Category: Design

  • iPhone Takes One For A Soldier

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    Carrying around a fancy phone in Afghanistan, saved his life: Full story – KTVA Maybe I should get a more expensive phone.  I doubt the prepaid ones I buy would even stop a .22 LR!

  • Unit Portables – MOLLE-esque Bags For Hipsters

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    Some simple/quality looking bags with psuedo PALS webbing: With most prices hoving around the €80 – €100 mark ($108 – $134 USD) this is actually around the same price, or maybe even a bit cheaper than buying real MILSPEC bags.  I haven’t seen anything by Unit Portables in person, so I can’t speak to their quality in…

  • Jeep Super Bowl Ad – Whole Again

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    Chrysler came correct this Super Bowl: What a great commercial.  I like how the marketing aspect didn’t overshadow the message. Almost makes me want to buy a Wrangler Rubicon. Maybe if the price came down $15,000 I’d consider it…

  • Lehmann LA100 UAV

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    Unmanned Aerial Vehicle you can mount a GoPro camera on: I’ve wanted a UAV even before the military started using them.  They have always been ridiculously expensive, so when I saw the video for this one I immediately thought it would be more than $100.  WRONG. 990€ ($1352 USD), which I suppose isn’t THAT bad.  You…

  • MAGPUL Ronin Motorcycle

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    A Buell by any other name wouldn’t be as sweet: 47 of these will be released in 2013 starting at $38000 each.  My first impression is that it looks awesome!  I googled the Buell 1125R (the bike which this is built of of) and saw the MSRP on it is only $12500.  For more than…

  • KA-BAR Ice Scraper

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    A nice vehicle related companion for your USMC combat knife: Hopefully they make a leather wrapped version too.  I like to keep it oldschool. No word on the price or availability, but according to the KA-BAR blog we might see it sooner or later.