Rubbermaid Roughneck Resin Storage Shed 5-ft x 4-ft

September 26, 2022 in Review

I recently moved into a new home and was in need for a shed. I needed one quick and from what I’ve seen, in the shed world, nothing’s faster when it comes to DIY than a resin shed. Everything’s pre-made and all you have to do is put it together. In terms of sheds, I don’t know how it could be any easier aside from buying a pre-assembled one and having it delivered to your property.

I personally purchased a 5-ft x 4-ft Rubbermaid Roughneck Resin Storage Shed and was able to assemble it by myself. So assumably, anything smaller should also be easily assembled by one person but having help will definitely move things along. Assembling the Rubbermaid shed is largely just punching out some plastic for the screws and then screwing everything together. All the screws are the same size and you can pretty much get everything done with just a drill, drill bit, and a Phillips screwdriver. The entire thing is like a giant jigsaw puzzle but one of those extremely simple ones with like 50 pieces. I don’t think putting this shed together should be any problem for someone with the most basic ability to read instructions and comprehend. Again, I put the shed together by myself and even moved it by myself with a single hand truck but if you have some help it just makes an already easy project that much easier.

Now, like all sheds, you have some options when it comes to the base. You can build something but because the Rubbermaid shed comes with a floor, you can get away with direct ground contact in some situations. I planned to put the shed in this rocky section of the property and it largely worked until I put the doors on the shed. What I found was that if there’s a big enough elevation shift from one side to the other, the doors won’t work properly. In my case, the rocks made the right side of the shed slightly higher than the left and this caused the left door to pop completely off when both doors are closed. I could’ve resolved this by leveling out the ground by various means but I took the easiest route and just threw a sheet of pressure treated plywood under the shed. This gave my shed a flat enough base for the doors to work and some protection from the rocks.

So, at the end of the day, what do I think about this Rubbermaid resin shed? To be honest and knowing what I know now, I would buy something different or if I had the time, I would just build my own shed from wood. This Rubbermaid shed just feels like a child’s toy. The walls are pretty thin and flex with little force. If someone wanted to and had a knife, even a pocket knife, I think they’d be able to cut through the walls relatively easily. But in reality, that’s not needed at all because the doors are barely held in place. When I lock the doors together and give them a little tug, there is a lot of movement. That’s a gap of a couple of inches and I’m telling you now as someone who’s been playing with these doors a lot over the past few days, that gap allows me to leverage so much energy that not that much force is needed to rip these doors off from the shed because it’s not like there solidly held in place by anything. It’s just a piece of plastic going into a groove at the top and bottom. This is a huge problem and such a security risk to me. This is a deal breaker and I personally would say that it makes this Rubbermaid Roughneck Resin Storage Shed not worth it. It’s fine if you’re storing stuff that you really don’t care about but if you’re looking for something with a reasonable amount of security, this is not it. Look at one of those cheap sheet metal sheds if you’re looking for something relatively easy to put together and possibly even cheaper. I’m pretty disappointed in this purchase but it is what it is.

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Inspire Fitness FPC1 Full Power Cage First Impressions

September 26, 2022 in Review

I recently moved into a new home with a good amount of garage space and I’m finally able to build my own home gym. To start things off, I bought a power rack. This particular one is the Inspire Fitness FPC1 or the Full Power Cage 1. I’ve just got this thing assembled and my other gym equipment hasn’t come in yet so this rack hasn’t been used for anything but pull-ups and dips so for this video, we’ll only do a first impression. I’ll get back to you with a more in-depth review at a later time.

First off, this rack arrived in one big box. Upon opening the box and because this is my first time assembling a power rack, the task looked pretty daunting but I assure you, assembly is as straightforward as can be. The directions are laid out clearly and this is definitely one of the easiest installs that I’ve had to deal with. I was able to put the cage together by myself and that was very doable but if you have an extra set of hands, the assembly would just fly by.

In terms of dimensions, we are looking at 60” wide, 58” in length, 85” in height, and a weight of 365 lbs.

The cage is constructed from 3x3 tubing with 1” holes for attachments. The holes are 3” apart, center to center. The cage, accessories, and hardware are all black, and we get a hint of red with the multi-grip pull-up bar.

With this cage, you get 2 dip handles, 2 pin style safeties, 2 J-Hooks, 2 outer safeties, 2 upper band attachments, 2 lower band attachments, a landmine, and a battle rope holder.

For residential use, the rack comes with a limited lifetime warranty.

