Re: Voodoo Tactical
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: AXEMAN</div><div class="ubbcode-body">im new here and i have been reading posts. i posted a question and forgot i was on the internet. i found the answer online but didnt get back to delete the post in time. so even i do it, ask what about this, how about that. thats why people come to forums. they want to know now. they dont want to have to type it into google or yahoo and sift through the returns. they want to ask the question here and have someone else do the searching/thinking for them. i say just do it, learn from the results. buy it and see how it holds up. but i see why people get pissy. most questions have already been asked and answered. just search and read other peoples replies. but there is always, in any hobby, someone that has more money than you. r/c cars, kites, cameras, you name it. they will always have top end stuff. thats fine for them. but man, unless you are a professional soldier you dont "need" the best. you may want it, but you dont need it. but hell man, its just a drag bag. and really unless your a soldier do you need a drag bag? so you want one to haul your kit and look cool, do you "need" the top dollar one? are you really going to drag it while crawling into concealment to take a shot? if not walmart has plastic cases for $20, got three in the closet. fits 2 long guns each. like the other post about the 5.11 boonie hat. someone mentioned a $50 boonie...seriously, come on. i bought 3 at the dollar store for under $10. for 5 years they have fit my head, what more can you ask from a hat? its just tiring having people say more money = better stuff and not realize not everybody has the option to drop $200 on a drag bag that will get limited use when they can get one for $55 or $75 that will do that person just fine. would i like an M40A4 built on surgeon and S&B and all top end stuff? why sure. do i have a savage sporting a millett? why sure. have i shot it yet? nope. if i had the money to buy the M40, my truck would be running and id shoot alot more. actually my truck would be running if i just fixed it, but still, people should buy what they can afford. in the end, its all relative. </div></div>
With all due respect, while I believe I see what you are trying to say, your post seems to make a lot of pretty broad generalizations that don't necessarily represent everyone's reality. I doubt too many on this site are independently wealthy or "men of liesure" - but many DO have top quality kit/gear...weather they specifically NEED it or not(which is a purely subjective assessment anyway). If the quality, durability/reliability is deemed critical enough to them, then folks feel the expense is justified. Sometimes the less expensive item will work just fine - sometimes cheap crap is just cheap crap.
Of course many, maybe most of us here don't need an "operator" level drag-bag, for instance. Indeed, most of us have no need for a drag-bag at all! But it is very cool to have a site like this where you can find opinions from folks who have had, or still have a very real need for, and wealth of experience with the hardcore gear, and to get their input about what is truly good-to-go and what is best left to the airsoft folks, etc. It's up to those of us viewing the site what we do with the info.(and what we spend of course)
I don't think it's really so much about cost at all - it's about quality, performance, customer service(or standing behind your product), supporting American companies/businessmen, etc. Hell, look how many owners/manufacturers, reps, etc. from some of the absolute best of the best frequent this site - now that's a level of service WAY beyond what one will experience with your average "bargain gear" company on their best day.
It's sounds as hackneyed as can be, but it's still true in my experience - you get what you pay for!
Just my two cents...