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May 2025 EZShoot Contest

Enter for a chance to win an EZShoot 1-6×24 LPVO.


Entries must be received no later than noon 12pm EST, May 31, 2025.


CONTEST INSTRUCTIONS

Prove you have the skills to fill out an online form and upload screenshots. (1) entry per social platform or donation (2 max).

1. Subscribe to my travel channel on YouTube: Moondog Go

2. Take a screenshot of my Moondog Go channel homescreen showing your SUBSCRIBED button.

3. Post a reply comment in my newest YouTube video: “I want to win the contest”.

BONUS ENTRY: Donate to the St. Anne School DC Trip Fundraiser and upload a screenshot of your donation confirmation email.

SUBMIT ENTRY

This prize supplied by EZShoot and is awarded at their sole discretion and direction.


RULES

NO PURCHASE OR DONATION IS NECESSARY TO ENTER. YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING DO NOT INCREASE WITH A PURCHASE. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.

1. Eligibility

Void where prohibited by law. Must be legal resident in the USA. Moondog Industries employees, subsidiaries, affiliates, suppliers, advertising and promotion agencies, employees’ immediate family members, are ineligible to participate in the contest/giveaway.

Entrants must be willing and able to appear on YouTube to discuss the contest and post images of the prize on their social feed should they win the contest.

2. Sponsors and Platforms

EZShoot (known as the SPONSOR) and Moondog Industries (known as the CO-SPONSOR) is a video Edutainment producer and game promotor based in San Francisco, CA. YouTube, TikTok, Rumble, X and online video platforms (known as PLATFORMS) are not SPONSORS or in any way affiliated with the contest or content.

3. Agreement to Rules

By entering the contest, participants agree to abide by the SPONSOR’s Official Rules and decisions. The SPONSOR retains the right to refuse, withdraw, or disqualify entries at their sole discretion. By submitting an entry, the participant agrees to accept the decision of the SPONSOR as final and binding.

4. Entry Period

Contest email entries must be received between:
12:00pm EST 4 May 2025
and
12:00pm EST 31 May 2025

5. How to Enter

This contest requires your skill in navigating your phone or computer controls to screen capture an image of the following YouTube channels/Social Media accounts. Subscribe or Follow and make a screen capture of those pages showing a greyed out Subscribe button or indicator that your account is Following that page. If the page is not functioning, please contact contest@moondogindustries.com . One entry per person or per Social Media account. Fraudulent methods of entry, photo retouched, or other methods of circumvention of the rules may result in the SPONSOR invalidating a participant’s entries.

6. Prizes

The winner must be able to receive the prize by e-mail or by physical mail. Prize may be substituted at the sole discretion of the SPONSOR. Acceptance of the prize grants SPONSOR permission to use the winner’s entry, name, and likeness for advertising, promotion, and trade without further compensation or remuneration unless prohibited by law.

7. Odds

The odds of winning are dependent upon the number of eligible entries received.

8. Selection and Notification of the Winner

The winner will be chosen at random by the SPONSOR from among the entrants who demonstrated the skill to navigate the electronic entry and have met the minimum requirements. Winners will be contacted via the email used to enter the contest. Winner must have a legal address within the US to ship the prize.

SPONSOR is not liable for the winner’s failure to receive notification of winning if he or she provided the wrong email address or if their email security settings caused your prize notification to go into the spam or junk folder. If a winner does not respond within 24hrs of sending a notification, the SPONSOR will select an alternate winner. Receipt of the prize is upon the condition of compliance with federal, state, and local laws.

9. Rights Granted by the Entrant

The SPONSOR, upon submission of an entry into the giveaway or contest, has the right to use the participant’s submission, voice, likeness, image, statements about the contest, etc., for publicity, news, advertising, promotional purposes, trade, and so forth, without any further notice, review, consent, compensation or remuneration.

Participants shall defend or settle against such claims at their sole expense, and shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the SPONSOR from any suit due to damage of or by the prize.

10. Terms & Conditions

The SPONSOR reserves the right to modify, suspend, cancel or terminate in the event that non-authorized human intervention, a bug or virus, fraud, or other causes beyond your control impact or corrupt the security, fairness, proper conduct, or administration of the contest/giveaway.

