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My local pound shop has cheap plastic turboflame lighters. Comes with a small refill gas bottle for (obviously) £1. I know there has been discussion on here in the past about how difficult these things are to fill, but at that price who cares!

I need to clear some shelf space. Mears, R. (2009) Northern Wilderness, Hodder & Stoughton HB Hearne, S. (1745-1792) A Journey to the Northern Ocean, Touchwood Editions (2007) PB Both are in near perfect edition. I would prefer them to go together, but would split depending...

I've got a Swedish Army Trangia (not SS) that I'm just not using, so have decided to offer it up here for swaps, it is in near perfect condition (I've only ever lit it a few times to boil water). It is complete with the burner and fuel bottle, but I have also added two plastic kuksa (The...

Using the search function, how do I search for an exact phrase. eg if I wanted to search for "gas stove" what operators do I use? Currently if I type that in I get results for "gas" and for "stove".

the title says its all really. The two link at the bottom of the top tips thread no longer work. Alan

Just a thought today after I picked up a cheap Mora viking from clas ohlsonn (only £2.49!) Why is it that Mora plastic sheaths are so rubbish that you just have to replace them EXCEPT the Mora Quicksnap, which has such a nice plastic sheath I'm not really sure I want to replace it with a...

Just a heads up for all you photographers, this morning whilst shopping I spotted a gorillapod type camera tripod in ALDI for £8.99 this picture is off their website.

For all those of you who like making Wayland style hobo stoves from cutlery drainers. I just noticed this is my local ASDA. It has got less holes than the Woolworths/Ikea one and the holes get smaller as they go down. Is also slightly wider, the Woolworths/Ikea one just fits inside it. :)

take a look wow! http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/EXTRA-HEAVY-PVC-560GSM-TARPAULIN-COVER-SHEET-TARP-7X12_W0QQitemZ120477508584QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_3?hash=item1c0d04e3e8 What is it made of!

Lighting fires is v important to what we do. So how many different methods for starting fires do you carry with you or use regularly? How many different aids for getting a fire going (tinders, firelighters etc) do you carry or use? Any really funky methods?

I have an old epigas micro stove, canister stabilising base and three nesting pans to swap - EDIT Just found a pop gripper to go with the pans (not in photo) Plastic base takes small diameter and large diameter gas canisters and has holes to peg it down. micro stove works fine (vertical jet...