Nothing marine-grade about it
920672
Poorly constructed.  The threaded mounting hole actually fell into the internal box of the speaker during installation.  Having to take the speaker apart to fix it, I realized the speaker is not water proof, water resistant or even adquately sealed for outdoor use.  You get what you pay for.  The sound quality is just OK. Invest the money, and upgrade to "true" marine grade speakers.
2713650
Its battle system is subpar to Starocean and Tales of series'. This was very disappointing... at least the story is interesting.
4798861
As a U.S. Marine - Infantry I found this movie to be a very silly representation of war, WWII, combat, and everything else this movie tries to do.

Good:  I liked the cinematic production.  The combat footage is rather good, and from time to time the tactics are also reasonably accurate.  However, it has huge gaping hole such as: they call in artillery fire, pummel the place, then find out there is a machine gun nest still active and rather than calling in more artillery fire, they decide to make a frontal assault with pistols - crazy.

Bad: Music, way too much of "sad epic music" this movie tries to recreate the feeling of Saving Private Ryan or Last of the Mohicans and fails badly. Namely they play slow music and show fast action.

Very poor plot line, I still have no idea what the plot of this movie is.

This movie seems to be produced by someone with an "anti-war" agenda using sad and wornout sterotypes of the military and little to no understanding of combat.

In Summary:  It tries to be preachy and fails, it tries to epic and fail, it tries to have a plot and fails, it tries to be an action/drama and fails.  But, great work by the cinematography crew and technical adviser.
458351
I rated this mini-series one star, in honor of those who fell during the war in the Pacific.  I you invest 220 million US dollars in a mini-series, you'd expect the main characters to be portrayed with a minimum of depth.  Some battle scenes were depicted in a reasonable way, but the sum of its parts, is less than what we expected from Spielberg and Hanks, who did a great job with Band of Brothers. Maybe the problem lies just there: after Band of Brothers, you'd expect at least the same quality with The Pacific. Unfortunately, Spielberg and Hanks failed to privide the goods. They tried to combine a more personal touch, by showing the characters with their families and added a few sex scenes.  This didn't raise the quality of The Pacific.  It's true that Band of Brothers didn't show any family background scenes with its main characters, but that didn't prevent from Band of Brothers to be one of the best mini-series ever, if not THE best. If you already invest so much money, efforts and time in a mini-series(overfour years), how is it possible to STILL produce a dud? It only proves that even uber-producers Spielberg and Hanks can make mistakes.  The Pacific was such a huge mistake.
2202161
I had a flashlight like this when I was a boy scout (long, long ago). It had a heavy feel to it and was coated with a hard rubber shell. When I ordered this I thought I would be getting the same thing. This was a cheap feather weight plastic that feels very flimsy. The description says military style. No way would the military accept this.
4542401
Not a fan of this item at all. The length is just fine, but the handle is not a t-bar style as pictured, but a triangle handle. For surfing, this isn't a big deal at all as you generally adjust length via holding the rope to find the pocket, but the rope itself has knotted "Super-knots" every 2 feet that don't allow for easy transition. For the price, I can't compain too much but this one will be going in the locker once I find a suitable replacement in store.
2671314
Warning, these are not marine grade speakers. These so called marine speakers sounded great when new. Then I noticed the cones starting to disintegrate. I called Prospec, Prospec is a Harmon company that owns Harmon Kardon, Infinity, JBL, and others. They asked me if the speakers had been in the rain and in sunlight. Hello! These are in a boat! They would not honor the warranty. If you want good sounding speakers that last 1 boating season, buy these. There are a lot better marine speakers out there for the money. Don't waste yours as I did. Double click on the picture, notice the cone and water in the tweeter.
2506026
First of all the HMS Victory was not a Schooner, it was a first-rate ship of the line, and secondly, this "model" is an insult to the HMS Victory and Admiral Horatio Nelson, I cannot believe someone could make such a sad excuse of a ship and try to call it the HMS Nelson. I mean just look at the cannons! Terrible!
1593511
I've never seen nor heard of this movie, I was just browsing cause I was bored, and I started searching for jaws and eventually came to this. I figured what the neck and watched the trailer, it was pathetic. Sharks can jump out of water, but not high enough to be considered flying. And all the bikini chicks it's kinda stereotypical for a beach staged movie. The acting did look really bad and the shark being able to walk on land is just dumb. Along with the shark vs walking tank thing, that was stupid. The cgi was terrible, made me wanna throw up.
4876214
Decent quality for price. Not commercial grade by any stretch.
2408489
Save your money...Unless you are a USMC type looking for some history...
3610383
At the beginning of episode 5, I just couldn't take it anymore. This stuff is formulaic HBO twaddle. I was astonished at how much sex that Marines in the PTO could be having. But then I remember the HBO formula... Marines were mostly a motivated volunteer force (especially early in WWII), but these guys look like draftees or part of a prison chain gang. Leckie is the character that Hanks or Spielberg would see themselves as, the thoughtful writer, attracts beautiful women, is heroic, but jaded by the horror of war, blah blah, modern Hollywood hero stereotype. Of course the USMC officers fit the stereotype as useless dolts. (except for Chesty Puller who is only in there for historical reference). I wonder why they completely overlooked the heroism of the Marine Air Wing and the "cactus airforce" at Guadalcanal? Anyway, I've already wasted more time writing about this than it deserves. Two stars for at least following a historical  story line. Google some USMC history if you want to see pictures of real Marines. "Marines at Tarawa" is a good documentary film. And reading "Into the Valley" by John Hersey is good too.
2465066
From the moment I opened the package, I was disappointed.  It came in a hard plastic case with no padding whatsoever. Even my cheap General from Lowe's came in a better box with cutout foam padding.  But that's a minimal annoyance.  After zeroing, then opening the jaws, it would not go back to zero most the time.  That means that any measurement taken is also not dependable. The jaws were not finely ground and matched.  When closed, the points of the inside jaws did not match. The thickness of the narrow part of jaws did not seem to match either.  The outer surface of the jaws had been buffed so much that the edges of the jaws curved inward instead of being perfectly square.  All in all, relatively poor quality. And heavy.