In terms of a first impression, this rack looks amazing. I’ve been in a good amount of racks at commercial gyms and I can’t say that this is any worse. If anything, it’s better. Fit and finish is great. Everything lines up like it’s supposed to and the rack seems to be very robust. I’m sure it can hold up to any lifting that I’ll be doing. Also, a big benefit of this rack is the accessories that already come with it. Typically, you’d have to pay for things like the pull-up bar, dip handles, outer safeties, band attachments, landmines, and battle rope holders. Here, you get all that for an MSRP of $999 but you can definitely find the cage for less than that. I’ve seen a few sites offer it for $100-$150 off but the cheapest place that I’ve seen this rack for sale is Costco where it can go down to $400, which is an insane value. That’s where I picked this rack up and would definitely recommend you do the same if possible. The savings alone would pay for a Costco membership multiple times over, not to mention some more gym equipment.

I’m pretty excited to actually start using this cage for its intended purpose and will let you guys know how that goes. Again, I’ll make a more in-depth review video in the future so make sure to subscribe to my YouTube for that.

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Ranger Point Precision Henry Henry 22 Rimfire M-LOK Aluminum Handguard

September 17, 2022 in Guns & Ammo

I just finished installing a Ranger Point Precision handguard on my Henry lever action gun and wanted to share my experiences with you.

My particular firearm is model H001 and it originally came with a walnut Handguard to match the walnut stock. This is a good looking combo but from the beginning, I knew that I was going to throw a Ranger Point Handguard on this gun and one on a Henry X when I pick one of those up.

Installation of the Handguard is fairly straightforward and Henry themselves have made a tutorial on the process so those who are interested can check that out. There are only two screws keeping you from getting the original forend off and three to put the Ranger Point on so installation is a breeze, at least it should be. From my experience, the barrel band that came with the Ranger Point did not fit, not even close. At first, I thought it was just the two side lugs that were sticking out too much so I filed those down and the band was finally able to make it over the mag tube dovetail. Then it was the entire round section that wraps around the barrel. I started with hand filing this section but quickly found out that a lot of material had to be removed so out came the Dremel.

After doing this, I was able to get the handguard installed but the process was a lot more tedious than Ranger Point made it out to be. I actually contacted them when I first discovered the problem but after a bunch of questions to make sure that I was installing their handguard on the correct gun, which I was, the answer that I got was essentially we have one of those guns in house and the handguard fits just fine. Well, that’s great and I’m sure that’s true but isn’t it possible that Henry updated some things that made your handguard not fit anymore?

In the end, I was able to install the Ranger Point handguard but was it worth it? That’s hard to say. If the installation process went as smoothly as it was supposed to, then yes. However, if you have to do the work that I did and you don’t have the tools, you’d either have to buy them or pay someone to do the work which brings the price of what should be a cheap setup higher, which may be counterintuitive.

I’m just glad that I was able to finish the installation because it is a good look to me. Now, I’m probably going to have to do something about the stock to get a matching black theme.

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Whiten a Sweat Stain Gi with OxyClean

July 14, 2022 in Review

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My SilencerShop eForms 4 Experience

April 30, 2022 in Guns & Ammo

What’s going on guys? It’s Hai and I recently got the approval for my first suppressor, a Dead Air Wolfman, and it was through the use of SilencerShop’s eForms submission system. In this post, I want to talk to you about the process for me and some impressions of the process from someone who’s completed it.

First off, let’s get some background information. In late November of 2021, word around the internet was that the ATF was going to reintroduce eForms for Form 4 applications. A Form 4 is essentially a transfer of ownership of a completed NFA item from one party to another. So it would be you buying a fully functional SBR, suppressor, whatever NFA item from a dealer, and they transfer that item to your legal possession. Prior to the recent reintroduction of eForms, buying an NFA item was done with paper printouts, shipped from one party to another. As you can imagine this takes time and it’s hard to keep track of what’s going on. With eForms, they are essentially digitalizing this process and allowing various paperwork to be sent online. In the past, the wait for a paper Form 4 can largely be a guess. It could be a few months, a year, maybe even more. No one really knows. Well with eForms, the ATF is saying that they will try to keep the time frame down to 90 days in 2022 and possibly 30 days in 2023.

I was always in the mindset of “I’m not going to blow about a thousand dollars and not even see what I bought for a year.” Well, with eForms I decided that maybe now was the time. 3 months is a lot more doable.

