Comments on: The Cumulative Effects of Equipment http://brillianter.com/2009/09/the-cumulative-effects-of-equipment/ Like your ideas, only brilliant...er Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:46:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: rental mobil http://brillianter.com/2009/09/the-cumulative-effects-of-equipment/comment-page-1/#comment-3796 rental mobil Mon, 18 Jul 2011 19:23:47 +0000 http://brillianter.com/?p=1623#comment-3796 Nice article, thanks for the information. Nice article, thanks for the information.

]]> By: Mostly Genius http://brillianter.com/2009/09/the-cumulative-effects-of-equipment/comment-page-1/#comment-3689 Mostly Genius Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:13:35 +0000 http://brillianter.com/?p=1623#comment-3689 <blockquote>The problem is where on the slippery slope does one stop?</blockquote> And that is the crux of the issue. We have to ask ourselves if our equipment helps or hurts us. The equipment changes as the situation changes, so we predict what sorts of threats we are going to optimize for and make do with what we have the rest of the time.

The problem is where on the slippery slope does one stop?

And that is the crux of the issue. We have to ask ourselves if our equipment helps or hurts us. The equipment changes as the situation changes, so we predict what sorts of threats we are going to optimize for and make do with what we have the rest of the time.

]]> By: Jeff http://brillianter.com/2009/09/the-cumulative-effects-of-equipment/comment-page-1/#comment-3688 Jeff Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:15:27 +0000 http://brillianter.com/?p=1623#comment-3688 MG, you raise a good point. It also reminded me of your post regarding redundancy versus capability. The problem is where on the slippery slope does one stop? I must admit, I am guilty of carrying two knives most of the time when not at work. Even with a pocket clip and a quick opening Axis lock, my benchmade folder is still primarily carried to be my pocket knife, and I carry a Ka-Bar TDI in a horizontal sheath under my shirt at 11 o'clock for a quick deploying defense knife. For every day carry, I don't carry a BUG, or even reloads, but would do so if the situation called for it, e.g, in a post-Katrina environment I would likely have a BUG, reloads and a perhaps a long gun handy, or if I had the type of job that took me to the bad side of town I'd probably carry an extra mag. So, for me, it comes down to trying to match equipment to the situation. War zones call for a full load out, my relatively comfortable middle-class existence generally does not. Jeff MG, you raise a good point. It also reminded me of your post regarding redundancy versus capability.

The problem is where on the slippery slope does one stop?
I must admit, I am guilty of carrying two knives most of the time when not at work. Even with a pocket clip and a quick opening Axis lock, my benchmade folder is still primarily carried to be my pocket knife, and I carry a Ka-Bar TDI in a horizontal sheath under my shirt at 11 o’clock for a quick deploying defense knife.

For every day carry, I don’t carry a BUG, or even reloads, but would do so if the situation called for it, e.g, in a post-Katrina environment I would likely have a BUG, reloads and a perhaps a long gun handy, or if I had the type of job that took me to the bad side of town I’d probably carry an extra mag.

So, for me, it comes down to trying to match equipment to the situation. War zones call for a full load out, my relatively comfortable middle-class existence generally does not.

Jeff

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