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I just bought a nitecore nu20 classic this week, first time ive had a head torch because for years i stuck to cylindral hand torches that fit in an old nitehead maglite head strap, and ive been blown away by its tiny size, versatility and brightness for the advertised lumens, which makes me...

Good points, reason i carry it is : it was £1 on ali express, it was an xmas pressi, its rugged and i constantly break things, its thick which i like, and most importantly it fits perfectly on my phone pouch which has a pocket for a notepad so makes nice set..... i dont buy large amounts of...

PSK life and death, compact, EDC convenience and comfort and self reliance Possibles mixture of the two, easy of access, a less compact/compressed form of PSK but one you dip in to PSK not needed in UK really But for urban PSK, would things like fires, accidents, terrorist attacks, be...

Injuries can make all the difference, my father fell and broke his hip, his doro phone was on the side board, 6 feet from him, turned off of coarse, and my stepmotehr was outside gardening 30 feet away, and she thought he had a long nap, so he was on the floor for 5 hours with broken hip...

Even in lowland england, my motehr used to carry sleepig bag, camping bed and food and stove because she often got trapepd at work if it snowed, as couldnt leave the valley... Part of it is i woudlnt want to buy a bottle of water, pills or even plasters from a shop if ive already got them at...

some of it depends if you are carrying PSK for yourself, or for possibility of otehr people... i used the mylar from PSK once when cycling in a city because an old lady collapsed on pavement just in front of me.... was the PSK neccesary, no, but helpfull..... just saw a video on youtube about...

yes, 40 years ago EDC type stuff wasnt mentioned... but then back then you didnt have any decent tiny flashlights, a SAK was about it edc type items, pocket prybars, decent tiny torches, have made having a few usefull everyday items easier to carry...

classic case of diffent things for different people, i have a belt kit and the repair items are used all the time when im working, often away from car, head torch, elatehrman, poncho, ducttape, gluesticks etc.. so very heavy on repair items, .and because carrying sharps always FAK on belt ...

Hoestly that sounds a good selection to me...first aid kit and repair items are missing, but then when i made a kit when I was 10 i remember it being heavy on fishing wire and snares, and a later kit was heavy on ciiking, but only a tiny blanket for shelter, naivity of youth, lol.... Lots...

Thats classic EDC, probably more than a lot of muggles but part of the great EDC/PSK/BOB acronym venn diagramm....

Ive got teabags in mine, and biscoff bisuits to go with the tea.... and it has to be said, emergency biscoff could be my most used/restocked thing, even having emrgency sweetner for having a sudden cup of tea somewhere is very usefull....

Its the factory one ive got, i got it when I was 7 but over 40 years later i still use it.... have been tempted by the stirling engines, and even the model working petrol engines..

mines about the same, ive got a stationary engine...

I think ill be using up the rest of my hexamine in my mamod, u just wont take it out of my house...

thats absolutely no point buying new natural fibre to replace plastic fibre, unless its replacing dead/worn out, i always buy 2nd hand, or make from otehr materials, except underwear, but if you are buying new, thats the thing

any plastic based clothing....ployester, ploycotton etc, that goes in a washing machine creates plastic...Lots of people say cotton kills, only have manmade fabrics for outdoor pursuits etc, but y wife wont have most plastic clothing in the house, not bought anyway. even merino wool can have a...

i slept on a debis bed and calico tarp shelter doing viking reenactment, by the time i woke uop everybody had stolen my bedding to use as kindling for their nreakfast fireplaces.... a lot of people used sheepskins and wolfskins as mattresses...

Ive posted quite heavily on this thread over the months and looking at some above posts i realised how bad my dyslexia is.....So thank you to all those that have managed to translate my gibberish....

you should post photos of the setups , they are more unusual afterall

Dave canterbury has just done a load of 1930s era camping, and is usinga lot of canvas/wool/vintage kit....