11. Limitation of Liability

Entry into this contest constitutes the participant’s agreement to release and hold harmless the SPONSOR and PLATFORMS, subsidiaries, affiliates, employees, etc., against all claims liability, illness, injury, death, loss, etc., that occurs directly or indirectly from participation in the contest or use/misuse of the awarded prize.

12. Disputes

As a condition of participating in the promotion, the participant agrees to resolve all disputes with an arbitrator designated by the SPONSOR in the state of California, without resorting to any form of class action. Entrants waive all rights to punitive, incidental, or consequential damages, and waive all rights to have damages multiplied or increased.

13. Privacy Policy

Participants agree to abide by all privacy and NDA laws in the State of California and any federal laws of the United State of America.

14. Winners List

Participants may request a list of winners by submitting a request in writing to Moondog Industries for up to 30 days after the contest ends.

15. Social Media Platform Rules

Winners will agree to post a photo of the prize on their social media channels in such a way as does not violate any rules of that platform. The winners also agree to appear for an interview where they will discuss the prize and its performance. If there are functional problems with the prize, the winner agrees to make a good-faith effort to resolve all issues with the SPONSOR prior to posting reviews or opinions about the prize.

16. Affirmation of Acceptance of and Agreement to All of the Official Rules

By entering the contest, the entrant has affirmatively reviewed, accepted, and agreed to all of them. 

Mileseey IONJET2 Rangefinder

https://youtu.be/G2AM_m2uc5A

I’d never heard of the Mileseey brand before they asked me if I would test their laser rangefinder. As it turned out, Mileseey is the world’s 3rd largest manufacturer of laser measuring devices. Most of their products are industrial-grade instruments, and their IONJET 2 lives up to these standards.

The IONJET2 is remarkably solid and weighs more than any handheld laser range finder I’d previously tested. Much of this weight I attribute to its all-metal body and internal rechargeable 450mAh battery. In addition, it has a CR2 backup battery that is user-replaceable.

In addition, the unit has a magnetic pad on its left side that allows the unit to be quickly mounted to a car door as a hasty tripod. It also comes with a rubber-coated metal belt clip plate so that you can quickly stow the IONJET2 to your hip, allowing you to quickly get hands-on to manipulate a bow or rifle.

The unit offers a clear though unremarkable 6x aiming optic. It has an illuminated display and offers distance modes that include line-of-sight, horizontal distance, and a variety of archery-specific options. Unfortunately, the wealth of modes makes its typical 2-button controls rather unintuitive. But that’s the problem I have with most laser range finders, I usually set it to BEST or LOS and forget the rest.

I tested the accuracy of the IONJET’s measurements at a local golf course’s driving range. What was more impressive was that in direct sunlight, the IONJET2 outperformed all other rangefinders I’ve previously tested. I was able to measure the distance to the microwave repeaters at the top of Bernal Peak hill 2037 yards away or 1.16 miles away (confirmed with Google Maps).

All of this performance doesn’t come cheap at $300. To be fair, that is still cheaper than top-tier laser models from the likes of Leupold, SIG, and Vortex. But if you want the performance of an industrial-grade instrument, you’ll get it with this one.

Enter to win an IONJET2 in my June Contest.

BUY

Amazon https://amzn.to/3R84dSl

Milsey Get 30% off with code: mileseey30%off https://mileseeyoptics.com/products/ionjet-2

SPECS

Item Weight‎253 Grams / 9.4 oz
Dimensions‎4″L x 2″W x 3″H
Battery Description‎Lithium (450mAh, rechargeable via USB-C) and CR2 (disposable)
Max Measuring Range‎2000 yards
Body MaterialAluminum
Warranty‎18 month

RPR Ammo Test: CCI Standard vs. Aguila Standard

CCI Standard Velocity is a popular 40gr LRN 22LR ammo among my club’s bullseye pistol and precision rifle shooters for its consistency. Some shooters consider it almost as good as match-grade ammo. I wanted to test its performance against the cheaper Aguila Super Extra Standard Velocity.

Testing both at 100 yards with my factory Ruger Precision Rimfire Rifle (RPR) with a Discovery Optics LHD budget 8-32×56 FFP scope. Aguila edged CCI by small amount based on my measurements using Range Buddy on my phone. The difference is performance is smaller than the difference in price, Aguila Standard Velocity being 25%-50% cheaper than CCI Standard.

