Kit you wouldn't recommend
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Does it come in titanium?
NO!
John, Bilmo, me, bloody hell we are overrun with stovie nerds:yikes:
I couldn't resist adding to this stove fest ( this interesting thread seems to have now competely lost its way) with a PRIMUS in a TRANGIA
Graham
Graham
I couldn't resist adding to this stove fest ( this interesting thread seems to have now competely lost its way) with a PRIMUS in a TRANGIA
Graham
Awesomeness squared!
Kelly Kettles, Not a fan at all, To big and Bulky.
I borrowed a mates last weekend to try it out with a view to buying one. Found it a bit of a faff with all the extras, The need for flat ground is paramount obviously, but these just look as though it might go over, An accident waiting to happen.:yikes:
I'll stick to my Trangia with gas burner.
I borrowed a mates last weekend to try it out with a view to buying one. Found it a bit of a faff with all the extras, The need for flat ground is paramount obviously, but these just look as though it might go over, An accident waiting to happen.:yikes:
I'll stick to my Trangia with gas burner.
Nice one Graham, one of Bernie's punters then? Fab setup, Omnifuel, Nova, 111T, they all work a treat.
Yep, its a rock solid set up, in so many respects.
Come to think of it, has absolutely no place in a thread called "Kit you wouldn't recommend" as this is what I would take if going somewhere that my life might depend on it. But with the normal flame spreader rather the omnidawg, and a trangia meths burner as back up.
Graha
Anything with either Bear grylls or Ray mears visibly printed on it......not only do you look like a groupie, but you're advertising for free.
At the risk of drawing some flak, any Jack Pyke gear.
At the risk of drawing some flak, any Jack Pyke gear.
I agree about logo gear - madness paying them to advertise for them...
Jack Pyke gear though - I have used a lot of this gear and not had a problem with any of it...it is what you pay for - cheap and gets the job done.
It no-where near compares with Harkila especially not on price
I wouldn't want to carry one in a backpack but for vehicle-based camping they are pretty good - heat the water very quickly and with free fuel. Once it's going you don't need to attend to it. Wouldn't want to try cooking on top of one of them, though.
Kit I wouldn't recommend? Must admit I've owned a lot of the bits already listed on here (credit card survival tool, wax covered matches, Land Rovers). Wouldn't recommend those charcoal handwarmers - can never get them to keep going.
OK here we go : My top 10 after years and years of spending too much money on stuff that "looks interesting"
1. Silky Pocket Boy 170. Four times the price (now) of a Laplander. Snapped first time i used it (after years of successfully using Laplanders, cutting only on the pull stroke etc). Also comes in an easy-to-break plastic case. Grudgingly bought a new blade to try again (blade on its own the price of two Laplanders)
2. Optimus 8R stove runs it close. Mine just doesn't work. Stuck it in the attic
3. Petromax lantern. Chugged like an old steam train from brand new. Never got it to run properly. Gave it to Warthog1981 - hope he's had better joy of it.
4. Coleman twin burner unleaded stove : never burns cleanly, stinks on unleaded and guzzles coleman fuel like you wouldn't believe. Still lurking somewhere.
5. Ventile shirt. Ventile only works as an outer layer, I discovered. Horribly clammy as a mid-layer. Sold it.
6. Vango Spirit 300+ tent. Gave up the ghost in the first blow it encountered. Poor design matched only by the appalling Vango customer service. Sold it with appropriate health warnings
7. Paramo directional waterproofs - like playing Russian roulette; quite weatherproof one day, turn into a soggy sponge and stay that way the next. Sold them
8. Fallkniven F1 - notched the blade on this supposedly indestructible survival knife really easily. Also a pig to sharpen in the wild. Got it reground
9. Kelly Kettles - why carry a small light stove or fire box to boil water when you can carry something the size of an oxygen bottle? Gave it away
10. Any membrane "breathable" jacket / paddling cagoule / dry suit that's not Gore Tex or eVent. Boil in the bag (even Gore Tex struggles). Most still lurking somewhere
All IMHO of course - these are probably someone else's treasured bits of equipment...
1. Silky Pocket Boy 170. Four times the price (now) of a Laplander. Snapped first time i used it (after years of successfully using Laplanders, cutting only on the pull stroke etc). Also comes in an easy-to-break plastic case. Grudgingly bought a new blade to try again (blade on its own the price of two Laplanders)
2. Optimus 8R stove runs it close. Mine just doesn't work. Stuck it in the attic
3. Petromax lantern. Chugged like an old steam train from brand new. Never got it to run properly. Gave it to Warthog1981 - hope he's had better joy of it.
4. Coleman twin burner unleaded stove : never burns cleanly, stinks on unleaded and guzzles coleman fuel like you wouldn't believe. Still lurking somewhere.
5. Ventile shirt. Ventile only works as an outer layer, I discovered. Horribly clammy as a mid-layer. Sold it.
6. Vango Spirit 300+ tent. Gave up the ghost in the first blow it encountered. Poor design matched only by the appalling Vango customer service. Sold it with appropriate health warnings
7. Paramo directional waterproofs - like playing Russian roulette; quite weatherproof one day, turn into a soggy sponge and stay that way the next. Sold them
8. Fallkniven F1 - notched the blade on this supposedly indestructible survival knife really easily. Also a pig to sharpen in the wild. Got it reground
9. Kelly Kettles - why carry a small light stove or fire box to boil water when you can carry something the size of an oxygen bottle? Gave it away
10. Any membrane "breathable" jacket / paddling cagoule / dry suit that's not Gore Tex or eVent. Boil in the bag (even Gore Tex struggles). Most still lurking somewhere
All IMHO of course - these are probably someone else's treasured bits of equipment...
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Addendum to my post: my mother bought me some aluminium cups ages ago but I never really used them. Used one today and it heats up so quickly and effectively you can't drink out of the damn thing!
its got to be the wire saw, never found such a useless piece of kit. last about the same as a snowball in hell, and has the tensile strength of butter. I was given one to try when they first appeared in the shops yuk yuk yuk you might as well 
