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It didn't work for me either.

Layering helps in cold weather. I slept in a 3-season sleeping bag and 3-season tent with a heavy cold dew that froze solid at altitude with an overnight low of -20C. Fueling myself with good food before bed, layering clothes, and zipping my sleeping bag up around my nose let me get a great...

Hi from my side of the Atlantic!

Small batteries so, a normal charger will heat them up and shorten their lifespan and you have to buy new ones much sooner.

The Butane inserts I have used worked well and were relatively cheap. Sourcing the fuel was problematic at times but, where I live my only reasonable options are the small plumbing canisters which can be hard to find. In a bigger city or urban area, cigar and cigarette shops should have what...

The battery in that one is terrible. Only 300 recharges suggest it is a very low-quality Lithium Ion battery. And 200mah is not much power either. Edited to add they say the charge port is only rated for 0.2A which aligns with a 1C charge rate into a 200mah battery. This means if you plug it...

Your best bets are really not in the UK or Europe. While lovely and scenic, human culture has shaped and built those areas for centuries. For what I think of as "classic UK" wilderness, I would suggest more remote regions of Canada and Alaska. Even there, native populations have contributed to...

Shipped out of the USA should not charge sale tax but, you will need to pay UK customs import duty. Going the other way, if it is less than $800USD including shipping, it arrives to me in Texas, USA customs import duty-free.

How they compare to TWSBI?

Why not a small Bushcraft-oriented axe? I see people all over the place recommending large field knives for wood processing and shelter building. The Busse Battle Mistress was a classic for that on this side of the Atlantic though, there is a large group of Skrama advocates too. Simply put, I...

XHP70.x for a larger reflector and XHP50.x for the smaller ones works really well for me on my farm with a balanced flood and throw. Convoy, Wurkkos, and Sofirm all provide good cost-effective options for those. The new FC13 with XHP50.2 from Amazon for $17USD including battery is sized like a...

ABSOLUTELY! Pretty common for new flashlight geeks on another forum I participate in. How do they know if they like warm, neutral, or cool emitters? Are, flood versus throw and how much of each? Turns out, my friend really needed high CRI for color accuracy above all else. The UV flashlight...

Typically BBC America news coverage on the local BBCA station newscasts. BBC.com has had a video or two I have seen on this topic as well.

Coming full circle, whether someone has a big knife or even a sword at home, what risk is there to other people? My firearm is not a risk to my neighbors either.

I see random attacks by knife in places like the UK and New Zealand occasionally, though honestly a bit randomly. I have also seen a few reports of knife killings in a UK pub being appealed for leniency due to being crimes of "passion" and not premeditated attacks.