BUY

Discovery Optics LHD

Discovery Optics website use 10% Off code Moondog: https://www.discoveryopt.com/DISCOVERYOPT-LHD-8-32X56SFIR-FFP-Z-optics-Scopes.html

Amazon 10% discount code: Moondog832 https://amzn.to/3Ck6nu2

RESULTS

CCI Standard
Avg. Group Size: 2.37″
Average: 2.27 MOA
Mean Radius: .94″ / 0.89 MOA

Aguila Super Extra Std. Velocity
Avg. Group Size: 1.84″
Average: 1.75 MOA
Mean Radius: .7″ / 0.67 MOA

June 2025 IONJET2 Contest

Enter for a chance to win a Mileseey IONJET2 laser rangefinder.


Entries must be received no later than noon 12pm EST, June 30, 2025.


CONTEST INSTRUCTIONS

Prove you have the skills to fill out an online form and upload screenshots. (1) entry per social platform or donation (2 max).

1. Subscribe to my travel channel on YouTube: Moondog Go

2. Take a screenshot of my Moondog Go channel homescreen showing your SUBSCRIBED button.

3. Post a reply comment in my newest video on YouTube “I want to win the contest”.

BONUS ENTRY: Make a donation (any amount) to the St. Anne High School DC Trip Fundraiser and upload a screenshot of your donation confirmation email.

SUBMIT ENTRY

This prize supplied by Milesey Optics and Tools and is awarded at their sole discretion and direction.


RULES

NO PURCHASE OR DONATION IS NECESSARY TO ENTER. YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING DO NOT INCREASE WITH A PURCHASE. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.

1. Eligibility

Void where prohibited by law. Must be legal resident in the USA. Moondog Industries employees, subsidiaries, affiliates, suppliers, advertising and promotion agencies, employees’ immediate family members, are ineligible to participate in the contest/giveaway.

Entrants must be willing and able to appear on YouTube to discuss the contest and post images of the prize on their social feed should they win the contest.

2. Sponsors and Platforms

Mileseey Tools (known as the SPONSOR) and Moondog Industries (known as the CO-SPONSOR) is a video Edutainment producer and game promotor based in San Francisco, CA. YouTube, TikTok, Rumble, X and online video platforms (known as PLATFORMS) are not SPONSORS or in any way affiliated with the contest or content.

3. Agreement to Rules

By entering the contest, participants agree to abide by the SPONSOR’s Official Rules and decisions. The SPONSOR retains the right to refuse, withdraw, or disqualify entries at their sole discretion. By submitting an entry, the participant agrees to accept the decision of the SPONSOR as final and binding.

4. Entry Period

Contest email entries must be received between:
12:00pm EST 26 April 2025
and
12:00pm EST 30 June 2025

5. How to Enter

This contest requires your skill in navigating your phone or computer controls to screen capture an image of the following YouTube channels/Social Media accounts. Subscribe or Follow and make a screen capture of those pages showing a greyed out Subscribe button or indicator that your account is Following that page. If the page is not functioning, please notify contest@moondogindustries.com . One entry per person or per Social Media account. Fraudulent methods of entry, photo retouched, or other methods of circumvention of the rules may result in the SPONSOR invalidating a participant’s entries.

6. Prizes

The winner must be able to receive the prize by e-mail or by physical mail. Prize may be substituted at the sole discretion of the SPONSOR. Acceptance of the prize grants SPONSOR permission to use the winner’s entry, name, and likeness for advertising, promotion, and trade without further compensation or remuneration unless prohibited by law.

7. Odds

The odds of winning are dependent upon the number of eligible entries received.

8. Selection and Notification of the Winner

The winner will be chosen at random by the SPONSOR from among the entrants who demonstrated the skill to navigate the electronic entry and have met the minimum requirements. Winners will be contacted via the email used to enter the contest. Winner must have a legal address within the US to ship the prize.

SPONSOR is not liable for the winner’s failure to receive notification of winning if he or she provided the wrong email address or if their email security settings caused your prize notification to go into the spam or junk folder. If a winner does not respond within 24hrs of sending a notification, the SPONSOR will select an alternate winner. Receipt of the prize is upon the condition of compliance with federal, state, and local laws.

9. Rights Granted by the Entrant

The SPONSOR, upon submission of an entry into the giveaway or contest, has the right to use the participant’s submission, voice, likeness, image, statements about the contest, etc., for publicity, news, advertising, promotional purposes, trade, and so forth, without any further notice, review, consent, compensation or remuneration.

