Category: Equipment and Book Reviews
Things we use or read to make DGW homestead work better.
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RORAIMA Portable Aluminum Camping Table Review
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I have been trying to get my wife to camp. However, she only is interested in “glamping”. Therefore, I need to up my car camping game. To this end, I have been looking for a Portable Aluminum Camping Table to make camp-life easier.
Earlier this year, I reviewed another piece of Roraima gear. That was a screen house that set up very easily. This table was the same.
In the video I show unboxing and the first time set-up. It really could not have been simpler. Everything snaps together and in held tight by elastic. So putting it together does not require tools or extra hands.
I really like this table, and put it together with the screen house and the one board chairs I showed in the carving tool post and you have the beginnings of a really comfortable campsite.
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Circloop Boxing Hand Wraps Review
Buy at Amazon A couple weeks ago I showed you one of those boxing reflex trainers, but I did not mention the boxing hand wraps that came with them.
Hand wraps are an essential tool to prevent injury while boxing.
What they do is support the bones of the hand and keep them tightly contained so that when you hit something the bones won’t spread apart and slam back together causing breakage.
I am not fond of these particular hand wraps, as they are too short for my use and a tad bit too long for WT.
If you fit somewhere between a large man and a small child then they will probably work for you
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Boxing Reflex Ball Review
Buy at Amazon I have been thinking about buying one of these boxing reflex ball headbands for a few months. When I was WT’s age I did not do a lot of sports and never built up my hand eye coordination when it was easy to do.
I have even plotted to make my own with a tennis ball, cord, and a hat, similar to my camera hat setup.
So when Cicloop offered to let me try out their Boxing Ball on String I could not resist.
I must say, WR has had a hard time with this ball. He is getting better. But more importantly he enjoys it, and his mother thinks it is hilarious.
This set comes with a lot for the $12 price:
- Silicone headband
- 2 Boxing balls (different skill levels)
- Spare elastic cords (2)
- Boxing handwraps (2)
- Carry bag to keep them altogether.
The goal is to improve hand-eye coordination with this boxing ball set. The elastic band is supposed to be set at the length of the user’s arem and tied with a bowline. I should have cut the cord after I set it to WT’s size. However, I wanted to try it myself so I just wrapped it aroound the strap. It looks funny in the video, but that is because I choose not to follow instructions.
Apparently I should have read the instructions as the balls were weighted differently to give two levels of difficulty.
I used the heavy ball, when I probably should have used the lighter one.
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Sharpening Stone Kit Review
Buy the Sharpening Stone Kit at Amazon In this article I will do a Sharpening Stone Kit Review from a nice $25 kit from Home Pro Shop. Lately I have reviewed a glass bottle cutter and a bottle of glass cutting oil. All of their products so far have been good quality and an inexpensive price. In my experience they are not the cheapest items available in their categories, but they are not the most expensive either. I find Home Pro Shops to sell items that constitute value.
