Tag: load bearing

  • Survivalist – Choosing a Pack

    Survivalist – Choosing a Pack

    After a few months of shopping, I finally picked up a pack for all my travel and adventures and it really did take a lot of looking before I decided on one that suited my needs. I’ll do a seperate review of the one I’ve been using, but I wanted to talk about how I…

  • Trigger Time

    What are you actually doing in a game? I mean, there are times when I look at people and think “What the actual fuck are you doing?”, but I mean in general. It’s June 2024, and at the moment I’m watching England absolutely flop in the group stages of Euro 2024, although the nation remains…

  • Enough kit for Milsim?

    How much is too much? And can you cut corners? Milsim is a very different approach to skirmish or speedsoft, with a different set of requirements. I mentioned in the recent Op Irene review that I wanted to do an article looking at the loadout side of a milsim, and after a few debriefs with…

  • The Belgian Army Backpack

    Carrying kit is vital. And every event has a different requirement in terms of what you need to take. In previous articles, I’ve talked about how I get away with an easy life at most airsoft weekenders because it’s usually camping from the car park, and you can carry as much as you need to…

  • Review – NI Chest Rig

    Another tried and trusted bit of kit, not a “review” where something has been tried on in the bedroom and still has labels attached. This is my British Army Northern Ireland (NI) Chest Rig, in beautiful DPM camouflage, and by god it’s seen some use down the years. Still in perfect condition though and still…

  • Review – M83/SAAV – The South African Assault Vest

    A review of one of the oldest pieces of kit in my collection – the venerable M83, popularised by Viper and MFH as the South African Assault Vest, was extremely popular in the days before the explosion of molle plate carrier vests which offered endless customisation options for the tacticool airsofter. But does it still…