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CONTEST August2026 Breast Cancer GoFundMe

Enter for a free chance to win three prizes: TechHunter 1-6×28 LPVO, Nitecore TIP3 mini EDC, or a Votatu V848 IR Illuminator.

Earn bonus entries if you donate to my sister-in-law’s Breast Cancer GoFundMe.

Watch the prize drawing on my TMI LIvestream on Wednesday, September 2, 20206.

Each prize is supplied by TechHunter, Nitecore, and Votatu and is awarded at their sole discretion and direction. Entries must be received no later than 12pm noon EST on August 31, 2026.

CONTEST INSTRUCTIONS

Prove you have the skills to fill out a form and upload screenshots to get a free entry. And earn bonus entries for donating to the Breast Cancer GoFundMe

FREE ENTRY
1. Subscribe to @MoondogGo.

2. Watch my Kung Fu Panda Adventure video https://youtu.be/NOh9LPuZv-8

3. Post a comment about Kung Fu Panda.

4. Upload a screenshot showing both your comment and the moment in the video where the Dreamworks logo appears on screen.

SUBMIT SCREENSHOT

BONUS ENTRY
• Donate $20: Free entry +1 bonus entry
• Donate $50: +3 bonus entries
• Donate $100: +8 bonus entries
• Donate ≥$200: +20 bonus entries

5. Upload a screenshot of your GoFundMe donation receipt email.

SUBMIT A DONATION SCREENSHOT

Screenshot Example:


RULES

NO PURCHASE OR DONATION IS NECESSARY TO ENTER. MUST BE PRESENT DURING THE LIVESTREAM TO WIN. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.

1. Sponsors and Platforms

Uintah (known as the SPONSOR) and Moondog Industries (known as the CO-SPONSOR) is a video entertainment producer 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.

2. Entry Period

Contest email entries must be received between:
12:00pm EST 1 August 2026
and
12:00pm EST 31 August 2026

3. Eligibility

Void where prohibited by law. Must be a legal resident in the USA. Moondog Industries employees, subsidiaries, affiliates, suppliers, advertising and promotion agencies, and 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.

Entrants must be present and able to post comments during the TMI Livestream show to identify themselves in the Chat during the live drawing.

4. 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.

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 winners 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. The selected entrant must respond in the Livestream chat within 1-minute of selection to be designated the Winner. Winners must email contest@moondogindustries.com within 24-hrs of selection to confirm their shipping address. The 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 selction with a confirmation email, 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 if unauthorized 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 occur 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 States 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. 

Shooting Sports

Nitecore NPL25 GL

Nightcore’s new NPL25 GL is one of the brightest compact weapon lights available. Its adjustable clamp allows it to be used on a variety of pistols. In my tests, my unit could output a maximum of 825 lumens, close enough to its rated 900 lumens. In addition to its brightness and CCW-friendly size, it also features a laser and removable built-in battery pack.

Its removable battery has LEDs which indicate its charge level. In theory, you could buy extra battery packs to swap out. But replacement battery packs are not available for sale on Nitecore’s website which seems like a huge oversight. A fresh battery pack can run the NPL25 for over 35 minutes in high mode.

My key issue with the NPL25 isn’t the battery pack, but with the proprietary magnetic USB cable used to recharge the pack. Unfortunately, Nitecore did not design the NPL25 to use a USB-C cable or a phone-compatible wireless charger. I spoke to them about this at SHOT Show 2025 and they revealed to me, they will be releasing a USB-C charging station that ships with 2 spare batteries. Problem solved.

BUY

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SPECS

NPL25
Max Output: 900 Lumens
Max Beam Distance: 255 m
Max Beam Intensity: 16000 cd
Max Runtime: 0 h 35 m / 0.02 d
LED: NiteLab UHi 20 LED
Battery Detachable: 500mAh Li-ion Battery
Dimensions: 56.0mm x 33.0mm x 32.0mm (2.20″ x 1.30″ x 1.26″)
Weight 66 g / 2.33 oz

Gadgets, Product Reviews

Nitecore Luminblade EDC29

6500 lumens is a lot of light. Several flashlights now can output that much brightness or more, but typically they are the size of small water bottles. The Nitecore Luminblade is the first pocket-sized EDC that can output 6500 lumens.

I found out the hard way that 6500 lumens isn’t just bright, it’s freak’n hot! When I pressed the button to test out its max output “Lumen Shield” mode, I immediately saw smoke and smelt burnt plastic. At first, I thought the unit was defective and burnt itself out but upon closer inspection, I discovered a hole melted through the outer layer of my puffy vest, right through to the insulation. Damn!

The unit is made of lightweight metal alloy with a few plastic plates which look like heat dissipaters but the fact they are plastic makes me think otherwise. It has two activation buttons at the top, a smaller primary on-off/mode button, and a wider and slightly recessed multi-function button; which can be configured for Lumen Shield, Search, or Strobe modes. The flashlight has mode memory.

There is a small but very informative LED display near the activation buttons. This display shows the brightness mode, lumen output, estimated run time, battery level, and voltage output. Under a silicone cap near the buttons and display is a USB-C charging port. Opposite the charging port is a button lockout switch, which seems like a good safety precaution after accidentally burning a hole in my clothing.

Given its high output and wealth of features, it shouldn’t be surprising that the EDC29 has a decently long runtime. Nightcore claims a 2hrs runtime when started in High (1200 lumens). In my test, my unit exceeded 3 hours (stepping down to low mode after about an hour).

Overall this is an impressive EDC flashlight in most respects. The only disappointing thing is that it is only IPX5 water resistant, which means it is rainproof but won’t survive dropping into a toilet bowl. To be better Nitecore should add the option of a double-bend pocket clip to allow you to clip it onto a cap brim as a headlamp, and a magnetic panel to allow the unit to be affixed to metal and be used as a work light.

BUY IT

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SPECS

Max Output: 6,500 Lumens
Max Beam Distance: 370m
Max Beam Intensity: 35,360 cd
Max Runtime: 61hrs (15 lum)
LED Type: 2 x UHi 20
Battery: Built-in 2,500mAh LiOn
Beam color: White
Length: 133.5mm / 5.26 in
Width: 34.6mm / 1.36 in
Weight: 160g / 5.64 oz
IPX Rating: 5/4