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UPDATED 11/20/2025:  Unfortunately, due to bots, I can't have these files as free anymore.  Don't worry - they're CHEAP and will support me continuing to upload more files.  Thanks for the support! Everyone likes free stuff, right?  Not everything I design here is intended to be for sale.  Sometimes I'll design something just to challenge myself, other times it's because I'm cheap and know that I can print it instead of buying it, and sometimes its a gift for family or friends.  Early on, 3D printing afforded me the ability to make things that I otherwise couldn't justify purchasing, particularly...

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For the second installment of my ramblings we will again be covering a high quality, U.S.A. made piece of kit.  I’ve been waiting to write on this until I got a little more use out of it so that I wasn’t just writing a classic “unboxing review” that invariably gives the item a glowing review because it literally hasn’t been used.  With that said, today I’ll cover the Hill People Gear Connor V2 backpack. TL;DR I’m pretty sure I will break down before this pack does, and while it isn’t pegged as an “EDC” bag, it does fantastic in that...

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I don’t know about you, but I'm a sucker for great gear that is built right here in the U.S.A...

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