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How long does it take and how easy is it to pitch a Helsport Varanger, and does anyone use the inner/groundsheet. The videos I have found, just seem to show the tent laid out in a rough circle, then the outer is pulled taught on the ground, ground pegs hammered in, the pole raised, and the...

This is really two questions, but they share a common problem. Most, (all) of us here will be aware of the dangers from carbon monoxide when burning fuel in confined spaces and the toxicity risks from using methanol as a cheaper alternative to Meths. But what does, make sure your tent is "well...

Can anyone suggest a supply of tarps the same design as this hennesey one http://hennessyhammock.com/catalog/products/expedition_rainfly_70d_polyester/ but around 3m x 3m. The Tatonka one is about 4m x 4m which gives a diagonal of 5.6m which makes it too big. Many thanks, Graham

While I realise I could just pick up a pair at a garden centre, does anyone have suggestion for a not too bulky pair of general purpose work gloves. Something to protect against thorns and splinters etc and maybe the odd blister, plus let me pick up hot pots. Cut resistance would be good too I...

I am looking for something like this http://www.maxpedition.com/store/pc/Remora-Gearslinger-2p384.htm But hopefully a bit cheaper? Overall it's about 9 x 7 x 4 inches. I want something that I can sling over my shoulder, and also attach to the front of a couple of different rucksacks. I...

I wondered if anyone had removed the frame from the 60l Norwegian canvas and leather rucksack. As sold here http://www.militarymart.co.uk//great-condition-norwegian-army-vintage-canvas-39-telemark-39-rucksack/prod_1395.html The frame seems pretty heavy and not that comfortable and I feel it...

Can anyone point me towards a website or book that goes into choosing wood for different purposes. For example, if you were building portable furniture, you would something strong and light, but that might not be the best wood for making tent poles, and in turn the best wood for tent poles...

Well, my new tentipi groundsheet developed two mysterious oval holes with no obvious cause. But yesterday, I actually watched a largish ground beetle munch a hole through the ground sheet and then proceed to get it self stuck in the hole as its body was bigger than the hole that it had...

I'm looking for a hanging lantern that runs on batteries, BUT I want something that has a diffused light with a neutral to warm tint. I say neutral because most of the lanterns/torches have a very cold light, and the warm light lanterns only bring the colour temperature back to nearer neutral...

Title says it all really, are Zarges boxes built well enough that you can stand on them, to get an occasional bit of extra height when required. Thanks, Graham

Has anyone any experience of these? http://www.primus.eu/Templates/Pages/3_cols_white_middle.aspx?SectionId=5888 Any idea where to buy in the UK, and will it fit the small refillable gas canisters that are available. I don't really know much about refillable gas canisters, but given the...

I'm looking for some sort of lightweigt (ish) and portable matting to sit a woodburning stove on in a tent. about 1m x 1m should be big enough. Mainly just something to collect any embers falling out the door and I suppose to collect embers in the unlikely event of the stove bottom failing...

Does anyone know if there is company (in the UK) that resoles blunnies. Both soles have split, but uppers have years left in them. I know I could just take them to the local shoe mender, but it seems the sort of thing that a specialist service might exist (google found just such a service...

Bit of a long shot here I suspect, but anyone interested in a swapping a Vango force 10 Mk5 std with a Hilleberg Nallo 2. The Hilleberg is the older model (both hoops the same height). The tent itself is in very good condition, and still watertight, but the groundsheet seems to have reached...

Is anyone having the same problem as I am with old posts having their post date changed to give the impression they have just been posted. I keep on re-opening threads to see a "new" post only to find its the post I read days ago. For example this post...

Before buying one of these new, has anyone here bought one and then decided it wasn't for them. Graham

In the last couple of days of heavy rain, I have been mopping up puddles from the groundsheet of my new Shrangrila 5. I have now found the problem and its the tape loops sewn into the seams to use as hanging loops, near the apex, and the ones nearer the base to attach the bath tub groundsheet...

I have mentioned my Shrangrila 5 a couple of times on here, and generally I'm pleased with it, but... if you are using the so called nest, this is the mesh inner tent, it cuts of a corner of the tent to give a rather oddly shaped floor footprint The problem is that, once you have this odd...

Maybe a slightly strange request but I'm looking for the neck (cape) of a wood pigeon to use the feather for fly tying ( a bit of an experiment). Is there anyone on here that could help me out with this. Either in terms of the cape itself, or I would happily buy a couple of birds from...

Does anyone know if the Trangia 25 kettle will fit in the Trangia 27, both in terms of boiling and for packing up (assuming you pack it without the pots). Thanks, Graham