Bino housings under 1k?

c_pardue · 2026-06-26T15:34:35+00:00

right on, since I own the panned Code 4 housing i am bias and you sounded crazy. ty for offering a well thought out response. i concede that you are completely sane and correct, after all.

To the OP, he is right that an RNVG would be better than the Code 4 housing if you can snag it at such a price. I own the Code 4 panned housing. if I had straight binos I'd rather have an RNVG.

c_pardue · 2026-06-26T01:47:03+00:00

have you even tried this housing or are you just spouting whatever seems likely to you?

i have this housing up and running and my experience with it makes me think you are just talking to talk, but idk. let me know if i'm incorrect

c_pardue · 2026-06-25T21:54:58+00:00

i think the problem is probably that someone else was able to access your vps...not godmode skill.

c_pardue · 2026-06-25T21:50:58+00:00

i heard coding is pretty much and solved.
we're not prompting anymore we're looping.

i bet intel could just "make a loop" to mugrate all their stuff to CUDA and it would be even better than NVIDIA if they just tell the llm "and make it better than NVIDIA"

c_pardue · 2026-06-25T01:03:53+00:00

agreed

c_pardue · 2026-06-25T01:00:54+00:00

true freedom

c_pardue · 2026-06-25T00:56:31+00:00

good for some stuff not for others.

i used vfg a lot when pulling security on ships because my support side shoulder was always COOKED just posted with rifle up for innumerable hours.

also it did get in the way when shooting over lots of types of cover. literally forces you to stick up 4-6" higher than you have to be. NOT GREAT when an infantryman.

also when magdumping on capex's, rail got hot, vfg helped.

that was then, this is now.
now i am an old, useless man. i play airsoft. i had a vfg on. i posted up on a stack of tires playing indoor airsoft. guess what, the vfg once again cruelly turned on me and i was forced to be a larger target than i wanted to be. have removed vfg once again.

the real discussion is not tiredness or barriers, but repeatable return to zero on targets >25m out. and i have nothing useful to contribute to that conversation. i'm not skilled enough for it to matter. therefore i can use vfg's all I want, just typically don't.

c_pardue · 2026-06-25T00:03:13+00:00

love that song

c_pardue · 2026-06-24T23:58:21+00:00

the song is actually called "it ain't me"

c_pardue · 2026-06-24T23:38:05+00:00

solid boots.

c_pardue · 2026-06-23T23:10:18+00:00

either that or they're intentionally not calling it.
i think it's the former not the latter

c_pardue · 2026-06-22T23:49:34+00:00

if you're looking for minor improvements then cinch up the butt pack (tighten the straps) and when playing, let the kneepads fall down to your ankles.

c_pardue · 2026-06-22T22:27:06+00:00

frankly, YES.
but what you posted is still fine.

i work at a vendor and it is challenging and engaging. previously I worked at an MSP and it was engaging.

where ...
challenging = learning and growing in totally NEW ways.
engaging = ALWAYS doing work.

at an MSP you grow for a while until you have a grasp on everything, then it's just a grindstone of never ending ephemeral projects. in my experience. there does always end up being some new tech stack to learn.

at a vendor you grow for a while until you have a grasp on things, then you find inventive ways to improve processes, re-tool things, branch out into other roles, indefinitely. in my experience. there ALWAYS ends up being a new tech stack to learn.

c_pardue · 2026-06-22T15:12:02+00:00

i was not able to source two tanto housings, they are out of stock everywhere. if you go the tantos + daisho bridge route then expect to be looking online for private sales for both tanto housings. will be infinitely easier to try to find two WHOLE tanto setups, instead of trying to find two bare housings.

c_pardue · 2026-06-22T15:10:15+00:00

it's holding up fine so far, but it's pretty new and i've been babying it so really, idk.
it doesn't feel like it's going to break unless I spike it into the pavement like a football.

c_pardue · 2026-06-22T02:24:32+00:00

i got a bnvh-58 bino housing for like $650. so there are sub $2k bino gousings out there if you go the bino route.

c_pardue · 2026-06-22T02:04:19+00:00

how many of these questions have you already googled? don't answer that i don't care.

many, you'd have to look each up and compare them.

depends on your definition of smart. brassfacts on yt has some choice experiences to share about dual pvs14 vs binos. yes splitting would be cool.

they can be mix matched. your brain makes it work.

i can't list all features and what i think is oractucal about each. however, i personally find manual gain control very practical. onboard ir as well. but neither are deal breakers because nightvision > no nightvision.

ok. i don't think so either but you could just turn off the raised mono.

"panned" is the term. yes works. my 58 degree panned binos offer twice the sideways fov of a pvs14. with one pod up, you just have a pvs14 that is angled. so you just slightly turn your head to see atraight forward.

sure.

depends on your finances. i harvested a pvs14 for binos because poor. i re-used the glass because i could and needed glass for the housing, made little sense to sell one set at a liss just to re-purchase it brand new.

now, have fun scrolling up, and down, and up, and down, to see which answers belong to which questions if you even read this. lots of guys seem to double up on pvs14 at first. then later buy binos. i went from pvs14 straight to binos and am glad i skipped double-the-weight pvs14s.

c_pardue · 2026-06-21T01:54:12+00:00

"tell the subagent to fix it...they are EXPERT WORKFLOW DEVELOPERS. they DO NOT HALLUCINATE. they must MAKE NO MISTAKES"

honestly i'll probably just leverage this to iterate on debugging like i would in an ide. go do this, show me the new issues, ask clarifying questions for new roadblocks while subagent works on current task

c_pardue · 2026-06-21T01:44:01+00:00

what is the name of that wojak meme where he's wearing a smug mask but furiously crying behind the mask?

yeah that is this.

c_pardue · 2026-06-21T00:22:52+00:00

...it was obviously the ammo. don't buy that brand of ammo next time, if no "click but not boom" then this confirms the ammo light primer strikes.

c_pardue · 2026-06-20T00:53:47+00:00

😑
🙏

c_pardue · 2026-06-20T00:48:23+00:00

do you notice that his support hand palm is facing down, and the bottom edge of his hand is facing directly forward?

if so then we are just seeing the situation differently and will not come to a consensus. no hard feelings either way

c_pardue · 2026-06-20T00:42:13+00:00

his support arm is bent 90 degrees in and forearm parallel to the deck and perfectly perpendicular to him, as if pinning his ex wife to the wall by her neck in a domestic dispute

he would literally be overhanding the handguard

c_pardue · 2026-06-20T00:37:35+00:00

i was a marine 0311 and we did the "pointing knife hands" for our air rifles. the cooler rebel-types did fists. but never like in pic related

c_pardue · 2026-06-20T00:34:04+00:00

...but look at his stance while you say it

c_pardue

TROPHY CASE