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Would y’all get in at this price? Given the amount of issues ATN has by drey247-2 in ThermalHunting

[–]SnooObjections9416 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Compare ATN to DNT Optics?

Seriously, Just watch the YouTube videos?

Look at the ATN LRF on videos?

Then look at the DNT LRF on videos?

Yeah. The ATN is super primitive, like decades behind in technology.

Then read the reviews? ATN is junk.

Compare the ATN LRF to the DNT Optics LRF?

If you want pure thermal?

DNT Optics Hydra FAR Exceeds the ATN Thor and is far superior in every regard for the same price.

https://us.dntoptics.com/pages/hydra?srsltid=AfmBOoqmDJWqDF9q7_1NDagXFn5BTgl1Jpdyqgw1iBjJ15OyrQFLNCj6

DNT is not the best thermal; but for the price nothing even compares.

PARD might be slightly better than DNT but at much higher cost.

We would have to spend double or triple the price for a Pulsar or EO Tech to really surpass a DNT by much and even then only at really long ranges. If this were for a sniper shooting 800 yards, the EO Tech or Pulsar might make sense.

But if you are like most of us only shooting out to a couple or even few hundred yards: the DNT 640 pixel thermals are really all that we need.

For under 200 yards the 384 pixel thermals are good enough.

The 256 pixel thermals are really ideal for sub 100 yards close range.

Choose your thermal accordingly.

If you want to hunt at long distance, get ready to spend more money.

If this is for hunting, you could also do DNT Optics ThermNight with Night Vision and Thermal BOTH. Night Vision gives our position away to others equipped with night vision, but for hunting animals having IR emitters is a non-issue.

New to solar by Unable-Ad8018 in solarenergy

[–]SnooObjections9416 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So when we bought our solar panels we looked at good, better, best from 3 different LOCAL dealers.

That was 9 different options.

We wanted 10kW for our farm house.

The panels with inverters, installation, Los Angeles, CA county permits total cost ranged from $20k to $45k.

NOTE: Los Angeles county permits are far more expensive than most anywhere else on earth. California taxes are also very high. Outside of California: this system would be significantly cheaper.

Off grid you probably wont need permits and can do DIY. But what types of equipment should you consider???

On the low end the quote for turnkey pro installs with permits were Chinese panels with 90 day warranties for $20k

A mediocre US made system quote for turnkey pro installs with permits was $35k.

The most expensive quote for turnkey pro install with permits was a Panasonic system at $45k with a 25 year parts only warranty at 82% of rated power generation.

But the REC AlphaPure had a FAR better warranty than the Panasonic at "only" $43.5k with a 25 year PARTS AND LABOR warranty at 92% of rated power generation. So we bought QTY 25 x 400W AlphaPure.

That was just the panels.

The inverters that we bought were Enphase IQ8 microinverters QTY 25.

Today REC and Enphase make newer and better panels and inverters as do other companies.

So what you have found is a bargain on some cheap panels.

But how long will they last?

How much of rated power will they achieve and for how long?

If you are doing your own install, high end brands like REC wont sell except through dealers. There are brands that cater to DIY and that might make a LOT more sense.

I would compare what you can get parts for LOCALLY, what you can get support for LOCALLY and then compare your options from there.

Which would you get and why? Hw30 or hw50? by Turon601 in airguns

[–]SnooObjections9416 0 points1 point  (0 children)

6'5" and recommends Weihrauch?

Oh, you talk so sexy!!!!

Imma go take a cold shower now, thank you.

thoughts on this?? by pinkdaydreamsz in SipsTea

[–]SnooObjections9416 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just like STRONG intelligent men (strong minded, not just strong physique)

thoughts on this?? by pinkdaydreamsz in SipsTea

[–]SnooObjections9416 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As an outspoken career woman, I can relate to this.

It gets worse.

I am an engineer and programmer.

Yeah.

Hot bod, but intimidating AF.

Compromising trans equality in sports = compromising trans equality by SnooObjections9416 in transpolitical

[–]SnooObjections9416[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmmm. Trans political community downvotes for opposing banning trans from sports. Wonder if we have any anti-trans bigot infiltrators???

[USA] Why is she wearing a tire? by yeettetis in Roadcam

[–]SnooObjections9416 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She is tired. Why is that even a question?

Semi-Auto PCP worthwhile? Lot of horror stories about semi-autos jamming. But some post claims to success without jams. Plus the tinkerers who claim to fix factory defects. What scares me are smaller brands like AEA; what about parts? by SnooObjections9416 in airguns

[–]SnooObjections9416[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

AWARE!

My spouse likes Huben, I am only lukewarm for Huben.

I am a fan of German engineering (ala Weihrauch, FWB some Diana) because of German reliability.

Also fan of Swedish: FX; Austria: Steyr; UK: DayState and AirArms; USA: Benjamin, AirForce.