Participants shall defend or settle against such claims at their sole expense, and shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the SPONSOR from any suit due to damage of or by the prize.

10. Terms & Conditions

The SPONSOR reserves the right to modify, suspend, cancel or terminate in the event that non-authorized human intervention, a bug or virus, fraud, or other causes beyond your control impact or corrupt the security, fairness, proper conduct, or administration of the contest/giveaway.

11. Limitation of Liability

Entry into this contest constitutes the participant’s agreement to release and hold harmless the SPONSOR and PLATFORMS, subsidiaries, affiliates, employees, etc., against all claims liability, illness, injury, death, loss, etc., that occurs directly or indirectly from participation in the contest or use/misuse of the awarded prize.

12. Disputes

As a condition of participating in the promotion, the participant agrees to resolve all disputes with an arbitrator designated by the SPONSOR in the state of California, without resorting to any form of class action. Entrants waive all rights to punitive, incidental, or consequential damages, and waive all rights to have damages multiplied or increased.

13. Privacy Policy

Participants agree to abide by all privacy and NDA laws in the State of California and any federal laws of the United State of America.

14. Winners List

Participants may request a list of winners by submitting a request in writing to Moondog Industries for up to 30 days after the contest ends.

15. Social Media Platform Rules

Winners will agree to post a photo of the prize on their social media channels in such a way as does not violate any rules of that platform. The winners also agree to appear for an interview where they will discuss the prize and its performance. If there are functional problems with the prize, the winner agrees to make a good-faith effort to resolve all issues with the SPONSOR prior to posting reviews or opinions about the prize.

16. Affirmation of Acceptance of and Agreement to All of the Official Rules

By entering the contest, the entrant has affirmatively reviewed, accepted, and agreed to all of them. 

TMI 250430 with Viejo


Too Much Information live chat show. In this episode, we’ll be talking about bullet casting, firefighting, and scuba diving with “Viejo” Walter Bunning https://rumble.com/user/WalterBunning. This video is sponsored by Aura. Stop leaving yourself vulnerable to data breaches. Go to my link https://aura.com/moondog to get a 14-day free trial and see if any of your data has been exposed. Read my notes https://moondogindustries.com/tmi-live-250430/

SPONSOR

Aura https://aura.com/moondog

EARLYBIRD Clue:
This ammo brand is named after the Spanish word for the bird of prey, the eagle.

THIS WEEK

Moondog2A

Moondog Reviews

Moondog Go

NAME THE BRAND CLUE

This Mexican ammo brand is created by Industrias Tecnos established in 1961. Outside of the United States, it is the largest ammo brand in the Western Hemisphere.

THUMBNAIL THIS

DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE

Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara is a city and county just north and west of Los Angeles along the picturesque California coast. It was established as a Spanish colony in the 1700’s around the Presideo and Mission Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara or Saint Barbara for us Mericans, is the patron saint of armourers, artillerymen, civil engineers, and explosives handlers. Which is appropriate because of my guest Walter Bunning aka “Viejo” https://rumble.com/user/WalterBunning

Special Guest: Walter Bunning aka VIEJO

Walter is the creator of Viejo Con Armas on YouTube @Viejo2A a channel that focuses on ammo reloading and firearms. Walter grew up in Northern California before going to school at Cal Poly San Luis Obisbo and settling in Santa Barbara. He’s career has spawned agriculture, forestry, and law enforcement.

CONTESTS

EARLYBIRD Clue:
This ammo manufacturer’s name is often mispronounced in the US as: agee-la or agwilla. I’ve mispronounced in my earliest videos. But I did create a video where I asked one of its Mexican staffers at SHOT Show to correctly pronounce its Spanish name.

Plinko de Mayo

Capture your best Plinko De Mayo moments on video and share them on social media! Tag  for a chance to win an exclusive Aguila swag bag valued at $500!

https://content.aguilaammo.com/uploads/Plinko_De_Mayo_Targets_Printable_94e848cca4.pdf


Bubble Level Contest
https://moondogindustries.com/april2025-contest/

HASHTAG DRAWING #aguila

https://moondogindustries.com/april-contest

Next Livestream Wed April 30

Vector Continental 1-6×24

Vector reached out to me and asked me to test out a scope. I chose a second focal plane Continental 1-6×24 LPVO. Vector Optics is a Chinese scope brand not very well known in the US. Their top-tier products utilize German Schott glass, which is typically only found in premium European scopes. This pricy glass is probably why Vector named their top-tier scope line Continental.

