Thread: Best bit of kit you brought this year ?

Zeiss Victory SFL 10x40 binos…. Amazing glass, super bright and crisp image, and they are light weight for alpha glass. Picked up 2nd hand but like new condition

Originally Posted by chainsaw

Looks like a great set up. Where did you get the bino clamp and magnetic (phone?) adapter from @SPEARONZ ?

About $50 from Amazon. It doesn't have a lot of adjustment so double check it will fit your bino eye cups before buying. Sunwayfoto ba-43. Probably on Ali express as well.

If that doesn’t work this spotting scope one works well too, just more bulky.

Huntech Primal Merino hoodie. Never owned merino tops before and would never go back. Perfectly cool in the hot, perfectly warm in the cold, doesn’t get too stinky worn daily on 3-4 hunts, even in rain it’s good. I’m sure all merino are more or less the same but it’s been game changing for me!

Originally Posted by jamiehogan

Huntech Primal Merino hoodie. Never owned merino tops before and would never go back. Perfectly cool in the hot, perfectly warm in the cold, doesn’t get too stinky worn daily on 3-4 hunts, even in rain it’s good. I’m sure all merino are more or less the same but it’s been game changing for me!

That reminds me, I got a fishing hoodie from AliExpress. Don't go on a fishing trip without it. It's nice not to have to remember a separate buff and the hood keeps a cap in place. I wear it as a base layer whatever the weather. I've bought a few other things, but nothing really stands out. A Tikka which shoots as well as expected and a Kmart Campmaster stove which has been great on the boat.

Originally Posted by Shearer

Yeah. Cool the recipient and warm the donor. Works a treat.
I usually put the recipient into the fridge for a while and the donor into hot water. 10 minutes will do it.

Yeah, I leave the recipient cannister in warm water for a few minutes and the donor big canister in the freezer for 10 minutes (set an alarm). Don't overfill. I may have got up to 230ml and that produces a flamethrower which you need to run a few minutes to burn the excess gas off. Normally settle at 200ml.

My two picks (couldn't split them). Hunters Element Vantage Hoodie - use it in the tops in summer and hunting the bush in winter, breathes so well for synthetic. Flextail Max Pump 2 Pro - replaced my camp light, provides back up batter bank (1 x charge), great when you Nitecore dies on you, the pump is a nice to have to.

Sytong XS06-50. Thermal spotter absolutely brilliant.

Originally Posted by Cobb

Sytong XS06-50. Thermal spotter absolutely brilliant.

Absolutely

For me the win of the year is a Laser engraver, amazing what you can get for home use these days

It and is relatively easy to use, as is the software to create the lettering or design that you want to apply

I am only a small business but think this addition lifts the products nicely

Originally Posted by Kiwimaverick

Swanndri and decent socks. Never going back to cheap shit

I stopped buying cheap socks years ago and have never looked back. I like to buy several pairs of the same at the same time. Work supplies my work socks now, but in the past, I used to buy 6-7 pairs all the same for daily wear throughout the week. Put them all in one draw and a lucky dip always gets you a matching pair, no orphans unless you loose 11 or 13 socks and they all wear out at the same rate. Once you need to cull out the ones with holes, they basically all need culling at the same time. Then just buy a whole new set. Bigger outlay up front but saves money in the long term.

Originally Posted by SPEARONZ

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Actually 3 purchases but it creates a really good system for glassing, recording shots and shooting from in prone.

Aziak bino clamp
Aoka 163cl bipod
Sunwayfoto ba-43 magnetic adapter

Does the bino adaptor also fit the delta spotting scope?

The magnetic eyepiece? Na it doesnt adjust very much and I had to modify the bino eyepieve to make it fit. Get the zelnoox spotting scope adapter if you want to digiscope with a spotter or one of the other overpriced alternatives.

I could write a novel here, but my wife might see it…

In no particular order:

EXO Mountain K3 pack - maybe the best pack I’ve ever owned for carrying a load.

Osprey Aether 65L pack - maybe the best pack I’ve owned for carrying a slightly larger load, internally.

Nitecore Carbo 20000 battery bank - light, small and powerful.

Starlink Mini - wow, internet anywhere off a battery. Turn the subscription on and off, by the month too.

Pard Thermal - you think you can find deer with good binoculars, wait to you get a thermal, next level, you’ll see three times more deer.

That’s all I’m admitting to.

Out of all that, the bit l like the most is your last sentence

I finally got a vibratory case cleaner and some walnut stuff.
No more pissing around cleaning brass.

I bought a pair of Shokz bone conduction headphones - the OpenRun Pro 2 version. Not cheap but they are excellent. Sound quality is pretty good, but you can still hear everything going on around you. Don't buy if you like serious studio monitors or active noise canceling, but if you run, walk or cycle, or drive, for that matter, these are the business. So comfortable I forget I'm wearing them for hours at a time. No sweaty or hot ears like on or over ear headphones. Work fine with glasses, bike helmet, baseball cap...