What’s funny is that when I purchased this Wolfman on November 16, 2021. I don’t believe the relaunch of eForms was announced yet because I definitely didn’t know about it. The announcement was made a week or two later with the official eForms launch being set for December 23, 2021. Silencershop said that all suppressor paperwork expected to be completed through them from December 4th (something like that) would be held and be done with eForms when it launched a few weeks later because that would be so much faster than just going through with paper form. Everything received prior would be done via paper form. I was pretty frustrated because again, I purchased the Wolfman before the initial eForms announcement. I thought I missed out so I thought I might as well buy another suppressor and see how fast eForms really is, so I did.

However, something was very weird about my paperwork in the background. I was just waiting and waiting to get a call about the Wolfman and about a month after purchasing, I decided to make some calls and it turns out, whoever did not do the paper form and my Wolfman was being held for eForms. I was surprised but absolutely fine with this because it would work out in my favor.

Now we get into the meat of it. My suppressor is at my FFL and we’re waiting to certify the paperwork but it turns out that Silencershop or the ATF didn’t have the system properly worked out and it was super buggy. They also didn’t launch it to all dealers at once and my FFL did not have the green light. All we could do was wait.

Over two months after the initial purchase, it is January 21, 2022. I got the email saying that my suppressor was ready to certify. I called up my FFL to get things started and we run into more troubles. Well, it turns out the system is still buggy and Silencershop didn’t really give any training so my FFL didn’t really know what to do. They had to call Silencershop but it turns out their dealer hotline is not all that fast and still required them to wait about 40 minutes to get ahold of someone, just like me. So, both the guy from my FFL and myself are calling SIlencershop, waiting 40 minutes, talking to separate people, and eventually, we figured out what to do. For my FFL, I was literally the first person to do eForms so it was a learning experience. At the end of the day, the Wolfman was certified and the official wait started.

Again, the ATF is advertising a 90-day turnaround time. I set my calendar notifications and just tried to forget about the suppressor. Well, about a month and a half or so later, Silencershop started making updates saying that eForms is working and showed customer testimonies. Some people were getting approvals in like a week or two. Some people who were getting approvals submitted the same day as I did so I was a bit excited. Well, it turned out that all the fast approvals are for those who filed as an individual whereas I filed through a trust via Silencershop’s Single Shot Trust. If you don’t know the difference between filing as an individual or trust, I’d advise you to research that because it is kind of a big aspect of NFA ownership. But just know that filing as an individual is generally the faster route, it just has fewer benefits depending on your needs.

So for me, it was back to waiting. The 90-day mark came and went. Once that happened, I didn’t know what to think. Maybe it was any day now. Maybe it’s just as long as the paper form. No one knows. But luckily for me, on the 95th day, I woke up to an email from the ATF with my tax stamp approval. I went and picked up my Wolfman that same day and I’m now officially a suppressor owner.

Okay so let’s backtrack. I purchased my suppressor on 11/16/21 and because of the various eForms issues, I actually didn’t certify my suppressor until 1/21/22 and got the approval on 4/26/22. From start to finish for the Wolfman, it was 161 days but to get the suppressor certified, it only took 95 days.

Again, the situation here is a bit weird but that’s something that you got to be okay with when buying NFA items because you are at the mercy of various entities. You have little power when the train starts rolling. It’s a hurry-up so you can sit and wait type of scenario. All you can do is get your paperwork done and hope that everything else goes right. In my case, it took 95 days to get the approval once the paperwork was sent. Not 90 as advertised but pretty close and much better than going the paper route.

However, there is something that I want to bring up. This whole time I’ve been talking about Form 4s. For those unaware, there are a bunch of other forms that can be filed. When buying a completed NFA item though, you’re likely also going to have to deal with Form 3s. This isn’t something that you’ll likely even be told about but it’s a point of frustration for many people. Form 3 is essentially asking for permission to move the NFA item, prior to someone officially owning it. In my scenario, I purchased the Wolfman from Silencershop which is located in Texas. I live in Washington State. So to move the suppressor from Texas to Washington, a Form 3 approval was needed. Form 3 approval is a complete crapshoot because there’s no telling how long it can take for approval. It can take a week, a month, however long the ATF wants it to take. At this point, I’ve purchased 4 suppressors. I’ve seen Form 3s getting approved in 1 week, 2 weeks, and a month. That’s partially why I think this Wolfman got held for eForms because even though I purchased it in November, It didn’t get to my FFL until mid-December. So again, Form 3s are just one of those things that you may have to deal with that can add unknown amounts of time to the process.

But that’s kind of the entire theme when working with the ATF, you just don’t know. You don't have much say in any part of the process. All I can say is, just put your paperwork in and try to forget about it. Don’t expect anything. It can be a week. It can be a year. Don’t stress too much about it. The faster you put the paperwork in, the sooner you’ll get an NFA item.