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I've got an Ulefone Armor 8 Pro that i've had a fair while - its excellent, and fast. Camera better than the Ulefone Armor X6 that gave me three years of good service previously. Battery lasts an easy 3 days of moderate use, but it is thick and heavy.

from my perspective, I agree with a few of the posts above - rather than spend a few hundred quid in a search to find a bivi bag that goes over your mat to protect it from the ground, why not spend a few quid for a rectangular sheet of nylon/cut down ground sheet/kip sheet to go between the mat...

Over the years I must have slept many hundreds of nights in issue bivi bags, and i've only ever found a little bit of dampness to accumulate around the foot end. Whilst not being able to be advertised as such, i do suspect that most issue 'goretex' is in fact the real thing. In contrast i have a...

With the handheld CB, you may want to research into more efficient, external antennas. Because they operate on fairly low VHF frequencies, in order to have an efficient (i.e. 'powerful') signal you are best off with an antenna that is a 'quarter wave' - for CB frequencies, that's approximately...

I've got one of the original Olive Green 68 pattern jackets - as is mentioned above - heavy, thick cotton, basic jacket. Nice quality, but to be honest other than owning as a curiosity piece (they are increasingly rare these days), you can do better for an outdoors jacket - once they get wet...

Very nice! I was recently gifted a smaller version of this (unless you have tiny hands!), i must look into the history a little more. They do seem highly collectable.

I have a 'Ulephone Armor X7 Pro' - cost me £85 inc postage from China a few years back and has been flawless. Quick enough, good enough screen, battery lasts an easy 4-5 days of reasonable use, waterproof, and rugged. The only downsides are that its relatively thick, a little heavier, and the...

Ive had similar experiences with Goretex hooped bivi bags too - they just can't cope with ultra humid conditions. The more basic designs (i.e. sleeping bag cover type, with no hoop(s)) do seem to fare much better as i suppose the persons breath can escape easier, and there is a greater...

Are you sure that you don't mean 'MFH' as the manufacturer? If so, this is a relatively cheap make, and I doubt that they manufacture genuine issue bags, but rather commercial copies. Even so, the quality may be good - i've not seen one - but more of a gamble than if you were to purchase a...

There is a legendary tale from my old unit - on this topic. When you are working as a small patrol and get contacted by the enemy, essentially there are a set of drills to go through to run away. One of the last elements of this drill and once some distance is put down from the enemy is to form...

I've found aliexpress pretty good - they have always refunded very quickly whenever something hasn't turned up, or if its turned up and been different from the description. So much so that i have had the confidence to order items up to the £100 mark -for example RC cars (which have been...

Cut the extended wire peak off on the arctic smock to reduce its volume slightly (and if you fancy, reinsert half the wire along the normal brim). Personally, I have always had the hoods on my smock loose (and when i was in an outfit that actually issued windproof smocks, so did everyone else)...

Second the above - a Martindale Golok would sort you out. very thick solid blade, and about as accomplished at battening as any machette style blade could be. Lots of cheap (and slightly shorter) imitations made by the likes of Kombat, but a genuine Martindale is really the one that you want...

I do get your point, but in my view that over simplifies how society works. Some people who are already passionate about a subject, cause etc will be happy to be led by others that think similarly, and will make a change simply upon the ethics or perceived ethics of a scenario. Most people...

Unless you are getting through gallons of the stuff, to be honest I think life is a bit too short to worry about the fact that 3in1 oil is petroleum based. It's not as if you are burning it anyhow, and given the volume of oil that is extracted and refined every year, i'd wager that the embodied...

I bought a very cheap (£13, free postage) red dot sight sold on ebay as "1/40 red dot optic sight scope airsoft 11/20mm rail air rifle pistol mount" about 2 years ago -and its had a load of use since. Still on the original batteries, consistently accurate, easy to zero, and hasn't seemed to...

Have you got one of their folding little stoves - i.e. https://www.varusteleka.com/en/product/sarma-wood-stove/34410 ? If so, i don't have experience of that one, but I have used varioius other stoves of similar design and construction, and they will all warp to some extent - that being the...

yes, but depends if one wishes to cross the Polish border in order to do so!

if its a coating that you are seeking (rather than simply rejuvenating the water repellency), then painting on a very dilute (with White Spirit) solution of silicone sealant might do the trick.

A pair of boots, unlaced sat under the hammock surely remains the quickest item/most practical, both feet slip in at the same time, no need to lace up to stumble a meter or so from the tarp, slip back off before swing your feet back up into the hammock. I suppose with some classic hi-leg...