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• TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Military grade is code for “cheapest bidder”

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  • curled@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Military grade means literally nothing. Actual military equipment is “mil spec”, and not something the average consumer needs, or can afford, in most cases.

    Even when military spec equipment is made by the lowest bidder, this stuff still has to be blast proof, bullet proof, work from -60°C to +85°C, be water/dust resistant, and many other requirements depending on what is being made.

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    • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You can definitely get plenty of Mil spec shit, just not what you really expect. My hat is a Swedish army cap worn by some dude named Alber Kempf in Tunisia circa 1991.

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      • SpendsTimeUsefully@lemmynsfw.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Fair enough, I was thinking more in the direction of electronics, mechanics, etc

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      • eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Is it possible to show the hat? I kinda wanna see that hat and how it looks after such a long period of use.

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• ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It depends, sometimes milspec is very demanding. For example, crayons need to be non-toxic even if you eat the entire box.

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  • Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    In electronics there are actually milspec versions on microchips different from the normal space (they have a wider range of operating temperatures plus I also believe higher resistence to electromagnetic radiation and mechanical vibration, similar to microchips “for automobile use”), but I suspect that when it comes to actual consumer electronics devices the words “military grade” are not a protected tag (as in, electronic devices said to be “military grade” are not forced by regulation to have certain characteristics) so those words are generally marketing bullshit.

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• person1@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  In Ukraine nowadays it means “anything that can survive up to one assault”. I hear they take donated cars that no-one sane would drive or even pronounce street-legal.

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• JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  “Military grade” means that it went through one extra round of inspection before it was sent out as far as I’m aware. This round of inspection is basically just putting it through certain weather conditions to simulate “will this survive a deployment”

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  • Num10ck@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    literally Military Grade is just marketing fluff with no standard. Mil-Spec is the real term for meeting military specifications. think ceramic and gold instead of plastic and tin for computer chips.

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    • JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Okay I just double checked and you’re totally right. When I was in the military someone had told me there was actually regulations around “military grade” and they were just different from milspec. Technically military grade is supposed to refer to milspec but in the private world they don’t check if it’s actually true or not

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• JuxtaposedJaguar@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I guess aircraft-grade aluminum isn’t good enough anymore.

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• Dozzi92@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I was in the Marines and I had to buy some of my shit on my own, so yeah, agree 100%.

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