What's with the MJL bashing? Have some of the slammers tried to source equipment, get up to speed with it during a brief loan period, then shoot the type of informative video/s that MJL puts out?
Yes, his videos could be quite long
and very DETAILED
but he always made note of that and why,
and urged viewers to either fast forward to the parts of interest, or basically "take it or leave it"
The gent isn't piercing 5KV megohm insulation test probes into anyones skull to watch his videos
FWIW A few years ago, my gear update considerations were based on watching both Youtubers Dave Jones EEVblog and Martin J. Lorton's teardowns, tests, pros and cons, thumbs up/down...you know the drill
What points Dave may not have hit on, Martin did, and
vice-versa, both reviewers pulling no punches on decent or dud gear
Both Youtubers were/are THE 'go to' of equipment reviews before I click on to other Youtube offerings
I could care less about 'another' scope giveaway some vendor is flogging, that may or may not have gone south for whatever reason.
If I need that scope desperately, I'll save my pennies and go buy one,
or just get over it and buy/use whatever works
...rather than suspect foul play on a competition that may not have been applicable to my country and unlikely to win anyway
i.e. get real and give the guy a break, it's not good form to publicly hose someone for one blunder,
'if' that was the case, which no one knows for sure 100%