So I immediately set about to see if I could find a decent caliper that wasn't expensive and still had inch fractions, which was important to me.  I finally found one in same price range (actually cheaper), and it had none of the drawbacks mentioned above.  It was the iGaging IP54.  Cheaper and better.  Imagine that.

It's probably not worth the trouble to pack up and ship back this one, but no, I'm not happy with it.
3880590
I was surprised by the cheap construction of the Seahorse case.  The wheels were cheap plastic - no bearings.  The case was warped just enough so when I put a flashlight inside, light showed through the opening.  Clearly not waterproof, and certainly no need for an air seal.  Very cheap construction.  I turned around and bought a Pelican case instead.  It is way more expensive, but it is solid construction with bearings in the wheels, and a solid case.
3623310
The bed was pretty easy to assemble, the shipping process went just fine.  The quality of the bed, on the other hand, came up short.  There were a  number of odd glue like marks all over the bed.  We tried to gently scrape them off but the finish care right with it.  AND, it is not a sleigh bed.  there is not curvature of the headboard or footboard.  The side panels are cut to give the impression of a sleigh.  This really does not qualify the "fine" furniture title because it is far from fine.  I must add that Amazon really dropped the ball on this product.  If I hadn't sent off the old bed with the charity truck, I would have sent this back.
4156616
Ok...  So I got this knife with high expectations...  After all, it is a military Ka-Bar right?

Overall I'd say it is junk.  It feels like it is made of aluminum, it is so light.  The handle looks from a distance like leather wrapped metal.  It is not.  It is leather with hard black plastic end pieces against the blade and butt-end.  The end is not solid.  It is a thin metal covering with the rat-tail tang sticking through the bottom and a side pin hammered in the hold it all in place.  It feels like it is worth about $30.  This can't be what they use in the military.

30 years ago my older brother bought me a knife similar to this.  I was just a kid.  It sits in my trucks glove compartment today.  It's in the style of the airforce survival knife (Camillus 1980s).  It is a little smaller, but it is a thick, heavy, solid durable beast.  I've treated it poorly and it's got scratches and a little rust in spots.  But overall it makes this Ka-Bar look like a toy.  If they are still built as well I'd get that instead of this one.

I'm cancelling my other order for a different Ka-Bar and debating sending this one back.  I also bought the plastic sheath which is just cheap plastic but OK.  The leather sheath that comes with this is pure junk.

If you are looking for a basic bomb-proof knife.....  keep looking!  I'd recommend paying up for an ESEE Knife if you like 1095 knives.  They are more durable, true full tang,  and better crafted by miles.  Sold this on Ebay and got the ESEE and it's totally worth it.
3300086
This has an artless plot, relies on extremely unlikely coincidence and shows a simplistic understanding of the military and expecially submarines. The "temporary suspension of disbelief" here is more at home in a Little Golden Book.  The characters are rather one-dimensional and hackneyed stereotypes. And frankly, I do agree there is something disrespectful about using an honored American symbol and national historic monument to kill innocent civilians. This book also poorly edited with numerous grammatical and spelling mistakes. There is a reason why it is self-published.

Jim Domnick, a publishing editor in New York