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    The 'I've found a bargain' thread

    https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004628991191.html Survival kit micro tins.... TA outdoors did a review of a british surv kit that used these to seperate small bits
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    The 'I've found a bargain' thread

    postage is high with cheap foods, best to get near 20kg....but then my wife added over 10kg of yeast and flour and treacle.....
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    The 'I've found a bargain' thread

    Just did some water boiling tests using trangia mess tin, esbit stove ceramic wool and tealight cup, boiled 250ml in about 12 mins, using couple of pumps of hand gel, i think the winter in venice burns hotter than relisan, but still quite impressed at 25p/litre had to add more fuel at about 10...
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    The 'I've found a bargain' thread

    i got some of this when it was 2L for 50p https://cheapfood.co.uk/winter-in-venice-antibacterial-hand-cleansing-gel-4-x-500ml/ they ahve sales on every so often just did a burn test in tealight holder plus ceramic wool, did much better than relisan hand gel so might do for anyone who wants...
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    Plastic free camping

    Also Dave Canterbury has just started a depression era/1930s trapepr series on youtibe using older kit and James Bender of waypoint survival has done loads on hobo kit, including a tarp that has been ruberised...
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    Plastic free camping

    Nighthawkinlight youtube channel did a video this year on waterproofing cotton using wax and mineral spirit, the exact proportions etc. to much wax and it just flakes and cracks.... also i think skiltree did one on waterproofing canvas cloak, same principle...
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    The 'I've found a bargain' thread

    https://cheapfood.co.uk/relisan-alcohol-hand-gel-500ml/ Cheap foods is having a sale on.... only worth it if you want loads tho...as min post and packaging
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    The 'I've found a bargain' thread

    Wow , tahts a great price, dragon fuel is meant to be able to be used as hand sanitizer as well. i got 1L hand sanitizer from cheapfoods for 30p each so ive been using that with ceramic wool, but this is a good price
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    The 'I've found a bargain' thread

    Ali express are having a sale, they also have a quick deals section, 3 and get free shipping, loads of molle pouches, but its based on your viewing history, ive looked at several things that are about 20% normal price and vastly cheaper than ebay or amazon....
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    The 'I've found a bargain' thread

    theres another one thats 37 straight off but still its a good looking tool, HVAC channel on youtube reviews a lot of the clones, surge clones are quite a new development...i got my surge for £115 but some places they are £160
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    The 'I've found a bargain' thread

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0C2Y688Q8/ref=pe_4072151_1114809201_em_1p_6_lm?th=1 Just noticed this its one of the surge clones, 50% coupon....
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    The 'I've found a bargain' thread

    i quite agree, anything sofirn is quality im trying to not have sveeral of everything, but I was looking at this one a while back ive somehow ended up with several of the aliexpress keychain lights, the one ive got has screwdriver, coil lighter and whistle for something like £4
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    The 'I've found a bargain' thread

    both of them having cob sidelights make them perfect worklights, i carry my if23 every day for work, which is why i like the powerbank feature, 1 less item to carry on my belt.... the flowchart of fucntions for IF24 didnt mention flashing red....the other new flashing modes of the rgb on the 24...
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    The 'I've found a bargain' thread

    It looks liek IF24 doesnt have flashing red, or powerbank mode, has some extra rgb modes what would be awesome is to have infra red and also UV leds in addition to red, id rather have red, blue green ratehr than a gradual fade...
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    The 'I've found a bargain' thread

    Interesting you didnt like the 23 ive got loads of 18650 batteries hanging around from dead laptops so i can see 18650 use is usefull, i like the 5000 capacity of the laregr batteries tho in the 23, had 500 before in an otr flashlight aand it was just too small.... youtube is full of olite...
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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.......