Category: Other Nifty Stuff

When I received an email offering a product called MantisX for review, I said to myself, "what the heck is a MantisX?" Now I know, and I'm excited for what MantisX portends.

I often venture "off the beaten path" alone, and while this is fun and rewarding, it's not the safest thing in the world. I let people know where I'm going and when I'll be back, and have various signaling and communication devices with me, but there's nothing quite like having your location monitored at all times. I don't think I need to explain GPS technology to anyone. It seems that everything has a GPS in it nowadays, and we've come a long way from the bulky units I first started… Read More

A number of the firearms you have seen reviewed on this blog, such as the SCARs, the FNAR, and the FNX-9, among others, were loaned to me by my friend "ferris2son," as he is known on various firearms forums as well as this blog. He's wheelchair-bound, but wasn't willing to give up on shooting, so he came up with the idea to mount a rifle to his wheelchair. Using some barstock and a KZ Gooseneck mount, he's able to attach just about any rifle that has a bottom picatinny rail,… Read More

Another knife review...this one comparing two knives that I have owned and used for a while. I apologize for the length, I tried to keep it as short as possible... Also tried to remain more objective.

I really like the Mulititasker Series 2, as you can see in this review. There were a few things I wasn't enamored with, but overall, it's a very high quality and useful tool. The Tube is a reduced form factor AR-specific tool, which I review here. I am not really sold on many of the Tube's tool attachments, or its large case, but do think it would be nice to have in certain situations. If I had to pick just one of the Multitasker tools to buy, though, it would… Read More

Test of a new review subject...Further reviews subject to how this one is received. http://www.kniferights.org/ - For those interested in supporting the right to carry knives.

I've come across a number of items that never really appealed to me - such as this "Battery Caddy" - before I actually used them. When I received two examples as a gift (during the AR15.com Christmas Exchange), I thought, "What are these for? Holding batteries? What's wrong with just having them in a box?" Then, as I said, I started using them, and found them to be very practical devices. They're injection molded polymer, and the 4xCR123 and 4xAA examples that I own weigh less than an ounce "unloaded".… Read More