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    What is your favorite LIGHTER?

    Zippo Lighter capsule review/roundup Since I now own four Zippos (I don't smoke), I just like to have the ability to make fire, and lets admit it, a small metal box that makes fire is quite cool (well, technically it's hot, but.....), I figured I'd write a quick review of them, as they all have...
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    Surefire Pen

    Meh, not impressed, Parker Gel refills don't last too long before drying out, maybe it can use a Fisher space-pen refill with the little "Parkerizing" widget I like my Rotring 600 Rollerball better anyway, it's just as effective an impact tool as the current crop of "tacti-pens", and it doesn't...
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    What is your favorite LIGHTER?

    I'm not a smoker, but I do have two lighters that I like, always good to have the ability to make fire on you, never know when it might come in handy I have a Solo Laser-Tech butane torch for the difficult to light stuff, it stays in my Bugout Bag's firemaking kit (tinder-quik, Swedish...
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    Fountain pen questions

    Yes, I've discovered the pen section in EDCF, and FPN, i'm currently having e-mail registration issues with FPN, they claim they're sending me the activation e-mail, but it never arrives, not in the inbox, junk folder or trash anyway, the pen bug has bit me hard.... In the short time since my...
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    Fountain pen questions

    I just purchased a Waterman Phileas, my first, and hopefully last FP, after all, the last thing i need is another expensive hobby.... the Phileas does lay down a nice line, quick drying ink, but even with the "Medium" nib, the line is thicker than I expected, I understand that's normal for this...
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    your favorite "survival" light?

    I'd say it'd be a tie between my Gen-2 SF L1 Lumamax (LuxIII TIR)with it's phenominal 1.1 lumen for 90 hours runtime on one 123a cell, or my EternaLight ErgoMarine, with it's similar long runtime on ultra-low in a survival situation, runtime is paramount
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    What's in your Bug-Out-Bag?

    Re: Help me adjust the contents of my BOB Added a few more items; a couple (3) 3 mil 55 gallon drumliner garbage bags Swedish Firesteel plastic match case filled with strike-anywhere matches (2 cases) I also plan to make some of my own firestarters, take some dryer lint and wax and melt it...
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    What's in your Bug-Out-Bag?

    Re: Help me adjust the contents of my BOB okay, almost all the lights have been removed, as has the nylon rope and thermometer, also got rid of the needlenose pliers and 4-in-1 screwdriver, thanks, i knew i was overloaded there, however, i did keep the Peak Killi and Inova X5 in, as they're...
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    What's in your Bug-Out-Bag?

    Help me adjust the contents of my BOB I've toyed with the idea of creating a BOB off and on over the past couple years, but never really got around to it last week, i found my old Ogio laptop backpack bag, and was impressed with it's prodigious amount of storage, so I figured it's time to...
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    How bright is Luminox tritium compared to traditional glow in the dark coatings?

    If i charge up my Seiko Orange Monster (Luminbrite) with my Terralux Cree UV Minimag for around a minute or so, the Monster starts out extremely bright, dimming off quickly (less than 5 minutes) to a nice midline glow, after a couple hours, the Monster has reached it's baseline..... the...
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    Luminox in brick and mortar stores?

    Kittery Trading Post in Kittery, Maine has them up in the camping department KTP's right off Route 1, very easy to get to :)
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    Solar powered lighter?

    Go to a good bookstore, pick up a credit-card sized Fresnel magnifier, slip it in your wallet, you're all set.....
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    EDC Pen?

    My EDC pen is the little pen module in my Victorinox MiniChamp, which i modded with the scales from a Signature Lite, so now the MC has a red 3mm LED as well as a retractable pen in the transparent Ruby celidor scales the pen gets the most use of any of the tools on the MC, followed closely by...
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    Casio G7300 Tough Solar G-Shock, any good?

    Heh, turns out that i actually like the 7500 *better* than the 7300, they're both nice watches, but the 7500 has a *cleaner* display, and it's auto-backlighting stays lit for a full second longer than the 7300 7300 likes; Tough Solar power, "no battery to change, ever" (or at least until the...
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    Casio G7300 Tough Solar G-Shock, any good?

    D'oh!, i got really concerned about the solar battery in this model, and i really was intrigued with the Autosync with the Atomic clock, so i took it back and got a GW-330A instead I wasn't aware i'd be losing the countdown timer to gain the dubious functionality of the Time Memo (a feature...
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    Expensive watches???

    Heh, if i can help a fellow Flashaholic avoid becoming a WIS, it'll be worth it :) watches are just as addictive as flashlights and knives, by getting the Monster (or other reasonable Automatic) you'll be shortcutting the "buy lots of inexpensive watches because they're inexpensive" part of...
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    Casio G7300 Tough Solar G-Shock, any good?

    I stopped off at wally-world this afternoon, even though i *HATE* them, i needed a new pair of cheap jeans and Wranglers seem to be the only ones that can stand up to my abuse, so a trip to the corporate Evil that is wally-world was in order i passed by the watch counter on the way to the...
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    Expensive watches???

    Robocop, if you're looking for a good Automatic watch, any Seiko 7S26 or 7S36 movement based watch would do you just fine, the Seiko 5 is a great, basic entry level piece, not fancy, just pure functionality, the Arc/SureFire of watches I was in the beginning throes of WIS'ism, but i was able to...
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    Lotus food sanitizer from SharperImage infuses tap H2O with ozone.

    Ozonated water probably=snake oil, however, using UV radiation to sterilize water is a very effective practice, people with high end, expensive aquariums often have a "UV Sterilizer" unit hooked up to the filter, it basically runs prefiltered water past a high-powered UVA tube, the UVA kills...
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    Cheap spyderco?

    If you're looking for a 4" knife, the Police is a nice one, another one worth looking at is the Military, it's only about $10-20 more, i was trying to decide between these two and went with the "Millie", here's why; the Police has the standard ?12mm? SpyderHole, the Millie has the oversized...

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