Talk:Hesco bastion

Prices
Fascinating article, but are those prices genuine? I know military prices are outrageous but this seems over the top even by their shameless standards


 * Why not google around? No, they are no sourced atm. MadMaxDog 11:54, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

HESCO bastions are produced by HESCO Bastion Ltd, it is a patented product and the manufacturer is taking advantage of this situation. This article as a matter of fact constitutes an advertisement for HESCO Bastion Ltd - Purgstall, May 9, 2009

Absurd. Hesco barriers (as they are popularly called by American soldiers) are everywhere in Iraq, and they are known by the firm's name, nothing else. It's a fact, not an advertisement. They've saved a hell of a lot of lives too. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 214.13.130.104 (talk) 14:10, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

I spent a year in Iraq from June 2008 to June 2009 as a U.S. Navy civilian. I was fortunate to be able to travel all over the northern half of Iraq. I visited nearly all of the larger combined US/Iraqi military bases as well as a substantial number of U.S. Forward Operating Bases (FOBs). I can assure you that HESCO barriers are everywhere over there. The statement to that effect in the article is correct as is SineBot's comment above. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.100.9.202 (talk) 16:32, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

Photos of flood control
All the photos in this article are of HESCO bastions in military applications. I just took some photos of a crew setting up bastions to protect a building on the University of Iowa campus from an impending flood on the Iowa River. They are free to anyone who has a use for them:

Sadly, if the water comes up to the barriers, it will be difficult to photograph from the water side -- the footbridge from which I took the first 3 photos is now off limits. Douglas W. Jones (talk) 02:03, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

Protection
I have removed the uncited section on the Hesco bastions' stopping power against various arms. If you have information on this topic, please feel free to add it to the article along with proper citations. Thanks. --Amlz (talk) 02:40, 12 September 2015 (UTC)

Bastion seems to be the chosen brand name
For hurricane flood control, the media here in Louisiana calls them "Hesco Baskets" which is a very concise description of what they are: sandbaskets rather than sandbags. 72.200.20.62 (talk) 17:59, 6 October 2016 (UTC) (Dfoofnik unlogged)

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