Month: July 2021
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JetBeam RRT01 Raptor (Modified)
This is one really good light for a really great price too.
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SOG Ultra XR
This really is a much better knife than I expected, and something I can see myself getting a lot of use from.
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Member Journal — 7/26/21
It would be best to set some more clear goals if you actually want the work week to change.
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Proper Knife and Flashlight Pairings ‘for Any Budget’
Oh my, GearJunkie’s Anthony Sculimbrene picked some not great options.
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Three Bags for People Who Don’t Care About Bags
You can’t believe I’m still talking about bags after all these years, and you know you could use a new one, but the prospect of that is overwhelming. This is for you.
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FourSevens Quark QK2A MKIII
A really good flashlight, well built with an easy interface and easy batteries. But it’s big and spendy.
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Member Journal — 7/19/21
Oddly this entire one is about gear, from troubles buying it, to a bunch of random gear I bought that I love, to a book series all about gear.
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Gear Sale — Member First
Let’s make some room in my house!
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GORUCK GR2 Pre-Orders
Mostly mentioning this because they are making it in Multicam Tropic and 500D. Oh my. Must resist. Also like 26L GR2 I guess.
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Noctigon KR4 in Deep Red
This light is really awesome, but that’s the LED not the body. The KR4 itself has questionable quality attributes for me to recommend it, but a D4V2 in Deep Red, heck yes.
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You Really Need to Quit Twitter
Caitlin Flanagan on the parasite that is Twitter: Twitter is a parasite that burrows deep into your brain, training you to respond to the constant social feedback of likes and retweets. That takes only a week or two. Human psychology is pathetically simple to manipulate. Once you’re hooked, the parasite becomes your master, and it […]
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Member Journal — 7/12/21
I am swimming in a sea of new EDC gear I need to figure out how to carry, what to use, what to sell and all that good stuff.
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Three Flashlights for People Who Don’t Care About Flashlights
You need a good flashlight, but you don’t want to read and research, or even care that much. This is for you.
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GORUCK X-Mas in July
Some interesting, and somewhat random feeling, deals for this year.
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Mystery Ranch 1 Day Assault, Fixed Harness JDM
Tantalizingly close to a perfect office EDC backpack for me, but it doesn’t fit my back very well.
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Switching Newsletters
This evening the current newsletter system is being turned off, and I am moving to the native WordPress email notifications. I am *not* migrating your account, so please go here to sign up for email notifications of new blog posts: [Sign Up](https://brooksreview.net/newsletters/).
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Member Journal — 7/5/21
Why Numbers is an app you are not using as much as you should be, and it’s really great.
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Custom Admin Pocket
This is easily the best admin pocket I have found.