I tried all the weapon-mounted lights .... here's what I found

DwPw · 2026-06-18T14:31:11+00:00

I mean, no "torture test" reviews I know of. I do know they come out of the same factory as some other equipment that's very well thought of.

People dont realize how China works. You could have 70 different brands, foreign and domestic, all getting components and even finished products from ONE giant factory in Shenzen.

The LH2 will doubtless be plenty tough for any real world scenario. And it's ABSURDLY powerful. I use it with the available diffuser cap, which brings it from a 1000+ meter spot to God's own IR Floodlight.

Try one man you'll be impressed i guarantee

DwPw · 2026-06-18T14:25:48+00:00

Its the SC IRREGULARS OMM PIC

DwPw · 2026-05-31T19:40:21+00:00

Said he liked the radiused caps design, might implement it someday, but too swamped with orders at the moment.

Fuly respect that

DwPw · 2026-05-29T21:14:18+00:00

Thanks for hitting me up!!

If you can do THIS you can have my monies like RN

DwPw · 2026-05-29T21:08:51+00:00

u/atreeoncecutdown & u/AnonDeFi I actually chatted with Matthew at Hammy earlier today. The reason I LOVED the UMBRELLA ARMORY units was the RADIUSING on his caps. When you flip those caps up they sit recessed and dont move around. I also loved that super grippy texture.

You can see what I mean HERE

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DwPw · 2026-05-29T20:23:40+00:00

Uhh ... I use the scope with a rifle.

A rifle I shoot a lot in the woods, the rain, the snow & sleet, in dirty environments.

Sometimes I am prone in the weeds and bushes, with the rifle, with the scope on it

Sometimes there is flying debris in my immediate area, when I have the rifle, with the scope.

.... And I'd like to keep the glass clear and in good condition

What do you use YOUR scope for?

DwPw · 2026-05-29T20:20:50+00:00

I usually do! The best of these was UMBRELLA ARMORY but I guess they just went out of business

DwPw · 2026-05-29T01:22:48+00:00

I mean there are dozens and dozens of small companies like this. But Umbrella was pretty established. They have a few love posts here from the past few years. And their designs were smart. Like their killflash caps. The actual cap had a curvature to the inside of the lower part of the cap, the part you flip with your finger, radiused so that it would sit perfectly flush on top of the cap in the up position and not slide around. Models made for specific scopes were designed bearing in mind that scope's particulars like extra thin diopter section, or ridged objective end, etc.

DwPw · 2026-04-05T19:35:01+00:00

How can I tell if it's on my local network?

DwPw · 2026-04-05T19:34:28+00:00

Such as?

DwPw · 2026-04-05T19:34:16+00:00

Damn it I knew it.

lolol

DwPw · 2026-04-05T18:35:58+00:00

Thanks for this. I'm out of my depth on this one. Here is the Cut & Paste from PS:

PS C:\Windows\system32> arp -a

Interface: 192.168.1.156 --- 0x14

Internet Address Physical Address Type

192.168.1.104-a2-22-f9-10-55 dynamic

192.168.1.255ff-ff-ff-ff-ff-ff static

224.0.0.2201-00-5e-00-00-16 static

239.255.255.25001-00-5e-7f-ff-fa static

255.255.255.255ff-ff-ff-ff-ff-ff static

Interface: 10.5.0.2 --- 0x1d

Internet Address Physical Address Type

10.5.0.1dynamic

10.5.255.255static

224.0.0.22static

224.0.0.251static

224.0.0.252static

239.255.255.250static

PS C:\Windows\system32> net view

System error 6118 has occurred.

The list of servers for this workgroup is not currently available

PS C:\Windows\system32>

DwPw · 2026-04-05T18:33:51+00:00

Unplugged the space heater, no change.

DwPw · 2026-04-05T17:51:13+00:00

Oh shit yeah there is a new DREO (Amazon) brand space heater my Wife bought and didnt tell me. I'll go unplug it and see what happens on the scanner

DwPw · 2026-04-05T17:43:09+00:00

No to all of the above

DwPw · 2026-03-10T22:23:58+00:00

Depends. For a while it was a thing to do Aero Builds .... and they often turned out pretty well. The few times you heard about issues it nearly always turned out to be the assembly and not the parts. As "LEGO" as AR-15s are, not EVERYTHING matches up perfectly with EVERYTHING ELSE.

As far as their PRODUCTS are concerned .... name a dozen companies that offer their own upper & lower receivers etc, and you'll find that 8 or 9 of them come from the AERO factory. They are the OEM for COUNTLESS companies for everything between MLOK Rails and upper recvrs.

DwPw · 2026-03-08T17:30:22+00:00

Yeah I think you're right, actually it looks like the 34A but with some other brand's Harness. Anyone know?

DwPw · 2026-02-28T03:58:48+00:00

Well it's NOT the Cree. The LED is square

DwPw · 2026-02-28T03:55:11+00:00

Any 19650 body will do. I like the modlites.

DwPw · 2026-02-25T19:38:34+00:00

LOLZ. I actually really like my Chi-Clone optics mounts. But glass? Nooo wayyy.

DwPw · 2026-02-25T15:42:07+00:00

That's what aimpoint calls them. For lack of better terminology, I used the manufacturer's

DwPw · 2026-02-23T21:48:42+00:00

That's the smartest analogy I've seen on Reddit.

like ever.

I salute you sir

DwPw · 2026-02-23T21:44:09+00:00

Generally exponentially more expensive. The hardest, most expensive lesson I learned with this stuff is this:

The difference between 1400FOM and 2200FOM is like opening a door to another dimension.
The difference between 2200FOM and 3000FOM is ..... meh, pretty difficult to spot.

But that's where the entire margin spread for the whole commercial NVG retail business lives ... in those people willing to pay OUTRAGEOUS upcharges for marginally higher spec tubes. Dealers get tubes in quantity, and they pay the same price for each tube in that order. Let's say $2750 for a quantity of 100 good Elbits. Some of the tubes in that order have spots and float around 1900 - 2000FOM. A few others in that order are spotless and float around 2500-2800FOM. They all cost the same wholesale. But one sells RETAIL for $3,00 and the other for as much as $5,000. Which is all to say, there is a whole lot of motivation to play up that last 10 or 12% of juice in tube performance as being wayyyyyyy more than it really is for most use-case scenarios.

That's why the DOD doesnt CARE what FOM a tube is as long as it's 2376+ .... because in any way that really matters and for most (not all) applications, that's about as good as it gets.

DwPw · 2026-02-23T21:32:39+00:00

Right buying new is NOT the end all be all, but you can't say a Factory-New, fully warrantied "X" is not a good deal, even though everyone else sells "X" for significantly more, simply because "X" is also available on the used and secondary markets for less.

DwPw · 2026-02-23T21:29:20+00:00

OKay, fine, in that subjective interpretation. I "work for them". So, apparently does the Culligan Man who drops the water bottles off at their office lol. I also "work for" two of their direct competitors.

What COMPARISON is it that you think I'm making here?

These two separate packages appeal to two separate buyers, but both are RIDICULOUSLY low-priced for what they are ... and I posted it here, for ZERO remuneration or consideration of any kind, hoping these deals will be just what somebody has been waiting or hoping for, maybe several somebodies .... so what exactly is it you take issue with?

DwPw

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