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    The 'I've found a bargain' thread

    I saw a post on breach bang clear yesterday of a 1200lm flashlight, only a few modes, dont think it even had strobe for $220.....just shows you dont need to spend much for a good flashlight some of the ones on amazon that post hundreds of thousands of lumens are just lying however
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    The 'I've found a bargain' thread

    These do look good, theyve had them for a few years, I was tempted
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    The 'I've found a bargain' thread

    showing as £24 for me but still great price for awesome flashlight, love mine
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    Whats your oldest kit

    7 and 1 tool in the 50s, that was ahead of its time
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    Whats your oldest kit

    i remember in about 93 the local camping shop was complaining that people were coming in asking for things that people saw ray mears have on the country tracks episode, it was the first TV i remember where anything remotely like kit reommendations were featured. camping shops were mostly...
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    Whats your oldest kit

    This is very cool, ive got loads of my kit still in use from when I was 7, so 41 years later.. and my canteen from when I was 5. Fisher price toys...they dont make them like they used to....
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    Whats your oldest kit

    Both! i was anticipating a lot of axes, but its very cool all the old equipment like the knives and turn spits!
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    The 'I've found a bargain' thread

    I think because of the higher cost, and im cheap, i never even considered the commercial ones, ive gotten so used to calling my diy ones MRes, lol
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    The 'I've found a bargain' thread

    Bad choice of my wording items for diy mre items, not actual military mre so small sachets, trail bars, protein powder, pwder pudding sachets, fortified milk pwder, wetwipes, small drink bottles, sachets of spices and sauces etc, very very cheap hand sanitizer, in fact works out good as a fuel...
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    The 'I've found a bargain' thread

    cheapfood.co.uk have got their boxingday sale on.....mre items, packets of wipes, smartwater bottles for sawyer etc
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    Outdoor gear for multi use?

    i had a really nice backman australian coat, very high quality that i got for £10 at a charity shop, fot me icely when I was 17...then i grew a bit more and it ended up being short and my arms sticking out....
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    Outdoor gear for multi use?

    i wanted one of those, someone at uni had a german ww2 one, evry well made...
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    Whats your oldest kit

    If you could fine the names aat least of teh elctricians, you could bad review them The safety certificates should ahve been provided straight away, or at least sent a few days afterwards, you chouldnt have to chase the contractor years later, I would get him to supply, and if he cant, then he...
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    Whats your oldest kit

    Its the contractors fault for not knowing his subcontractors, thats what he has insurance for.. you need to contact council as well..
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    Whats your oldest kit

    Hire the same electricians for a job...and steal their equipment...
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    Whats your oldest kit

    I wondered if someone was going was going to menton that, lol
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    Whats your oldest kit

    i use an old knapsack i got from endicotts, not sure of its age, could be ww2, but it was close to an indi jones bag, thats my manpurse for everyday. have a collection of old ww2 and ww1 pocket knives from grandparents, but dont use those. current susrvival kit is in a ww2 US ammo pouch...
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    Whats your oldest kit

    Hatchets from car boot sales, no surprise they ar e popular But that firemans axe looks amazing i remember in about 1982 SAK were getting very popular at school, by 1985 all my friends had them at school, and some of the local thug kids were trying to use them to mug people.....
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    Water filters

    I love how versatile sawyers are i had an old pump filter that was £5 froma camping shop, so i put the prefilter on a tube on one end , and the pump on the other with sawyer inline, with all the adapters and tap connectors, what cant a sawyer do, great for adding in line or even as a...
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    Outdoor gear for multi use?

    Last time i worked in an office, i travelled to work on bike and had a pair of PLCE pouches and yoke and army surplus poncho strapped underneath, and army surplus boots....those boots lasted me decades and looked absolutely fine visiting clients hosues as well.... so id say the boots were the...