Emergencychimps

Comms and ear pro can be the same thing, but they don't have to be. For the radio, the baofeng you've mentioned is very popular, cheap and relatively easy to programme (several good how to videos on YouTube). Looking at a small business license is sensible/needed if you want to remain legal. Some sites have this already and you can use their channels (such as gunman). Personally, I hate baofengs, their QC is lacking and they often get moisture ingress which renders them useless or constant niggles that make them inconsistent. To be fair this was when I was doing around 15 weekend events a year and some were very wet, but in 1 year I went through more than 4 handsets. If you can spend more, check out yeasu which is a much better quality handset and a better longer term investment (c£100) Generally I'd recommend that, a speaker mic and a in ear covert ear piece. If you then want to run ear pro such as sordins you can run them over the ear piece or some have an aux input which you can plug straight from the speaker mic. You'll tend to find the sordins with the aux input and no boom mic are cheaper as well (c£130). Regarding ear pro, I never thought it was NEEDED, however I was on the receiving end of lots of pyro at catterick including the new tag 67s (£10 each!) And it was horrible, I now intend to wear ear pro every time I play. I have never heard of z tax, ear mor or whoever are the latest greatest clone to last long under serious use and the quality of their sound enhancement is never as good.

The pts mtek flux has all of the functionality I need, just love the classic ops core, the mtek is a bit too modern for me. Rs is looking more and more like the viable option. Thanks!

Hi all, I'm in the market for a new airsoft helmet, ideally a ops core clone of a carbon or maritime, but it needs the following: 1.Be at least a high cut, I need to run ear pro under it. 2. Be big, I have a 62 cm circumference head (massive) and most airsoft helmets I've had were too small. 3.Finally, it needs to be not shit and flexible. I don't mind spending for something good. I currently have a pts mtek flux I've looked at TMC, FMA and I just can't tell if it'll hit the above. I've had negative experience from evolution gear so I'd rather avoid them but will if I have to. Thanks

The heresy group attended and then did a post game debrief. Whether you're a fan of them or not, sounds like there are a few key choke points and once they're dominated that's pretty much the end of the game. Sounded like it had or has some potential but that it's lacking in such a way due to the size and layout of the site. I'll await further reviews before I decide to go.

What a great thread/conversation. God I've missed forums! Loads of great ideas suggested but as had been mentioned the dick's will be dick's regardless of the rules. My recommendation would be to have more specialist games. Gunman run a skirmish weekend (anything goes within reason) once a month and a filmsim (ammo limits, different medic rules and teams by camo, mid caps encouraged). I've never seen another site do similar, the occasional "milsim" day or gas and shotgun but that's about it. My main moan about gunman is I have attended a few of their advertised filmsim games and they were effectively how they do skirmish days (I've done them when run as filmsim and it's very different). It's very rare that event organisers are explicit enough about what each event type is and how it differs. For ages there was chat about what milsim is, it never really resolved, people just got bored of the conversation. I'm not encouraging we have that conversation but if organisers put on an event and could list what it is for and what it isn't. Skirmish - hpa allowed, no ammo limits, some respawning in field as per individual game rules. Etc you as the player then know what you're signing up for and I think the differentiated game would draw more players in from further around. Ultimately I think we are paying for the experience from the day and while sites can't guarantee if you're going to have a good day, they can be explicit about the rules for that event and have events that cater to different groups within the community. I saw an event recently for just tm recoil owners only, while I could have gone I didn't think it would make the game more enjoyable but it was nice to see the option.

Don't suppose you took any pics etc of what you did? Nervous about mine getting wet!