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What do you all know about camping gas cartridges that exploded? Which? In combination with which stoves? In which circumstances? Why? How? Was the reason a user fault or a construction fault or what was the reason? Tell us what you know about that!

From time to time I noticed that textile good quality outdoor products often are made in Vietnam. I recently went for dinner in a Vietnamese restaurant and asked the owner why that's the case and the answer did surprise me: The Vietnamese textile industry was built up with help by the GDR...

I recently bought British Army DPM Gaiters, I think the younger model. There are 6 grommets, 3 on each side of each gaiter, that are obviously meant to pull a cord through that goes under the sole. Are 4 grommets meant as a spare? Is that for adjustments? Do you use all 6 with special knots...

The owners of Rapala fishing lures and Marttiini knives move the entire production to Estonia and seem to kick out the Finnish employees. https://yle.fi/a/74-20006565

Where is the upper temperature limit to use comfortably a completely closed British army bivvy bag? I mean without a sleeping bag in summer conditions. And if used open under some kind of tarp where is the limit then?

One of my neighbours wants to go alone for a long summer tour through west Europe. A road trip with wild camping in the car and additional a little tent using camping sites. The guy is relatively old and has a classical outdoor education, used to NVA equipment and east German civil stuff. But...

Please let's collect in this thread the best educational videos about orientation and land navigation with map and compass. Thank you for keeping this thread clean from other comments, unless you find real faults that are shown in the videos that others did link to here.

Varusteleka suggests to use the MilTec waterproof match case for CR123A Batteries. https://www.varusteleka.com/en/product/mil-tec-us-army-model-matchbox-olive-drab/5177?country=DE&gclid=EAIaIQobChMItJ6UlKbK9QIVz-ZRCh3YLgzMEAEYASACEgLoHfD_BwE Do I understand right that I can put two of them...

Which is currently the best available head lamp with changeable batteries? And why?

Which are your most convincing hiking socks? In which boots do you wear them?

I would like to know who used a current, new issued or new bought British army sleeping bag system. DId it convince you? I have seen that it is sold here new incredibly cheap: https://www.strikeforcesupplies.co.uk/index.php?method=cat&id=6

At which temperature do you put on longjohns if hiking and wildcamping? Let's assume that you wear over it only the usual polyester - cotton mix trekking trousers or the usual army field trousers.

I currently think about rucksack packing options and as I tend to work with absolutely waterproof dry bags anyway, I think about creating a swimming rucksack. Would anybody tell me please which maximum total weight a 100 litres rucksack may have if I want to avoid that it sinks? Let's say I...

So far I am informed, the British army shelter sheets are made out of nylon / polyamide and coated with silicone. The similar made Hilleberg tents did not degrade by aging yet although produced since 40 years. Are British army bashas made in the same extremely durable quality?

Heads up! https://www.silvermans.co.uk/collections/rucksacks-load-carrying/products/genuine-patrol-pack-50lt?variant=31041409843254

I think about buying the Swiss army cuttlery kit. One can stick together here fork and spoon but doesn't need to carry a knife in the kit. I already have a full tang knife and a Victorinox Compact with me and don't want to carry a dull eating knife around. Does anybody know if one can stick...

In the first view the Vango Nevis 100 looks like a copy of the Hilleberg Akto, one of the best 1 man tents in the world. If the Vango quality is generally good, what I don't know because they are rare in Germany, that would be a very interesting option in my opinion. Did anybody already try...

I have seen that a German military surplus shop offers original British army mesh bags. They are green, have a draw string closure and the dimensions 38 x 16 cm or 26 x 13 cm Are they for onions and garlic or what is the intended use?

I think about buying a British or Dutch army mess kit. Does anybody know a MOLLE pouch that fits well to one of them?

Which bushcraft relevant products are still made in Scandinavic countries? I mean the production, not a headquarter and design office that orders equipment that is in fact made somewhere else. I think we should count in here Greenland, Iceland, Faeroe islands, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and...