The Contiental 1-6×24 is a SFP LPVO that comes in a box with a few extra accessories and an unusual spare turret with only a number 0 and no other markings for shooters who only want to return to 0 after adjusting it. Oddly, it does not include a throw lever, but the magnification ring turns easily without it. The box includes a set of scope rings, though a cantilever mount would have been a better choice given the scope’s 4-inch eye relief.

The overall build quality appears superior to typical “budget” Chinese brands like CVLife and Monstrum. Fit and finish remind me more of Athlon, Burris, or Zeiss. The scope comes in a choice of a circle-dot etched reticle or a fiber optic reticle. And the scope is relatively light at 18oz.

The Schott glass provided a bright, clear, and sharp image that was color accurate and had minimal chromatic aberration at high power. Its reticle’s central donut of death offers daylight bright illumination and a combination of MIL windage stadia and BDC vertical stadia; it’s the kind of reticle I prefer.

The scope has a street price around $400 is not budget, but it is half the price of comparable HD glass LPVO’s made by Riton, SIG, and Vortex. This is the first Vector Optics scope I have had an opportunity to test, but if this is indicative of their product quality, I hope to get a chance to test their other scopes.

BUY

Available directly through Vector Optics: https://bit.ly/3KkJsm2
Get 10% off, use code: 10MOONDOG10

Available on Amazon  https://www.amazon.com/promocode/A3P0UEZBSH2BD6

SPECS

SCOC-23T

Magnification: 1-6x

Objective: 24mm

Tube: 30mm

Eye Relief: 100mm / 4.0 in.

Exit Pupil: 9.5-4mm

FOV@100 yrd.: 124.5-20.7 ft.

Click Value: 0.1 MIL

Elevation Range: 45MIL

Windage Range: 45MIL

Parallax: 100 yrd.

Length: 283mm (11.1 in.)

Weight: 510g (18.0 oz.)

May 2025 ProHear Contest

Enter for a chance to win ProHear EM066 Machete electronic hearing protection ear muffs.


Entries must be received no later than noon 12pm EST on May 31, 2025.


CONTEST INSTRUCTIONS

Prove you have the skills to fill out a form and upload screenshots. One entry per social platform or donation (2 max).

1. Subscribe to my travel channel on YouTube: Moondog Go

2. Take a screenshot of the Moondog Go channel page showing your SUBSCRIBED button.

3. Post a reply comment in my newest video on YouTube “I want to win the contest”.

BONUS ENTRY: Make a donation (any amount) to the St. Anne High School DC Trip Fundraiser and upload a screen shot of your donation confirmation email.

SUBMIT ENTRY

This prize supplied by ProHear and is awarded at their sole discretion and direction.


RULES

NO PURCHASE OR DONATION IS NECESSARY TO ENTER. YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING DO NOT INCREASE WITH A PURCHASE. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.

1. Eligibility

Void where prohibited by law. Must be legal resident in the USA. Moondog Industries employees, subsidiaries, affiliates, suppliers, advertising and promotion agencies, employees’ immediate family members, are ineligible to participate in the contest/giveaway.

Entrants must be willing and able to appear on YouTube to discuss the contest and post images of the prize on their social feed should they win the contest.

2. Sponsors and Platforms

ProHear (known as the SPONSOR) and Moondog Industries (known as the CO-SPONSOR) is a video Edutainment producer and game promoter based in San Francisco, CA. YouTube, TikTok, Rumble, X and online video platforms (known as PLATFORMS) are not SPONSORS or in any way affiliated with the contest or content.

3. Agreement to Rules

By entering the contest, participants agree to abide by the SPONSOR’s Official Rules and decisions. The SPONSOR retains the right to refuse, withdraw, or disqualify entries at their sole discretion. By submitting an entry, the participant agrees to accept the decision of the SPONSOR as final and binding.

