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Military grade: mass produced by the lowest bidder

• snowmobile 9mo ago
  I only use handmade artisanal networking equipment.
  • pseudohadamard 9mo ago
    Hand-beaten from Tibetan silver by buddhist monks who live in a cave in the Himalayas. You just have to make sure the chakras are aligned correctly when you've installed it.
• daedrdev 9mo ago
  There are plenty of things where mil spec is extremely strict and high quality. They wont be sold to consumers as they are priced accordingly
  • esseph 9mo ago
    A company can not sell a product to consumers cheaper than it can sell to the federal government, and the federal government contract normally comes first. A lot of the stuff you can buy (minus restricted items), it'll just cost you.
    • bluGill 9mo ago
      They can't sell the same thing but they can sell something slightly different. put a different type of paint on it and you can sell for different prices.
      • esseph 9mo ago
        Untrue, otherwise vendors would be doing this instead of leaving tons of money on the table.
• kakwa_ 9mo ago
  Well, not mass produced enough. Common mass produced products manufacturers have incentives to not mess-up too badly: recalls or warranties on such scales are a nightmare. With military contracts, its a paid maintenance opportunity.
• mjanx123 9mo ago
  > Military grade: mass produced by the lowest bidder This In the military, military grade is a synonym for crap