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Attention all liquid fuel stove owners - German and Swedish car parts are selling 5 litres of brake cleaner for £7 or so. Its Naptha - a.k.a Coleman fuel, but at a fifth of the cost. Are Coleman taking the proverbial? Me thinks so.

Got a nice old pack at car boot sale today for a couple of quid. Its made of heavy waxed(?) canvas, two rear pockets, no side pockets and a strange sort of banana side profile to it where the lower section sticks out away from wearer. Here's some pics:

I have wide feet and as a result I'm reluctant to order boots online. Does anyone know of an outdoor store thats likely to stock walking boots in various width fittings? Last boots I bought are a a lovely pair of Zamberlans for £50 at TK Maxx(!). They're excellent boots and ?nearly? fit but...

Once upon a time I had a great SAK, but I'm blowed if I can remember the name of it. It was approx the size of a Spartan but it was unusual in that it had a locking blade. Unlike modern SAK lockers this one had a metal push tab to unlock blade mounted on an edge of knife (near folded main blade...

As of tomorrow, Lidl will be selling these sleeping bags: http://www.lidl.co.uk/cps/rde/xchg/SID-32D51493-300175A2/lidl_uk/hs.xsl/index_24055.htm Anyone know anything about them? I think I read somewhere that they had been on sale before at Aldi or Lidl and wondered if any of the great and...

Can't work out if this is a serious item by SAK for use around the house or just some weird promotional item. The reviews are damn funny, worth a read: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wenger-Swiss-Army-Giant-Knife/dp/B000R0JDSI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=kitchen&qid=1298328078&sr=8-1

This gave me a chuckle. From a Song of the Paddle thread discussing merits of campcraft vs bushcraft. "BUSHCRAFT: Basically a marketing catch word that takes little bits of each of the above and attempts to convince people that survival is fun or that it can be done over a weekend. It could...

Don't know much about these tipi tents but I bought a 5m bell tent from these guys and at £180 incl post it was at least half the price of all the other suppliers - and my tent is excellent, well constructed, no complaints at all...