4. Entry Period

Contest email entries must be received between:
12:00pm EST 26 April 2025
and
12:00pm EST 31 May 2025

5. How to Enter

This contest requires your skill in navigating your phone or computer controls to screen capture an image of the following YouTube channels/Social Media accounts. Subscribe or Follow and make a screen capture of those pages showing a greyed out Subscribe button or indicator that your account is Following that page. If the page is not functioning, please notify contest@moondogindustries.com . One entry per person or per Social Media account. Fraudulent methods of entry, photo retouched, or other methods of circumvention of the rules may result in the SPONSOR invalidating a participant’s entries.

6. Prizes

The winner must be able to receive the prize by e-mail or by physical mail. Prize may be substituted at the sole discretion of the SPONSOR. Acceptance of the prize grants SPONSOR permission to use the winner’s entry, name, and likeness for advertising, promotion, and trade without further compensation or remuneration unless prohibited by law.

7. Odds

The odds of winning are dependent upon the number of eligible entries received.

8. Selection and Notification of the Winner

The winner will be chosen at random by the SPONSOR from among the entrants who demonstrated the skill to navigate the electronic entry and have met the minimum requirements. Winners will be contacted via the email used to enter the contest. Winner must have a legal address within the US to ship the prize.

SPONSOR is not liable for the winner’s failure to receive notification of winning if he or she provided the wrong email address or if their email security settings caused your prize notification to go into the spam or junk folder. If a winner does not respond within 24hrs of sending a notification, the SPONSOR will select an alternate winner. Receipt of the prize is upon the condition of compliance with federal, state, and local laws.

9. Rights Granted by the Entrant

The SPONSOR, upon submission of an entry into the giveaway or contest, has the right to use the participant’s submission, voice, likeness, image, statements about the contest, etc., for publicity, news, advertising, promotional purposes, trade, and so forth, without any further notice, review, consent, compensation or remuneration.

Participants shall defend or settle against such claims at their sole expense, and shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the SPONSOR from any suit due to damage of or by the prize.

10. Terms & Conditions

The SPONSOR reserves the right to modify, suspend, cancel or terminate in the event that non-authorized human intervention, a bug or virus, fraud, or other causes beyond your control impact or corrupt the security, fairness, proper conduct, or administration of the contest/giveaway.

11. Limitation of Liability

Entry into this contest constitutes the participant’s agreement to release and hold harmless the SPONSOR and PLATFORMS, subsidiaries, affiliates, employees, etc., against all claims liability, illness, injury, death, loss, etc., that occurs directly or indirectly from participation in the contest or use/misuse of the awarded prize.

12. Disputes

As a condition of participating in the promotion, the participant agrees to resolve all disputes with an arbitrator designated by the SPONSOR in the state of California, without resorting to any form of class action. Entrants waive all rights to punitive, incidental, or consequential damages, and waive all rights to have damages multiplied or increased.

13. Privacy Policy

Participants agree to abide by all privacy and NDA laws in the State of California and any federal laws of the United State of America.

14. Winners List

Participants may request a list of winners by submitting a request in writing to Moondog Industries for up to 30 days after the contest ends.

15. Social Media Platform Rules

Winners will agree to post a photo of the prize on their social media channels in such a way as does not violate any rules of that platform. The winners also agree to appear for an interview where they will discuss the prize and its performance. If there are functional problems with the prize, the winner agrees to make a good-faith effort to resolve all issues with the SPONSOR prior to posting reviews or opinions about the prize.

16. Affirmation of Acceptance of and Agreement to All of the Official Rules

By entering the contest, the entrant has affirmatively reviewed, accepted, and agreed to all of them. 

ProHear EM066 Ear Pro

After I visited the ProHear booth at SHOT Show 2025, they reached out to offer me their EM066 electronic earmuffs to test. I received a set of earphones that looked suspiciously similar to my go-to headphones, Howard Leight Impact Sports. There has been some online speculation that ProHear makes Howard Leights or that they are both made at the same Chinese factory. But after my testing, I’m nearly certain this is not the case.

The EM066 are labeled “Machette” headphones. On first blush, they look very similar to the Howard Leights with slightly harder edges in their design. The most obvious difference is the EM066’s microphone grill covers and the vertical orientation of its volume wheel. The EM066 was designed to use Howard Leight compatible ear pads, which necessitate its nearly identical physical specs.

Like Howard Leights, the EM066 renders stereoscopic sound and a 4-hour automatic power cut-off to preserve battery life should the user forget to switch the unit off (something I’ve been guilty of with other headphones). The sound quality of ambient sounds is not identical. The EM066 renders a thinner and tinier sound environment when replicating ambient noise. The EM066 is capable of being louder than the Howard Leights.

