Quote Originally Posted by JGifford View Post
Once something randomly has deadline issues and no failure mode can be described, people who use their gear in life/death situations (My friend takes down meth labs for a living) tend to dump it.
I'd consider a Scott pack more important than a variable optic . The idea that the number of dead cops is much higher from chemical exposures than shootouts with meth heads has merit; it just hasn't had enough time to proves itself yet.