Eyepro - Ski-goggle Type or Glasses-type?

[Adolf Hamster]

That's what I mean.  Why test 500fps at point blank when min engagement is 20m?   If a sniper were to shoot someone closer than 10m they should be automatically banned from the site.

even if we assume everyone on-site is perfectly abiding by fps and med rules, you could still accidentally pop your head up at the wrong place and catch a round from a sniper point blank who was trying to shoot someone further away.

or the much more likely scenario that some scrote rocks up with a hot gun and is blasting away and you're the poor sod who rounds the corner on him.

people can and do run far in excess of limits, yes we try as a community to stamp it out but the reality is it absolutely does happen despite all our best efforts and i dunno about you but seeing is something i quite enjoy.

edit: probably relevant storytime:

a much younger (although not fitter) hamster when he had just started out cut his teeth at a site that had, well, a questionable standard of chrono. he didn't realize it at the time but it was pretty normal (at the time) for the site regulars to be running a tad higher (read: a lot) than the specified limits, needless to say these regulars had no qualms pumping rounds into you at point blank range and the young innocent hamster just thought this is how airsoft is- hurts like hell, it was so bad it nearly drove me out of the hobby.

during this time caught a few rounds to my first ever set of mesh goggles, fortunately (by luck of the amazon special lottery alone) they were the hexmesh type rather than woven wire and just about were up to the task of resisting the impact, although not without accumulating serious dents.

it took me going to a different site with a different culture to realize what was truly going on, needless to say though the experience planted the seeds both of my obsession with range but also my hatred of people who run hot, because i've experienced first hand what it's like to be an inexperienced player trying to play by the rules against those who break them (whether it was ignorance or malevolence on the site's part i don't really know hence my reluctance to name and shame in the hope that the site has changed its ways in the years since).

the point is that rating against the unexpected absolutely is worthwhile, for sure if i'd only ever worn eyepro capable of surviving the rated limits and no more i'd have pretty poor depth perception......

 

[EDcase]

You should name the site so people can report if they've mended their ways.

If they haven't then they should be reported to the authorities.

 

[Cannonfodder]

even if we assume everyone on-site is perfectly abiding by fps and med rules, you could still accidentally pop your head up at the wrong place and catch a round from a sniper point blank who was trying to shoot someone further away.

Having been in a similar scenario, although it wasn't quite point blank, I can confirm this does happen. Basically I was crawling on my belly hoping to get into a position to post a pyro into a sniper's position. I lifted myself up to go over a log and was met with a heavy weight round to the face from about 3 yards. When I spoke to the sniper later it turned out he was lining up a shot on someone else when my face filled his scope and the sudden surprise made him jump and accidentally pull the trigger

 

[Adolf Hamster]

You should name the site so people can report if they've mended their ways.

If they haven't then they should be reported to the authorities.

I know where you're coming from but it's been the guts of a decade so dont wanna go slandering somewhere when it could be a completely different place now.

I'm planning to head back myself to check it out (assuming they survive lockdown). They seemed to have the right motivation so maybe they just had as bad an understanding of physics at the time as i did.

 

[Roba93]

Bit late to the convo but I really suffered with fogging with any goggles until I bit the bullet and got an exfog.

I won't lie, it's overpriced and you can make something similar for much cheaper. I have no tech skills however so got the exfog and have literally not fogged since. I like that you can use it with any goggles as well and have cut multiple tubes to suit a few different set ups.

I consider it my best airsoft purchase tbh, even the nicest RIF is useless if you can't see past the end of the barrel. 

 

[rj1986]

I won't lie, it's overpriced and you can make something similar for much cheaper. I have no tech skills however so got the exfog and have literally not fogged since. I like that you can use it with any goggles as well and have cut multiple tubes to suit a few different set ups.

I've been toying with the idea of building a version of this to fit into a MS2000 strobe. I'm thinking of using mini blowers from a 3D printer but no idea how powerful they are in terms of output. It would've been a perfect project for last lockdown....

 

[DrAlexanderTobacco]

I've been toying with the idea of building a version of this to fit into a MS2000 strobe. I'm thinking of using mini blowers from a 3D printer but no idea how powerful they are in terms of output. It would've been a perfect project for last lockdown....

Consider me a solid backer for this, awesome idea!

 

[MadMole]

£9 on ebay, battery powered fish tank air pump and £2 of silicon tube. Works fine but can hear it in helmet. Basically Exfog on the cheap