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Vat is annoying but at least its not hit by customs and processing fees when something is £2 ali express, or £10 from UK, where you are just paying for a reseller if you dont mind waiting, it can save a lot very small window to check for faults tho, have bought lods of pouches from...

been using a pi as NAS plugging in 4tb usb hdd, works nicely using a android TV box and vlc to playback loads of arduino, made a morse emergency device that you can type in more on an android phone and it would send it using usb relay and a bright flashing light been spending last month making...

laptop batteries can be cracked open to provide a load of 18650 batteries I use them to make DIY battery banks they go well with this as well...

In case for anyoneone looking Hawke naturetrek 10x42, awesome, really bright

same reason i have survival laying cards, you need entertainment too

https://cheapfood.co.uk/relisan-alcohol-hand-gel-500ml-2/ 20p for 500ml alcahol gel fuel! just arrived, tested, flammable

I have a seperate fishing kit, but not in survival kit as not enough skill, and UK means protection more important than food. The ducttape i expect would be better tinder than the superglue...

Cheapfood have a sale on https://cheapfood.co.uk/box-of-sun-pat-smooth-peanut-butter-spread-portions-3kg-15g-x-160/ also hand sanitiser, paceets of wipes, all sorts of bushy/MRE stuff

My father used to watch A Town Like Alice all the time on TV, parents were both huge chute fans, could be where I got the anecdotes from, but there were definitely POWs in agriculture near Bridgwater during WW2. I find the above, like the Xmas day football match during the trenches, fasicinating...

Exactly, brilliant engineering, some of the WW2 german POWs here in somerset were used on the farms as labourers and formed up friendships with local villagers, they were very adpt at fixing up farm vehicles but were scathing of our metalwork, some of them were just poor city lads who got...

On similar note, everyone be carefull of chinese optics, a lot use plastic, I got a 10x zoom lens adapter for phone, it was only £5, but awfull, ive got a 10x42 Hawke Naturetrek monocular, brilliant, really crisp, so much better light transmission, probably similar reason, better glass.

i posted in this thread about some of my old kit thats going strong Esbit stove, orange survival bag and folding etool, all cheap stuff from millets, bought when I was 7 so almost 40 years ago, still going strong fisher price adventure kit canteen, it bright yellow, got when I was 5, so 42...

Yep surge is great the signal isnt bad, but i didnt want the ferro rod surge has really good scissors, the surge specific bit drivers are expensive, so ground down my own to fit, so much cheaper. surge is really robust, some people say its heavy, in which case you might as well get a mini...

Get the surge i got it last may for birthday, wonderfull just got a set of bosch jigsaw blade assortment for xmas, fits in the pouch, so can swop out for whatever blade I want, push, hacksaw etc. the drill bits are weak metal, so I ground down the plug of a normal screwdriver bit set, and use...

Awesome find, Ta

A lot of people on UC are single parent families, so for every batch of hours you work you migt have to cover some/all with childcare/babysitting. I know someone that every time she worked a 4 hour morning, she would earn £3 takehome after the expenses of earning, she did it to get time away...

That sounds interesting, whats the story....

Also https://cheapfood.co.uk/ they ahve past sell by, often you can get small portions of things https://sachetsandmore.com/ same as single portions B&M tend to have the individual Jam, but very similar to home bargains. I want to find cheap tinned chocolate like the schokakola in germany...

Thats weird, it didnt show up on a search, anyway, hes a great craftsmen.....

Just noticed Tod Cutler has started selling bushcraft knives https://todcutler.com/collections/bushcraft-knives have xposted to the edged tools section as well...