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And a very quick update. I've made a small mistake getting the bigger billy. Rather than muck about trying to find a bigger tin can for the outer I am just going to find a cheap 600ml titanium cup and use the tincan size that is easily available. The bigger billy will be used elsewhere or as a...

Necro posting but I just bought a Tomshoo 750ml billy to use as the basis for this and most Australian tin cans are too small to use as the outer. Intention is to use it in my bumbag kit as my regular ski touring survival stove kit is bit too big and heavy for the Mountainsmith "Day" The only...

What's the budget? Because if it's large enough then something made from Cuben is the go. Or whatever DCF is called today. If camo is what you really want you have a plethora of choice if you buy from the USA, try Dutchwear and be prepared to be amazed. Personally tho I would have no problems at...

Yet we Aussies and ANARE have gone to bottled Propane for ease of use and reliability when using motorised transport. Maybe because replacement 45s and the ilk are now too expensive; fetching big dollars now since production stopped

I'd guess reliability and relative compactness. Anything smaller is pretty well useless in deep cold. My understanding [ albeit limited] is that the 45s were used inside choofer boxes made from empty square kerosine tins or nailed together plywood sheets to limit heat loss

Really nicely done. Well stitched I'm a bit annoyed myself that Camp Trails have folded before I could get my US mate to buy and post me a new hipbelt for my own old frame so back to the sewing machine for me

Exactly! So does the plate with the cup shaped cut-out work to brew up faster that just half folding the cooker like we used to do? I don't think I ever actually got a kidney cup of water to ever boil but it got hot enough to make an instant coffee and dissolve army sugar

A question for the brains trust. My old hexi stove died a long time ago and I believe that the old flat style is no longer a British issue item but is still available here. Does the version with the cup shaped cutout in the topper part make that particular stove better to use with the pattern 58...

Mixed propane and butane is fine to below freezing and you can always use a Mulder strip below that in combination with a decent windshield

So where are you headed and will there be any snow melting involved? Admittedly I have owned neither, SVEA 123 and the bigger 111B were my old stoves. Small stove wasn't much good above the snow line and the big one was heavy. Summer and sub-zero imply altitude; would that be correct? Canned...

If you are serious neither of them. Get a new XGK-EX instead or the SOTO

That is a separate issue tho

As the above post, insulation is additive and up to an inch [ 25mm] of clothing is the old normal inside your sleeping bag, Andy Kirkpatrick does recommend putting a thicker down parka over the top because heat rises but I have worn my Everest parka with a full 2 inches [ that's 8Clo or 12.4 TOG...

It's not me who owns one, I only have their waistcoat/insulated vest Looked at and didn't buy because too skinny by about 200mm in girth

Another thought. If it still smelt of washing powder it may not have been rinsed properly; getting all of the soap or detergent out is very important; that said the China made Snugpak stuff doesn't seem to be as good as the British manufactured gear, but even that is rated high by at least 5C, I...

I must be dead then. Personally I think that the Esbit tablets are too small but I used them back in the 60's and Hexie from the time I was 17 as a CMF grunt and while they stink a bit they do work to make a brew. What stops me from using them now [ because freely available here] is the cost...

So what are the reliable cheap options in the UK now? Are you all going to start or keep using catfood stoves ? Are branded Esbit tablets part of the ban even tho those are a bit different to army hexamine?

I've just made a gathered end hammock and even at 4metres long I can't get comfortable in it because it is only 145cm wide. Somebody local has suggested getting two shower curtains and using them because shower curtains come in very wide fabric and you can sew two together to get the length you...

No. I've been questioned a few times while traveling to jobs, because a cooks knife case looks like a knife case and not a briefcase. After the second or third interrogation [ because that is what they were] I bought a rigid attache case to keep my chefs tools in. I couldn't carry my steel...

They'll be banning walking sticks and umbrellas next. which is pitiful as some of us old men really need that third support leg, especially while waiting for my next hip replacement