Must pay them a visit, did not know they had a branch in Glasgow.
Thank you.
rorymax
Using the Polish Poncho in the atrocious weather it was designed for...
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Must pay them a visit, did not know they had a branch in Glasgow.
Thank you.
rorymax
LOMO Gear just rocks. I have a drysuit from them. Awesome.
It is indeed a RoughStuff Anorak. (I help them design and test things...)
This one is a prototype.
The production version will be coming out in the Autumn.
LOVE IT.
Love it for both. Something awesome about a nice fire-resistant, non-drippy, non-condensing bombproof shelter when in seriously cold weather. Reinforces the buddy principle also... Love it.
We used those on a survival course I was on in Sweden, I cant remember if it was buttons or toggles, but you can join them together to make various tents? two for a pup, and we made a long thin one on the last night that about 12 of us slept in, nice bit of kit if not a bit weighty
Love it for both. Something awesome about a nice fire-resistant, non-drippy, non-condensing bombproof shelter when in seriously cold weather. Reinforces the buddy principle also... Love it.
I just find it too small, I can't stretch out and very dark and poky. Tried to like it a few times but then gave up
Thanks for the video Susan!
I had one but it is definitively too heavy, not enough protection and cumbersome when you are above the line of trees (I live in Pyrénées). But it is nice for the forest.
I had one but it is definitively too heavy, not enough protection and cumbersome when you are above the line of trees (I live in Pyrénées). But it is nice for the forest.
I've just used two as a the usual laavu set up during two weekends of massive storms in the midlands here. They did a fantastic job of not leaking and of keeping everything really dark in the early morning! And it was affordable too.. I'm a total fan now.
i used it as a tent last november for a weekend on dartmoor, its great until you pack up early in the morning and its still soaking wet from dew (altough it doesnt soak through) and weighs about 4 times its original weight, which makes for a very entertaining trek out. lol
If weight isn't an issue I will use my Polish Lavvu, like the darkness inside and the feeling of toughness and simple ness! Some of my buttons have broken so a zipper upgrade is on the cards soon on the entrance side.
I proofed mine with Fabsil and so far not a drop has come through even in an absolutely torrential storm last year at a festival!
I ended up cutting off the dangly material from the inside that would cover the shoulders if worn as a poncho, going to use the material to make rain covers over the arm holes so I can have them open like windows without rain coming in.
Great bit of kit for 20 squid!
I proofed mine with Fabsil and so far not a drop has come through even in an absolutely torrential storm last year at a festival!
I ended up cutting off the dangly material from the inside that would cover the shoulders if worn as a poncho, going to use the material to make rain covers over the arm holes so I can have them open like windows without rain coming in.
Great bit of kit for 20 squid!
widu13
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
You got the wrong size one bud. Sounds like you needed the size 4 (or was it 1?).
Great piece of kit. Very cosy inside with trangia on low and a vent open.
Use the bag as a chair too!
And yes, even although I like the romance of a little canvas lavvu, even on a nice dry day it gets soaked on the outside with dew in the morning and weighs an absolute tonne! Actually felt like throwing it in the fire it was so heavy.
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