Jared's Review of Eton Microlink FR 160

Well I happened to get an early Christmas present and after a few days of testing it out I figured I better make a review.  I wanted this product for Christmas and got it so that's good.  I tried charging a cell phone off of it and it is not enjoyable, but it works.  The charge rate is about the same as my normal house charger but that takes almost 3 hours to charge my phone and I could not imagine cranking that thing for 3 hours.  Either way this thing is pretty sweet and seems rugged enough for me, which is saying a lot.  I just hope the crank doesn't break sometime while I'm trying to charge my phone lost in the woods.  Anyway looks like I got something to add to my camping supplies for the summer when hopefully at least some of us quad survival members do some hardcore camping.  I said I hope it didn't happen last summer, but this summer I am going to try to change that.  The radio works fine so far easily picking up local stations without even putting up the antenna. Anyway I'm rambling I hope you enjoy the review.

Update:
So I have no also used this for 3 days straight ice fishing, and it has lived up to expectations.  We used it as a radio in the ice shack.  Then a radio and a light in the shack when it got dark.  The radio lasted almost a whole two days before we had to charge it.  When we did a minute of cranking would give us about 20 minutes of radio and light before we had to crank again.  Nothing has been broken on this yet, but I am worried about the antenna now since it is being beat around.  So far so good I've been very satisfied.

Wisconsin Deer Season 2011 YouTube Video

Well after trying for many hours to get this video in working order I have given up and decided to post it up on YouTube in its current state.  I apologize, but considering nothing went on anyway I'll post it.  I hope you enjoy our lack of excitement during the Wisconsin Deer Season.  Either way we had fun spending time in the woods and as you can all agree it's better than being in the city and doing nothing.  Here is the video...

New Item in the Quad Survival Store

We have a new item in our Zazzle store.  It's a Quad Survival mug.  It's got a B.A. font that shows in front when you hold it right handed and a Celtic font when you hold it left handed for Jared.  It would make a great Christmas gift to give any of us Quad Survival members, or just for yourself to put beverages in.  Either way if you care to check it out on the link below.
http://www.zazzle.com/quad_survival_mug-168801191877714653

First Annual Black Forest Lodge Awards

Welcome to the first annual Black Forest Lodge Awards.  This is a random collection of random awards that happened throughout the deer season.  Now onto the awards...

3 most amazing things that happened during the season:
1.  George set the record out of the BFL at 1 minute 34 seconds while setting the car on fire, and fought the log and the log won.
2.  Jake rose to the level of wizard status
3.  Old Man Rounce actually went hunting for two days

Biggest Puss Wagon:

Eric.  For hiding full beverage containers around the BFL and emptying out a full beverage container and filling it with water for playing cards.  Note: Eric claims he did not leave containers all over, but we are giving him the award anyway.

Laziest Hunter:

Look to see the tp

Jared.  For using the truck as a deer stand and driving the truck to random trees in the woods to take a poo.  On a side note he also confused Coke with Diet Coke which takes skills.

Worst Shot:
Tommy.  For shooting his deer in the foot first.  Since he is also the only one who ended up getting a deer he also gets...

Best Shot:
Tommy.  For being the only one to get a deer this year while at the BFL.

Most Improved:

Ryan.  For going out hunting more than one day this year.  Although he isn't actually hunting perhaps by next year he will have a gun and a license.

Best Mustache:
Jimmy.  Although he had a lot of beard going on, he also was the only one able to make his mustache curl up thus giving him this award.

Best Beard:
Andy.  With a goat beard that all men and some women were jealous of Andy wins this award hands down.

Most Badass:

George.  For cutting his lip in half with a log then coming back after his emergency room visit to continue partying, and for getting the record for driving out of the BFL at one minute and thirty four seconds while setting the car on fire George easily wins this award.

Black Forest Lodge Man Of The Year:

Jake.  This award is given to the man who most strives to be the manliest hunting man around.  Jake wins this award because he almost did everything that was possible at the BFL this year.  He would party at night and still be up in his stand by five in the morning.  Then after a long day of hunting and consuming he would then cook supper for everyone and then let the cycle continue.  The fact that he reached wizard status only helps prove that he is deserving of this award.  When lesser men such as Jared wanted to call it a night so they could attempt to get up early, Jake called them puss wagons then manned up and continued to do all he could to have a good time and still got up in the morning to hunt.

2011 Wisconsin Deer Season

Another deer season has come and gone. Once again, it was more about the friendship and adventure than any actual hunting. Plus, it's always nice to have an excuse to shoot some guns, talk about the good old days, and discuss anything and everything.






Although Eric, Jared, and I did not have any luck as far as even seeing a deer, we did have fun hanging out in the woods and enjoy eating Jakes --Jareds brother -- famous open fire grilling. I always enjoy cracking jokes and comparing Jared to his Grandpa. The Old Man is always a pleasure to be around and he's usually good for a laugh or two. One of my favorite lines of the whole week was having him inform me that Jared and I look like "A**holes with ears" with our Movember Mustaches.




My dad and Paul did have better luck hunting this year but I doubt they had as much fun as we did. My dad bagged himself a 9 point buck which provided a lot of meat for our family this year. Paul shot a doe which he named Sally. He also provided a little bit of controversy for the season. He shot a nice buck and put it down. However, another hunter came along and said he had shot the buck first and therefore he should get the animal. Paul not knowing the official guidelines for this kind of situation allowed the other hunter to keep the buck even though he felt he deserved it for providing the kill shot. I will have to defer to more experienced hunters for their take on the situation.

I look forward to this summer when we will all hang out at the Black Forest Lodge again...if it's standing after the harsh winter snowfall.