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    Plastic free camping

    Re victorian farm, some of Ruths enecdotes arent exactly right, some are, but they dont always recreate exactly.... One good use for charity shop duvet covers is to make a quilt by insert a bit of batting ( we use £3 ikea fleece sheets) and then sewing quilting squares/diamonds, makes great...
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    Plastic free camping

    Falstaff, instead of waxed paper, just wrap food in waxed cloth, great for wrapping cheese, if it gets too crinkled, just hold in front of oven and it will remelt..
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    The 'I've found a bargain' thread

    A lot of the olite videos on youtube seem to be just after a new model has been released, and they ship loads out to reviewers, they dont seem to have been used for very long before the review, one of teh good things about Dave Canterbury is that he reviews things for months before doing the...
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    The 'I've found a bargain' thread

    Ive never liked Olight, i think its all the shilling you see on youtube.... vanessa of wildwomanbushcraft did a video about how many dozens olight flashlights she had been sent to review/advertise and most of them died afetr a short time....
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    The 'I've found a bargain' thread

    Thanks, good point, i think ill edit it out just to be safe...
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    The 'I've found a bargain' thread

    Edited...REmoved as possibly scammy seller
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    Plastic free camping

    theres many different recipes, nighhawkinlight on youtube did a good comparison...
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    The 'I've found a bargain' thread

    Looks like the trick is to browse lots of the bushcraft stuff, and then o to the hot picks for you for example tarp clips 10 for 63p scotch eye auger bit £3.61 100ft 550 cord 1.83 net hammock £2.81.... the deals vary on browsing history.... also coupons like £3 off 29 spend etc....
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    The 'I've found a bargain' thread

    Loads of good bushcraft stuff on sale on ali express...
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    USB torch / light

    I bought one from ali express for soemthing like 70p, its just a plugin usb no battery...if got it plugged in to my arduino ROV with a maglite glowtube attached to make flashing light like the aliens loader....
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    The 'I've found a bargain' thread

    good point, although to be honest, starlink is cheaper than the mast systems, ive put in about 6 for people now, all good so far....but as they say..back to our usual programming... There were some crackingd eals last night on amazon prime day on thermograpic cameras, £60....the hikmicro was...
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    The 'I've found a bargain' thread

    Bit like how in cities people can get 1000mb full fibre for £20 a month, and around here ive got loads of clients still on 2mb adsl, let alone fttc, lots of people taking up starlink as theres no signs of fttc let alone openreach full fibre rollout, and the rural fibre systes are "problematic"...
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    The 'I've found a bargain' thread

    Postage higher....but your houseprices are cheaper......
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    The 'I've found a bargain' thread

    https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004628991191.html Survival kit micro tins.... TA outdoors did a review of a british surv kit that used these to seperate small bits
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    The 'I've found a bargain' thread

    postage is high with cheap foods, best to get near 20kg....but then my wife added over 10kg of yeast and flour and treacle.....
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    The 'I've found a bargain' thread

    Just did some water boiling tests using trangia mess tin, esbit stove ceramic wool and tealight cup, boiled 250ml in about 12 mins, using couple of pumps of hand gel, i think the winter in venice burns hotter than relisan, but still quite impressed at 25p/litre had to add more fuel at about 10...
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    The 'I've found a bargain' thread

    i got some of this when it was 2L for 50p https://cheapfood.co.uk/winter-in-venice-antibacterial-hand-cleansing-gel-4-x-500ml/ they ahve sales on every so often just did a burn test in tealight holder plus ceramic wool, did much better than relisan hand gel so might do for anyone who wants...
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    Plastic free camping

    Also Dave Canterbury has just started a depression era/1930s trapepr series on youtibe using older kit and James Bender of waypoint survival has done loads on hobo kit, including a tarp that has been ruberised...
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    Plastic free camping

    Nighthawkinlight youtube channel did a video this year on waterproofing cotton using wax and mineral spirit, the exact proportions etc. to much wax and it just flakes and cracks.... also i think skiltree did one on waterproofing canvas cloak, same principle...
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    The 'I've found a bargain' thread

    https://cheapfood.co.uk/relisan-alcohol-hand-gel-500ml/ Cheap foods is having a sale on.... only worth it if you want loads tho...as min post and packaging