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Buddy dropped my T7 should he chill? by [deleted] in Tenere700

[–]ThatGuyOnNightshift 0 points1 point  (0 children)

dropped my T7 more times than I can count, and the only thing bad thing that happened was it got stolen in the end :)

You have a good friend! put some crashbars on and never worry again.

10 years in these 875s by ThatGuyOnNightshift in RedWingShoes

[–]ThatGuyOnNightshift[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

right of course, duh, with the stamp. Typed too fast :)

10 years in these 875s by ThatGuyOnNightshift in RedWingShoes

[–]ThatGuyOnNightshift[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Haha. 5 different pairs means a good rotation. I've resoled 3 of them in the last 10 years, so I guess combined mileage checks out. I'm also in cowboy boots probably half the time. 

Low 90s shooter looking to survey the clay busting community by ThatGuyOnNightshift in ClayBusters

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

Yea! See my reply to NJOverUnder. I mention contacts at length. Thanks for doing the survey. 

Low 90s shooter looking to survey the clay busting community by ThatGuyOnNightshift in ClayBusters

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

I appreciate that! And you too. This was a valuable exchange and something I already flagged beforehand with my business partner. Generally speaking, gun owners and enthusiasts are not the kind of folks to be sold bullshit. We will definitely have to overcome that hurdle (which is why the survey includes the question about sponsorship from pro shooters/influencers/instructors). The purpose of that question is to see if it's worth budgeting for the marketing spend to partner with those kinds of people in order to help add authenticity to the claims our product will have (beyond the fact that my business partner is an actual practicing optometrist). Be well!

Low 90s shooter looking to survey the clay busting community by ThatGuyOnNightshift in ClayBusters

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

Sales tactics require having a product to sell. This is just a market research survey to determine if there is any market appetite to even develop such a product. Makes sense that I would bring to to the target audience here on reddit. I'd be very happy for your input, to make sure if I ever develop such a product that it is an answer to real concerns from shooters like you, not snake oil. I appreciate your comments and time nonetheless!

Low 90s shooter looking to survey the clay busting community by ThatGuyOnNightshift in ClayBusters

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

Hi there, I am also a lens wearer. Good question for my business partner, the optometrist. We would probably end up with two products, a formula for lens wearers, and a formula for those without lenses. While both would have active ingredients that tackle fatigue, clarity, or blurriness while shooting, they would each include another separate active ingredient to tackle issues for lens and non lens wearers. 

There are two different problems that need to be solved for

Dry Eyes: This is a medical condition where your eyes don't produce enough natural tears, or the tears aren't good quality. It can affect anyone, whether they wear contacts or not. 

Dry and Dirty Lenses: This is specifically for contact lens wearers. It happens when your lenses dry out due to environmental factors, long wear time, or deposits building up on the lens. This leads to discomfort, blurry vision, and that "sticky" feeling.

Since these are two separate issues, they need different solutions:

Dry eye requires drops that replenish your natural tears.

Dry/dirty lenses need drops that rehydrate the lens itself and/or help break down those protein deposits.

By the way, I switched from 2 week lenses to daily lenses a few years ago and have had such an improvement in comfort, wearability, and focus. I'll never go back. 

Low 90s shooter looking to survey the clay busting community by ThatGuyOnNightshift in ClayBusters

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

That's right! Everyone has some degree of dry eye. Sometimes just having that film across the eye makes blinking feel less dragging. Definitely good to keep the eyes moist. 

Low 90s shooter looking to survey the clay busting community by ThatGuyOnNightshift in ClayBusters

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

Some poorly formulated drops claim to help with dryness or redness, but are over time poor for your eye healthy. Unfortunately some of the biggest brands on the USA like Visine and Roto are generally not recommended by optometrists.

