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  • Come along to the amazing Summer Moot (21st July - 2nd August), a festival of bushcrafting and camping in a beautiful woodland PLEASE CLICK HERE for more information.
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    The 'I've found a bargain' thread

    i use the cob side floodlight a lot, but i had a klarus g15 that was 3x the price , but the sofirm is so much better, the main beam is brighter than you need but i have had a few cases of using it as serch spotlight where the massive brightness was usefull, the powerbank feature i use quite a...
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    The 'I've found a bargain' thread

    Sofirn is awesome but for only £8 more is the 4000lumen IF23, its very good value and so many features
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    The 'I've found a bargain' thread

    if you want OS maps in a decent app, you can get them cheap in the locus app , you by with locus coins, but you can get locus coins using free google play credit which you can get from weekly rewards and also the recept/survey rewards system, ive got over £100 of play credit over the years just...
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    What did you buy today?

    the clear ones are sometimes so easy as to not be worth it, a couple of seconds of wiggle ive been colelcting up old missing key padlocks to practice to find out today that my hwife had been throwing them all out..... ive got a basic lock pit set plus a miny set that had a credit card case, put...
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    Is a psk really needed in the UK?

    I thought you meant the extreme weather.......
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    Is a psk really needed in the UK?

    ive often seen shops saying the phoen payment systems arent working....if you have phone...then people often keep cash in phone case.... a frind of mine pays with watch so he doesnt need to carry wallet or phone while out running, and hes constantly having issues where at the till hes been...
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    Is a psk really needed in the UK?

    well i use my belt kit far more than i used to....especially the weather/protection aspects, gloves, dust masks, sunblock, buff soaked inw ater to cool down, poncho against rain storms all these are getting far more use than they used to.....
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    Is a psk really needed in the UK?

    tis was from her shelter for the night video i think there was another one where she used the silver one when hiking......
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    Is a psk really needed in the UK?

    everyone is different, i have 2 main kits, my smaller kit is urban/shopping/stately home, it has a SAK, and the blade does get used, my probably as much as scissors/screwdriver, it only has a mciro ferro but thats because i had a spare, the lighter does get used, battery charging and first...
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    Is a psk really needed in the UK?

    I think I saw WildBeare do a youtube video recently where she had one of these....may have been someone else but makes a decent sunshade as well
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    Is a psk really needed in the UK?

    In the UK weather is a killer, i probably posted above about cycling in the morning in shorts and snow in the afternoon, i remember at university cycling home, got caught in downpour, so wet and cold couldnt feel hands and couldnt cycle safely, homeless people do die on teh streets with...
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    Is a psk really needed in the UK?

    as far as UK...with 1000 people a day dieing during the heatwaves over the last few years, water aquisition might be a bit redundant, but not carrying actual water...
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    Bath bushcraft shop

    Ali express....goldmine for pots and containers
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    Plastic free camping

    I use that pot, its called a tiffin pot, got from poundland for ..wait for it....£1 ive got it in my smaller kit, did some boil testing with it a while ago, not to bad. but i use mine as a bowl for porridge.....
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    Plastic free camping

    Ikea cotton, bedsheets or otehrwise is ethically sourced my wife makes most of her dresses out of bedsheets..... we dont have any new plastic clothing, wool or cotton or linen, but its more for the microplastics than anything else, also weve noticed less rashes.....
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    Bushcraft tools that could be classed as weapons?

    most law changes are so politicians can be seen to do something to get votes, even oif the law does nothing....lets break messaging encryption to "protect the children" meaning elderly will be more at risk to scam links and lose money.....there is so much corruption in current government, i have...
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    Bath bushcraft shop

    it was open just before christmas, the one on brassmills
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    Bushcraft tools that could be classed as weapons?

    i was stopped for carrying blunt reenactment spear, was told to put plastic bag of the head so as not to alarm people. never been stopepd for fixed blade surge on belt in molle pouch, its there with other molle pouches as utility belt, usually when out doing jobs, but often pop in to shops...
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    The 'I've found a bargain' thread

    Oh yes sofirn, i love my IR23 mentioned earier post
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    The 'I've found a bargain' thread

    is it not working for you its coming up for me as £12.05