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Military grade afaict just implies the military ‘could’ use it, by that definition almost any company sells military grade products or services, except companie
by hsbauauvhabzb 10mo ago
Military grade afaict just implies the military ‘could’ use it, by that definition almost any company sells military grade products or services, except companies who explicitly would not sell to the military.
- bluGill 10mo agothe military often writes a spec and then refuses to buy anything that doesn't meet it. Most soldiers are not going to walmart to get supplies - even f walmart sells that type of thing.
- hsbauauvhabzb 10mo agoI’m not talking about what the military could or would use, I’m talking about what it takes for something to be called military grade.
- colechristensen 10mo ago"military grade" isn't a protected phrase. As a consumer you might be able to sue them if the thing breaks and they can't prove that phrase meant anything? But doubtful. Claiming to conform to a more specific product or process standard would be more specific fraud. But in general though "military grade" is a red flag for shitty marketing. Example: pop tarts are military grade! [1] Though their commercial packaging is likely not. https://www.dla.mil/Portals/104/Documents/TroopSupport/Subsistence/Rations/cids/qapkg/Q-20211.pdf https://www.dla.mil/Portals/104/Documents/TroopSupport/Subsi...
- JohnFen 10mo agoIn the US, "military grade" is like "natural". There is no legally enforced meaning, so it means whatever the manufacturer says it means. Sometimes that's something real and of some value, but the majority of the time it's just a meaningless marketing buzzword.
- deadbabe 10mo agoOriginal Gameboys are military grade, and even in the gulf war when they were used, there was one that survived being melted.
- normie3000 10mo agoUsed for what?
- quickthrowman 9mo agoI remember that Nintendo Power letter to the editor!