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I have also heard that the honey stove is very good its almost like a hexagonal version of one of the collapsable stoves discussed on here, I here it is also good value for money.

I personally am in the yes camp and I put to those in the 'no', What else would you have Mr Mears do? What in your opinion would make him worthy of a knighthood? Once you have done this, compare those that already have a knighthood to your list and see how they compare, take George Best for...

I think that was Nitroglycerin (an explosive) I guess that would give you fire to!

MadelineW -Yes I believe it is the same stuff as the stuff you use in baking my mum had some in her cupboard and thats what I used.

If I remember rightly you can mix glycerin with potassium permanganate to make fire!? I think there might be a reference to it in the SAS survival guide

Many thanks for the kind words I need it at the moment. Should anyone have any interesting queries I am just about to satrt a placement on A&E so I could ask these guys.

I have found a couple of smallish (dry) beech logs to burn for hours with great heat and producing lovely embers for cooking. The local scout group did a demo of this sort of wood compared with the stuff you get from those wooden palates (pine I think) Although the pine burns fiercley it gives...

Hey there I love the shelters. Just a quick question where did you manage to find an area to play around in and build shelters??? I live in Winchester and although there is lots of countryside its all private estates and such like.

Hi there sorry to cause confusion but the actual ratio for adults is 30 chest compressions to 2 breaths and there is no longer 2 rescue breaths at the begining of resus. http://www.resus.org.uk/pages/gl5algos.htm I'm currently in my second year of nurse training and this is our most recent...

Hey there. Mame from a fishing tackle shop a few years ago. I can't remember how much it cost but it wasn't that much. However my beta light is only about 3/4 of an inch long so fairly small.

I don't know an awful lot about snake bites but one thing I was always told was that if bitten NOT to tourniquet the affected limb. The reasoning behind this was that the venom if it goes direct to the blood stream then you would not get a tourniquet on fast enough to prevent the spread of the...

I wonder if there is anywhere that road tests different survival kits a bit like cars so you could buy a 1 star survival kit that would need Ray Mears to operate it to survive and 5 star that could be used by a 5 year old.

Fair point I guess. I quite like hoodoos tube idea to I guess at the end of the day it really comes down to personal preference. A lot of the bits in my tin I already had it was just a case of finding a suitable container to put them in. I did'nt realise quite how cheap those kits were as I...

"I use one as my map case and another as a waterproof storage for my mobile when out and about. Both have taken a bit of a battering and seem to be doing fine, seal is still A ok - although I broke the mobile by standing on it !" I am not doubting that the Doug Ritter PSK is a good bit of...

You could always follow the tutorial on making a 5 hour forge? I'm sure you could get someone to do the welding bit for you then you'd be able to play around and pherhaps do some self taught blacksmithing there is a nice download on this site to I believe.

I guess that they have the added advantage of not bending or deforming if trodden on but what about the contents plus I have a sharpened version of the saw strike in mine and i'd be worried about it slicing through? They sound ideal for tinder though, i'm fed up with the bags i've got getting...

To be honest there are a few bits in there that are useful like the whistle but the container its in looks a bit flimsy. I'd be worried that it might tear, and the spark striker doesn't look that robust, you may be able to operate it one handed but if it breaks ya screwed/ My motto is the less...

It's not as hard as it sounds. Most of the items are flat like the blades mirror, saw for the striker etc. I still have room for more little odds and ends. The container is one of those virginia leaf baccy tins so is not only fairly roomy but is water tight with the addition of some black...

oh and a button compass

To be honest if you have a baccy tin you can fit in all sorts of stuff heres whats in mine: Length of rubber- good for firelighting and if needs be a catapult. A glass lense- fire Puritabs- water purification Condom- Whatever you need it for most! Small Flint steel and striker- Striker is...