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  1. kreisl

    [REVIEW] Bug-A-Salt 3.0 bugasalt salt gun review

    Bug-A-Salt 3.0 (bugasalt V3.0 "bug assault" salt gun) review Summary: After all these years this well-known popular fun US product is finally available from an official importer in Europe and at fair pricing! With this third iteration and the revised laser pointer, the product has ultimately...
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    REVIEW: STANLEY Beer Pint tumblers

    attractive pic1, attractive pic2. :love: STANLEY (or STANLEY PMI or "STANLEY 1913") is a brand, not a company. The trading company who originated this brand was Pacific Market International (or PMI Worldwide) which was established in 1983 by Rob Harris; their other successful brand is Aladdin...
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    REVIEW: [RRS] Retractable Ruby Sharpener

    hope you like(?) the idea, one look's worth a thousand words: Summary The pen-style retractable ruby is an inexpensive high-feedback sharpener most suitable for macro-/micro-deburring and because of its wondrous efficiency a powerful must-have item in anyone's sharpening arsenal, not only in...
  4. kreisl

    Fenix HM61R ticking all the boxes?

    After all those many successful Zebralight/Armytek/Olight/Nitecore years in this flashlight category the HM61R is Fenix's inaugural(?) entry in the 18650-angled headlamp/headlight market, finally :ooo: Let's cut to the chase and list the special/outstanding positives and negatives, the summary...
  5. kreisl

    " 204-freehanding " — alternative usage of Spyderco's Sharpmaker 204MF

    i'm not the only nor the first one to use the TRI-ANGLE SHARPMAKER this way but i'm the first to (try to) coin a term, a name, for the method: 204-freehanding:cool: means using a single Spyderco Sharpmaker triangle rod for freehand sharpening. No Sharpmaker device. Just you and the stone. The...
  6. kreisl

    How To Improve Spyderco Delica4 PM2 Blade (Mod, Sharpening)

    I am prolly not the first to address this topic. Anyway here is my take. I don't know about other Spyderco blades but OOTB i don't agree with how edge and plunge line are ground, nearing the ricasso of the Paramilitary 2, Delica 4, and Endura 4 blade: that spot/area looks untidy, unclear...
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    Gadget Review: Titanium Pocket Tool TPT

    Disclaimer: This unit was sent to me for review. Note: In order to avoid too much overlap of two otherwise similar products/reviews this TPT review work (2016 product) should be understood as supplement or follow-up to the TPT Slide Review (2018 product) posted earlier. Either contains...
  8. kreisl

    Knife Review: Utilizer 2.0 - premium folding utility knife

    Introduction. I always had serious interest in buying "the best" utility knife (snap-off or trapezoidal blade, retractable or folding make, I didn't mind!), i.e. one single model which was to tick all the right boxes, not only cut all my boxes pun intended. With my snobbish attitude not letting...
  9. kreisl

    Using the RUIXIN PRO III knife sharpener

    Disclaimer: I bought all my sharpening stuff including the Ruixin on my own, none of the items were sponsored. I am no knife nut, don't own many personal knives or multitools, and don't consider myself a knowledgeable fuzzy regarding knife or sharpening topics in any way. This is not a...
  10. kreisl

    Guided rod stropping, my Paper Tape Stropping (PTS) method

    The summary of this longish post is: High-polish/Razorsharp-stropping can be done on the Ruixin (and similar guided rod sharpening systems) very precisely, effectively, conveniently/easily, and budget-friendly. Very budget-friendly. How? By applying the compound on surgical tape. The...
  11. kreisl

    Review: Ultra-thin Raspberry Pi aluminum case assembly, mod & thermal test

    Note: The room temperature is 23.0°C+, we are in summer after all! :sweat: The raspi (here: Raspberry Pi 3 Model B ©2015 :faint:) is probably the #1 best-selling single-board-computer (SBC) ever. While more modern, higher performance, easier-to-use competitors exist (ASUS Tinker Board...
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    Portable Microscope Lighting!!

    i got the "MG10085-1A" a while ago, it is a widely available mass-produced popular noname Chinese portable microscope with integrated 2xAA lighting, scale in the visor/ocular, 100x magnification, included pouch. All in all a 9$-value item but it can cost up to 30$ depending on the Western...
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    Would you buy Olight H1 in SS or Titanium?

    The Olight H1 Nova in black aluminum, XM-L2 nw tint choice, has become my most used power LED light in and around the house and i love everything about it. The German distributor specs "49.5g" for "H1 + H1 headband", i had measured 53g for "taped H1 + H1 headband" without battery (or 70g with...
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    …lights you dropped × times…

    …and you don't mind until they die! JETBeam BC25SE (my #1 beater, die already!! unbelievable, tss.) KLARUS P1A (dropped countless times and finally lost) KLARUS XT11S (slowly replacing my BC25SE because of its usefulness but i don't like it too much, hence not suitable for collection)...
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    Olight S1A Copper Limited Edition

    Rose Gold (=copper), Raw Copper, Thunder Grey (=black stainless steel). Goinggear has them listed for pre-order, ETA Nov'16. no word of titanium. the Thundrey Grey is priced 8 bucks cheaper than the two coppers. After the Smini, are you also going after this? :devil:
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    Is anybody missing CRELANT?

    They used to be in the Manufacturer's Corner and were quite hot for some time; famous for tactical throwers. Now their official store shows only 11 flashlights, all at highly discounted prices and all old models. Looks like they are losing it. Ship, going down. Question: Are you missing...
  17. kreisl

    New Preon, Tool Ti, Ti5T, K18 SS : A layman's review

    Years ago i wrote few massive flashlight reviews, they contained some valid points and half-interesting original thoughts, but were also blown out of proportion with too much blablah textual ballast tl;dr . I've come to an end with my flashlight collection, i don't plan or want to add more to...
  18. kreisl

    Testing smartphone batteries

    Hello everyone, let's share some test results (test data, or charts created by PCLS/DEX/LVS/Excel/etc) of our 3.6V 3.7V 3.8V rechargeable batteries at home, i.e. single cell non-cylindrical lithium-ion (or single cell lithium-polymer) batteries like the one used in our smartphones. It's hard to...
  19. kreisl

    *NEW* Technoline BC3500 charger

    Nothing but a random heads up, just now I was about to go to bed, googled < skyrc mc3000 > out of fun and among the hits stumbled on a geman page which mentioned both mc3k and the bc3k5, so i looked into it: TechnoTrade has released their new charger, the Technoline BC3500 (BC-3500, BC 3500)...
  20. kreisl

    wireless battery charging

    wireless touchless charging, for example via bluetooth. Does anyone use this charging technology? How well does it work, is it an efficient method of charging? i know a multi chemistry round battery charger with internal bluetooth module for sending/receiving energy :naughty:

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