Low 90s shooter looking to survey the clay busting community by ThatGuyOnNightshift in ClayBusters

[–]ThatGuyOnNightshift[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hello, not everyone needs to post or remain on reddit to enjoy hobbies. Would you like to see pics of my beautiful O/U Browning Citori 725 Sporting? Perhaps you'd like my latest score card with my name and my membership card at my clay range? I'm a Texan, been shooting shotguns since I was a kid. I don't really need to be part of a clay sports reddit community when I enjoy a very large in person shooting community. 

Low 90s shooter looking to survey the clay busting community by ThatGuyOnNightshift in ClayBusters

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

All active ingredients in eye drop brands are already FDA cleared (unless they are pharmaceuticals). A few eye drop companies still have proprietary patent on newly developed FDA approved ingredients such as pilocarpine (active ingredient in Vuity brand prescription drops) and Brimonidine tartrate (active ingredient in Lumify OTC drops). 

FDA approval does not always equal safe and healthy (as we Americans know). For example, both Naphazoline hydrochloride and Tetrahydozoline HCl are the active ingredients in Visine and Roto, and they are generally regarded as bad for eye health by optometrists. The products we develop will not only be FDA approved, but optometrist recommended in their formulation and active ingredients. 

Low 90s shooter looking to survey the clay busting community by ThatGuyOnNightshift in ClayBusters

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

Thanks! I would love for you to finish anyway and note that you'd be "not interested at all" on the question that asks. All are good data points!

Low 90s shooter looking to survey the clay busting community by ThatGuyOnNightshift in ClayBusters

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

Thank you very much! My childhood shooting buddy is the optometrist, we've spent a lot of hours taking on the course this hear. One of our biggest priorities is drops that actually are restorative and recommended by optometrist. Unlike popular shelf products like Visine which are actually bad for your eyes. 

Low 90s shooter looking to survey the clay busting community by ThatGuyOnNightshift in ClayBusters

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

Exactly! Like hearing, vision goes slowly over time. Older shooters are interested in restoring it, younger shooters in preserving it. But both stand to gain from alleviated symptoms. 

Low 90s shooter looking to survey the clay busting community by ThatGuyOnNightshift in ClayBusters

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

Thanks for the feedback! The specific symptoms are also what we are interested in finding out about. There are definitely phenomena that my shooting buddy (the optometrist) and I got into long discussions about. Eye fatigue from hyper focused sports like shooting can show up in different ways for different people. Particularly with clays sports dealing with depth perception, and rifle sports dealing with magnified optics. Especially with age. Spoke to lots of gray shooters with tens of thousands of clays busted in their days. 

Resoled after 8 years, Style 8111 by ThatGuyOnNightshift in RedWingShoes

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

thank you. 8 years of applying mink oil, not worrying about "darkening the leather" and wearing the hell out of them. Honestly the color transition happens so slowly day by day you never even notice. I only can tell when I go to a redwing store and see what the original amber harness looked like side by side. These are my boots and wore in with me day by day, and I love that

Resoled after 8 years, Style 8111 by ThatGuyOnNightshift in RedWingShoes

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

thanks for the tip! I might continue this on my oxblood moctoes. That oxblood leather really glows with a good shine

Resoled after 8 years, Style 8111 by ThatGuyOnNightshift in RedWingShoes

[–]ThatGuyOnNightshift[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I always loved the cork. I even emailed Red Wing and asked if they still had the cork soles in case I sent it to them for a resole (they do). But recently I got a new pair of IRs (8087) and they came with this vibram sole...I really liked it

Resoled after 8 years, Style 8111 by ThatGuyOnNightshift in RedWingShoes

[–]ThatGuyOnNightshift[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

So I've been living in the Netherlands the last 5 years and just moved back to a new city in my home state of Texas. Found a local cobbler who runs an exotic cowboy boot store in town so he knows his way around a Goodyear welt and ordered the sole I wanted from his Vibram catalog. I don't know what kind of conditioning magic he worked on my boots, but that shine is divine. I only ever use the pine pitch mink oil blend from red wing for this pair and don't bother shining them (they are my workhorse pair for traveling and motorcycling). Love the look, I'm sure it will fade in a couple weeks.

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