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Any solutions for improving the taste of water boiled in Trangia 27 aluminium kettles? Yeah after hauling the thing out after a few years of storage I thought I'd better test it in the kitchen than find out in the field to be very glad I did. Not that the kettle was visibly dirty, it wasn't...

Yeah but we tend to perhaps overly use mild detergents to strip away that natural waterproofing

Problem with getting wet is wind and how wind can rob you of heat leading to hypothermia.

Back in the day even Survival Aids put a water repellant coating on it's Ventile garments to say don't wash the thing in the washing machine with washing detergent as it would break down that protective coating.

With experience of double ventile albeit in the old Survival Aids Arctic Ranger form (MK2), I can second that experience of fabric stiffening when soaked, to also say the inner layer can also allow the inward passage of moisture in areas subject to external pressure say where the backpack straps...

And I recently acquired one I have always been after and in a natty 1980's pink and blue Silva compass case; the Silva type 4/54 sighting compass the one with the raised capsule incorporating a compass card as opposed to needle.

Everything moves in spirals

I've heard lots of weird health issues, presentations and complications seem to have popped up since the pandemic

I was always impressed with the Niva's, yeah built quality from new was terrible, but once sorted they made for pretty impressive little off roaders

This later Czech made ' Chalwyn ' has some distinct Meva features about it and from what I can discern given the air tubes are loose to make it rather rickety is that the thing is folded together. I have thought to solder it up but as said the wick winder is goosed ( toothed wheels don't have...

If any aid can be offered as to the method of construction of my lamp it would be appreciated - why not sure perhaps no reason beyond historical interest but it might inform me for repair techniques. My lamp is a Chalwyn Tropic I assume was made pre 1970 given knowledge as to when manufacture...

Yes, thank you, I came across ' seal all ' somewhere to have at the time thought given the video that mentioned it was American it would be one of those wondrous American products that may not be available in the UK, but on Amazon, I see it is. My soldering method, I have three holes that I...

Yeah I got the Snugpak Enhanced Patrol Poncho to be rather disappointed with it who it appears it is designed to fit of which I reckon is not tall people, for not only are the sleeves rather uncomfortably short, I don't appreciate getting my knees wet. To ask if any can recommend to me a poncho...

Hmmm wool felt ' cooked ' in an air free container, perhaps a circular tin potentially of similar size to the final destination - bit like making char cloth I wonder

Yeah I have been seeing these to observe the distinct benefit of an open wicker backpack to haul stuff that it doesn't matter if it gets wet around in for the idea to appear when I got my recent kelly kettle. To think yeah, manky sooted it plus food and makings better in a basket than a bag ...

Always having been one that repaired my own cars I am at a loss with modern stuff to think perhaps my knowledge ended with the demise of carburettors, to think I prefer them as they were simple and I could fix them when they went wrong to have more confidence in them.

What to do with sloes other than make sloe gin as there is loads of them down here, big juicy ones as well ?

Yeah I'm aware of the POR 15 and the procedure involved in applying the stuff and it's cost of course, hence my asking is there any other way beyond POR-15 as there is no way I am taking that route just for one lamp or maybe even more. But to say I am rather impressed with the soldering as it's...

Not all synthetics need be shunned for sometimes synthetics can aid the natural and particularly so when as with your blanket it's much more natural than synthetic. I have a 100% wool military blanket from 1974 in the less than covert colour of orange, I guess might have been a hospital blanket...

Because part of my thing is muscle cramping I keep electrolyte chews in both my edc and in the car as getting a cramp attack when one is bombing down the motorway is not at all fun and if am going to drive anywhere where if I can't pull over for a hobble about I make sure I have plenty of...