUFACTURER: Maglite

DESCRIPTION:
Standard Maglite AA model torch, with after market LED bulbs and tail switch.

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REVIEW – Crossfire DG-1 Sniper Pack

ITEM:   DG-1 Sniper Pack, 60L 3-day Assault Pack

MANUFACTURER:  Crossfire

DESCRIPTION:
A 60L, top loading pack that can be loaded for day trips, as a 3-day pack or similar. Designed by Ian Maley of Wilderness Equipment fame.

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REVIEW – Surefire X300 Weapon Light

MANUFACTURER:     Surefire

ITEM:      X300 weapon light

DESCRIPTION:

A lightweight, low profile weapon light designed for pistols fitted with an accessory rail on the dust cover. Trends are showing this unit to be very popular as a lighting solution on long arms as well. With the plethora of NATO standard accessory rails mounted on modern firearms nowadays, addition of lighting systems are very much easier than was previously possible.

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REVIEW – Custom Weapon Light Mount

ITEM:      Custom Weapon Light Mount 

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REVIEW – SORD Field Pack, Large

PRODUCT:     Field Pack, Large

MANUFACTURER:      SORD Australia

DESCRIPTION:

This is SORD Australia’s entry into the combat field pack market. It’s an external frame, top-loading pack, with modular capacity for MOLLE pouches.

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