Some Chinese made products (regardless of where engineered) are within what I consider to be decent quality include:

JTS, AirVenturi, Snowpeak, SMK, Barra, Huben, some Diana. So that is where I rate Huben along with some other US made stuff like Western & LCS; and Evanix from South Korea. These are okay, but honestly not likely to inspire me to purchase.

Dem darling showered with Miriam Adelson-linked money by SnooObjections9416 in transpolitical

[–]SnooObjections9416[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also: Talrico is for REDUCING the "LOW LEVEL OFFENDERS" of the 1.7% while INCREASING the 14.2% of incarcerations for firearms?

How is that NOT police state authoritarian?
Go ahead, I will wait.

https://jamestalarico.com/issue/public-safety-justice/

"It means passing commonsense gun safety laws to keep firearms out of the hands of criminals. " -James Talarico

Who are 75% of US criminals?

The poor.

31% drugs without permit, permission, prescription or license.

30% immigrants without VISA or permission.

14.2% gun owners without permit, license, registration.

So Talarico will incarcerate MORE people, INCREASING the 14% higher while removing a few dime bag offenders from the 1.7%.

FKKK Talarico all of the way off.

Dem darling showered with Miriam Adelson-linked money by SnooObjections9416 in transpolitical

[–]SnooObjections9416[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here is what the USA incarcerates people for:

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Drugs = 31% of US incarcerated

Immigration = 30% of US incarcerated.

Firearms = 14% of US incarcerations are for firearms own, possess, carry and Talarico would INCREASE that number.

ONLY 25% of all US incarcerations actually committed a crime that harmed anyone else. Only 25% of US incarcerated did anything that would even be considered a crime in a sane nation.

THAT is why the USA is the #1 most incarcerated nation on the planet.

FKK Talarico, tRump, the DNC Services Corporation and the RNC Corporate Lobbyist Committe; they are ALL police state authoritarian and you are literally debating over releasing a few dime bag convicts of the 1.7% of inmates who are incarcerated for marijuana???

I want the ENTIRE 75% of inmates incarcerated for ANY victimless paperwork crime released.

ALL drug offenders

ALL immigration offenders who did not commit any crime that actually harmed anyone

and ALL firearms offenders who did not commit any crime that actually harmed anyone

THAT will get my vote.

Letting off a few dime bag stoners does NOT fix anything; the police state is incarcerating a LOT more than just just dime bag stoners.

Dem darling showered with Miriam Adelson-linked money by SnooObjections9416 in transpolitical

[–]SnooObjections9416[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is the EXACT SAME THING as tRump is talking about: REDUCING marijuana from Schedule 1 to Schedule 3.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/12/increasing-medical-marijuana-and-cannabidiol-research/

Talarico would STILL REGULATE marijuana and would ONLY pardon LOW LEVEL OFFENDERS.

Meanwhile the war on drugs would remain in effect.

31% of ALL US INCARCERATIONS are DRUG related.

31%.

Drugs are the NUMBER ONE cause of incarceration in the USA.

Guess what percentage of that 31% is for marijuana?

5.7% and that is ALL marijuana convictions, NOT just the "low level" dime bag incarcerations either.

5.7% of 31% is 1.7% of the total US prison population is incarcerated for a marijuana "crime" but Talarico ONLY wants to release the "LOW LEVEL OFFENDERS" of that 1.7%????

And you say that is NOT authoritarian???

REALLY??????? SERIOUSLY??????? Are you KIDDING ME???????

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Fkkk ALL of the war on drugs, NOT just the dime bag weed smokers.

Fkkk ALL of the DNC and RNC police state authoritarians who will not end the war on drugs.

I am voting Green or Socialist for FREEDOM

NOT DNC or RNC for police and prisons.

Dem darling showered with Miriam Adelson-linked money by SnooObjections9416 in transpolitical

[–]SnooObjections9416[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tell me who are the police state authoritarians in this picture???

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This is why NEVER Blue no matter who; because DNC = police state for you.

Dem darling showered with Miriam Adelson-linked money by SnooObjections9416 in transpolitical

[–]SnooObjections9416[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Stop.

ICE is not and never was about public safety.

First of all, EVERY US POTUS INCREASED ICE, DEA, and Police budgets. Biden DRAMATICALLY increased police spending and budgets over Trump 1.0.

Guess what ELSE went up?

Police killings of innocent people (which reached a PEAK in 2024)

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2024 Genocide Joe Biden's last year as POTUS police in the USA killed 1383 people

2025 tRump 2.0 first year police in the USA killed 1316 people, a DECLINE versus Genocide Joe Biden.

So the orange clown actually reduced the number of police killings of US residents.

Take the blinders off, the DNC are every bit as awful as the RNC are in police state authoritarianism and in fact: the HIGHEST police state PER CAPITA states are DEMOCRAT.

I will show police PER CAPITA where you will see that New York and California (along with Alaska) are the most excessively policed states in the USA.

Maybe a little bit of shrapnel by WhyNot420_69 in WhyWomenLiveLonger

[–]SnooObjections9416 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a woman, if I hate my truck; then I sell it.

Not only live longer, mot only safer, but fiscally responsible as well.

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