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I find that the 'Source' type bladders have no real taste to them, in contrast, I always have taste in my camelbak (but I also got used to it so don't really mind). As a point of interest, I was once told never to put anything other than water in my main bladder - as you never know when you...

I'd be very surprised if the folding mat is issued anywhere in the british forces to be honest - the general consensus after i used it for a week, and a few mates who were tempted to buy one as well (that temptation being largely driven by the possibility of hiding it inside a bergen) was that...

Being all metal construction, there looks little to go wrong with that axe, and I'm sure that it will accomplish some tasks admirably. At that cost, perhaps the steel isn't so good/well heat treated- so plausibly it might be too hard (brittle) or soft (require frequent sharpening) - but then...

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001855182166.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.7bbc6a41HQ7Jgu&algo_pvid=7338f7e0-8238-4820-b602-2df8102d5cdb&algo_expid=7338f7e0-8238-4820-b602-2df8102d5cdb-4&btsid=2100bdcf16105352092261985e55d3&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_,searchweb201603_ I tracked...

Got in there before me! I was going to say that it looks like an inside out copy of the Carinthia Defence 4 - like the dutch Fensa (i think that was the company name anyhow) copies, and to an extent, the current british modular sleep system medium weight bag. This explains your toggles question...

There are a few apps that allow you to download OS (inc 1:25k) mapping tiles for free. The ones that i have used extensively are Maverick and Backcountry Navigator. I've never used View Ranger, so i don't know how those apps compare, but they have done me well over the years (and they are...

I have had the current issue british modular sleeping bag before (its like a slightly thinner, marginally lower spec version of the Carinthia Defence 4). It is issued with a compression sack, and it is possible to fit it inside the issue goretex bivi bag and then get both inside the compression...

I seem to recall from my dalliance with the Navy that the teaching was that natural cordage (albeit used in the context of rope in that instance) had benefits which were cited to be that a) it was grippy, b) it often 'creaked' before it snapped - giving you warning and c) it tightened up rather...

I've only ever known of red light to be used (in vehicles, buildings, OPs etc), never heard of or seen Green being recommended for use. Apart from anything else it wouldn't work (at least on the UK issued maps) - all of the wood blocks would vanish, and on the 1:25k mapping, so would the public...

I used to find that the contours (same red/brown colour on both military and civi OS maps) used to vanish with red light, so white light was exclusively used for map reading. Albeit a tiny LED torch with tape over the lense, and a pin hole in the tape. Even then it was an absolute palava to do...

True, and lets be honest, much current issue kit in the west is produced in China these days!

That's a bit harsh in my opinion - the original has a lot going for it, but so does the Mk2. I use both in equal amounts, just for slightly different applications. The Mk 2 is bigger, lighter, a shape that i find better to fit boil in the bag meals in, and seems to boil slightly quicker. The Mk...

Coincidentally, i spotted my old one yesterday when extracting the christmas tree from the garage! Yours looks in great condition, with the waist belt too, which most don't seem to have. What i enjoy most about these are the Karimor branded frames! This was a thread I started back when i picked...

I shot a grey squirrel in the garden (absolute plague - probably shooting two per week on average for the last few years), and stuck a hot water bottle in our garden compost 'hot bin' to try to kick start it and finally get it composting at higher than ambient air temperature!

Note that the 'cooking set' was never issued - the only element issued to the general army is the mk1 crusader mug. I've used both the mk1 and mk 2 mugs for many years - mk1 for strength (it will go one for years and years) Mk 2 for lightness and a slight capacity increase (and its still pretty...

I've used them for years - good design, and as mentioned plenty above, exceptionally strong and dependable. But they really aren't the most comfortable - long back or otherwise, the waist belt is there more for stability purposes (and to stop the bergen sliding off the back of your webbing) than...

I've had various over the years. My favourite was a slightly cheaper type - believe it or not, a Miltec. It's a softer compound, so the sparks it throw tend to burn for longer which i find gives greater success across a variety of tinders. I think this was the one...

I went on a survival course many years back where it rained torrentially for the whole week. We were issued with the old british 58 pattern ponchos, and told to erect them over our fires. I put mine a few meters above, and it provided sufficient shelter to the fire to enable it to keep burning...

Personally i would ignore it - such warnings are littered all over most things we use on a daily basis - in some markets its mandatory to have warnings. Just don't solely feed a pregnant lady on a diet consisting solely of 10 sheaths per day. If you did, then maybe in 4 generations time, one of...

Hmm, that's an interesting one. Looks to be a (very close) replica of the Arctic windproof, rather than the standard windproof - with the addition of the cuffs, which are not standard, and are not simply a black version of the more shaped woolen issue cuffs found on the para smocks, but rather a...