Next, I tested the EM066 sound quality using an AUX audio cable; the music sounded slightly better than Howard Leights, though both had mediocre bass response when playing House music. A headphone’s ability to render music is a good indication of a headphone’s ability to recreate a realistic representation of the sound environment.

Testing the EM066 at the gun range, they cut out gunshots without completely cutting off voices mid-conversation like other cheap, budget headphones. I could carry on a normal conversation amidst the sound of gunfire. The EM066 padded headband and foam plastic earcups were comfortable, though I will be looking to upgrade them with gel earpads.

Overall, these headphones have all the best features of my beloved Howard Leight Impact Sports and a few subtle improvements.

BUY

Amazon https://amzn.to/3GmTwcv

SPECS

EM066
NRR: 23db
Reaction Time: 0.01 sec
Max Amplification: 4x
Body: Plastic
Battery : 2x AAA
Battery Life: 300 hrs
Auto Shutoff: 4hrs
Weight: 9.6 oz
Dimensions: 6.5″ x 5.1″

TMI 250423 Amiga with Scott Robinet


Too Much Information live chat show. In this episode, we’ll be talking about VIC-20 and Amiga computers and games with Voltaric Software founder Scott Robinet.

Stop leaving yourself vulnerable to data breaches. Go to my link https://aura.com/moondog to get a 14-day free trial and see if any of your data has been exposed. Read my notes https://moondogindustries.com/tmi-live-250423/

SPONSOR

Aura https://aura.com/moondog

EARLYBIRD Clue:
This computer company’s brand name is also a naval flag rank or position: a rank between captain and a rear admiral. It is often a temporary command title, given to a captain commanding a flotilla or squadron of ships. 

THIS WEEK

Moondog2A

Moondog Reviews

Moondog Go

NAME THE BRAND CLUE

This brand started as an electric typewriter company in Canada in 1958. They sold electronic calculators before creating some of the first personal computers, the PET (Personal Electronic Transactor) in 1977. In 1980 they released the most affordable PC at the time, the VIC-20.

THUMBNAIL THIS

DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE

Amiga Computer and games

Special Guest: Scott Robinet

Scott Robinet is a software developer in Canada. He grew up in Ontario outside of Toronto where he went to college at the University of Windsor. As the VP of R&D at Network Automation, helped build and successful startup in California. 

He moving back to Toronto in 2014, where he founded and currently leads Voltaric, an analytics and optimization cloud software company that focuses on the Energy industry and Energy infrastructure.

CONTESTS

EARLYBIRD Clue:
This company was one of the most popular first-generation personal computer companies, along with Apple Computers, Texas Instruments TRS series, Times-Sinclair, and Atari Computers.

Plinko de Mayo

Capture your best Plinko De Mayo moments on video and share them on social media! Tag  for a chance to win an exclusive Aguila swag bag valued at $500!

https://content.aguilaammo.com/uploads/Plinko_De_Mayo_Targets_Printable_94e848cca4.pdf


Bubble Level Contest
https://moondogindustries.com/april2025-contest/

NAME THE BRAND CLUE:

HASHTAG DRAWING #commodore

https://moondogindustries.com/april-contest

Next Livestream Wed April 30

TMI Live 250416 with @jh5869


Too Much Information live chat show. In this episode, we’ll be chatting about Easter, the Last Supper, and the TV series “The Chosen” with @jh5869 the host of Livestream show “Georgia Shooting Connection”. top leaving yourself vulnerable to data breaches. Go to my link https://aura.com/moondog to get a 14-day free trial and see if any of your data has been exposed. Read my notes https://moondogindustries.com/tmi-live-250416/

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NAME THE BRAND CLUE

This brand was founded in Bethlehem Pennsylvania in 1953 and markets marshmallow confections in the shape of chicks, bunnies, and other animals.

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DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE

Special Guest: https://www.youtube.com/@jh5869
Jamie Howell aka JH586 is the host of long-running YouTube livestream show Georgia Shooting Connection, which is on Fridays.

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Bubble Level Contest
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NAME THE BRAND CLUE:

This brand’s mash mallow confection was originally only available at Easter but is now available year-round. It is still a staple of many kid’s Easter basket.

HASHTAG DRAWING #peeps

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Next Livestream Wed April 23