The 'What have you just bought' Thread

[AirsoftTed]

1 Medium Alice pack with lightweight frame - £39 all in

1 British Army OD sniper scrim scarf - £3.95 all in

Was also going to pick up some US woodland BDU's but there were no trousers in my size!

If anyone has any 200 rnd SAW ALICE pouches in good nick let me know!

 

[Russe11]

£26, not bad

I have one of those, great little bag. Only flaw is that the webbing used for straps doesn't have enough friction against the buckles so they will come loose or detach from the bag occasionally.

 

[Mr Monkey Nuts]

I was considering buying one of these as I currently have the model under your one. Have you had a chance to see how it performs yet?

As a HAM radio it's very good, as an airsoft PMR446 radio I prefer to use the Baofeng 888s, It's lighter, less complicated, smaller ariel, and the battery seems to last longer. Both have good range in low power mode and will out range a lot of dedicated pmr radios.

The programming takes a bit of getting used to but it's much easier to program the 888s with a pc than program the uv5r manually.

The uv5 has a big weak screen that would render the unit useless if it gets broken, lots of flimsy buttons and weak plastic, it wouldn't stand up to many shots and still be functioning. The 888s has two twist knobs and a light. Even if the casings get shot or broken it's just a casing the rest of the radio should work fine.

It's also very easy to end up on the wrong channel with the uv5r, inadvertently mashing the wrong buttons could land you on the wrong frequencies without the unit even beeping.

Performance between the two are identical as far as I have practically found. But the 888s is lighter. The headsets they come with are pretty good too to be honest.

If you only want to use the 8 PMR channels like most airsofters do then the 888s is better as a a dedicated airsoft radio. If you want to use it off the field or want to use more than 16 channels then the uv5r is ok. The UV5RE is supposed to be more robust, but I haven't seen or used one.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BaoFeng-BF-888S-UHF-400-470-MHz-Walkie-Talkie-2-Way-Radio-Earpiece-USB-Cable-/181156424111?pt=UK_Mobile_Phones_Communication_Ham_Radio_Receivers_Transceivers&hash=item2a2dc3a9af, comes highly recommended from me.

And of course ... Blah blah blah ..... Legal issues ..... Blah blah..... Ofcom..... Blah blah blah ....... Bunnies will die at 5mw ........ Blah blah for l33t use only ...... Blah blah usual radio bullshit.

 

[EvilMonkee]

IMI Holster Molle Adaptor

 

[Airsoft-Ed]

I don't actually have my hands on it yet, and it might fall through yet...

...And I've not technically bought it as it's from a swap.

But! On Friday, I ought to have a WE SCAR L in my possession, RA Tech barrel, hop and trigger, 7 mags, black with snakeskin camo job, in exchange for my custom L129 DMR.

 

[Monty]

7 mags,

 

[jcheeseright]

that's a pretty decent swap!

 

[Airsoft-Ed]

I know right? I don't even want a SCAR xD

 

[rexfan10]

£26, not bad

I had a black one of those as a school bag for a while Eventually it became over filled with textbooks and wayed a ton. Had to opt for a smaller bag as it was giving me back pains.

 

[Monty]

I know right? I don't even want a SCAR xD

Sell it all and get a WE AK.. Join me Ed..

 

[Airsoft-Ed]

I'm tempted, but I think I'll sell it and get an M4 instead, since I'm going to have 16 mags

Unless I end up really liking the SCAR, I've never really used or handled one before, not sure I like the look either, but it might grow on me.

 

[Monty]

Yeah with the m4 you'd have more versatility, you could do a l119a1 build?

 

[Airsoft-Ed]

That's the plan (Y)

 

[AirsoftTed]

Now Ed, once you've built a l119a1, will you be going all UKSF on us? (Loadout wise)

 

[Monty]

Bought a Maple leaf hop up bucking and a WE AK74un magazine as the one I have is completely knackered.

 

[TacMaster]

Maple leaf hop up bucking

Supporting Canada day?

 

[Monty]

Supporting Canada day?

Don't even start... B)

 

[Lord_Metile]

I'd like Ainsley Harriot engraved on my gun. Anyways, I just got the SJ4000

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97E_hNvnRFw

 

[Airsoft-Ed]

Now Ed, once you've built a l119a1, will you be going all UKSF on us? (Loadout wise)

Possibly, though I know little to nothing about UKSF, currently.

I've heard that the Pathfinders use L119s and still use the Osprey, so I might build something up around them to start with.

Ideally I want a really light weight set up, Ospreys are heavy as fook, I want the only heavy items on me to be the gun and mags. The rig is going to have to be at least half the weight of my current one for me to feel like it's worth buying.

 

[Nutster]

Drop me a pm ed I'm sure we can sort a kit to suit