Recent content by susi

I agree. Looks like you had a good trip OP. There's a really good pdf with all the animal tracks in the snow but can't find it at the moment. Will try and find it to post.

Yes. And unlike some Finnish companies, I have no hesitation in recommending their products highly! I also do some business with our western neighbour, and the guys there also rate the products highly (and let's be honest, the Swedes should know a thing about steel! :) ) After cooking, I...

Looks very cheap. If they're "real" then they are a bargain!

A shame you had to cancel your trip :( But hope you see some wild action in Bonnie Scotland! :) If you need need any tyre advice for your next Nordic trip, welcome to drop me a PM. Hyvää Joulua sullekin!

Try this if you don't believe: Source: http://www.nokiantyres.com/nordic-conditions We have enough local idiots haring around on sub-standard winter tyres, without some ill-informed foreigner adding to the pile-ups....

Baggins, as you didn't reply, I try to ask again, where are you going in Sweden? Don't put any trust whatsover in the snowflake symbol. It's relatively meaningless up here. The winter tyres that anyone from the UK might recommend for you are not necessarily the right choice for Nordic winters...

Where about in Sweden are you going? Be careful because there are "winter tyres" and "winter tyres". As an example, I've heard that the winter tyres used in Germany don't work that well here in Finland (this from some guys who have imported cars from Germany>Finland). The compound for Nordic...

Would recommend the CZ. The triggers aren't great on the 452. Try find a 453, they have a superior trigger and you can push it forward for a single stage set trigger. Only negative side is that it's not the lightest rifle around.

I don't doubt it. Would be very interesting to see the research behind that Martti. If I was equipping an army with boots to carry them through changing weather (rain>sleet>snow>extreme cold and back again), then rubber would be my first choice. But I still would never choose rubber for my own...

Assuming you can find a distributor, and they fit, you won't go far wrong with my second link. Outside of the cities, this type of boot is very popular during the winter, and for good reasons :)

I can't see why anyone would choose rubber (or any other waterproof/non-breathable material for that matter), if it will be well below zero. I would look at something like this...

One piece of advice that someone once gave me about washing machines: It is better to buy the lowest-spec model from the best quality brand, than the highest-spec model from a low quality brand. The reason is that the low-spec model from the higher quality brand will likely have exactly the...

As others have said, building too high quality damages repeat sales, basically because the original purchase lasts too long....High quality is also expensive and makes it difficult to compete with other companies who make cheap versions. As most customers choose the cheapest option, the...

Yup, too wide for the pre-made ski tracks (my cross-country skiis are about half that width). But you could have some great fun cutting your own path through the countryside :) Much depends on the depth and type of the snow you will encounter. Both snowshoes and forest skiis can become quite...

Depends what exactly you want to do there. If you use the local cross-country ski tracks, then narrow cross-country skiis will fit the tracks perfectly. But if you plan to head out on your own, then a longer, wider forest ski will allow you to travel over the deep snow.