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    Venison sausage/burger recipes?

    The most complete coverage of venison prep, from skinning and butchering to casseroles and sausages, look up Scott Rea on you tubr, lor his web site. All sorts of game covered.
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    Adventure Food

    r v - The completer ange of Sawyer filtration systems and ancilliaries are available via Amazon,ca Also Mountain house meals, but rather expensive . IMO, home produced meals taste much better than Mountain Hpuse, or any otherr dehydrated meal producer. Easy to do at home with a chewap...
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    Bivvy from a hammock.

    Hennessy have been shpwing this ty-pe of gound use for many years. See this page from their web site: https://hennessyhammock.com/pages/used-as-a-tent
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    Adventure Meals, are they worth it?

    Most of the commercial, dehydrated meals are 1 expensive, 2 bland 3 to salty. There are some exceptions, but it is generally true. However. It is so easy top make your own at home. A dehydrator can be less than UKP 50, and every timer yoiu (or your better half) make a ground (minced) meat dish...
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    Anyone using a hammock stand?

    GaDGET - YOU MAY BE correct. I am sure a 1 1/2 ' by 2 1/2 piece just a few inches long would indeed manage the compression. I would wonder at a 12'-15 foot length would resist bowing when a shock load comes on. I know that a 3" diameter thin wall steel tube (fence top rail) has a better...
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    Anyone using a hammock stand?

    A brick column is designed solely for compression loads. A hammock imposes horizontal loads, and really substantial ones at that. Your hammock straps have at least a 700 kilo BS for a reason. And if you have a permanent hammock in the garden, you can be sure that some kid/youth will actually...
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    One of those strange burners

    Here's a very good DIY video by Bob at Backpacking Light. Works really well with thin sheet which can be easily cut with scissors or kitchen shears. Simplifies measuring and layout in a (IMO) very good method. http://www.theoutdoorsstation.co.uk/2012/02/how-to-make-a-clip-on-cone-windshield/
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    Comparing Cooking Fuels

    OP's interest was power per gram, not per unit cost. Our costs of cooking fuel per trip are insignificant,compared with other costs. If you are walking a half mile to your camp, and then not moving, you may have time to faff around collecting fuel (and good luck finding dry wood if in Wales or...
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    Sleeping Bag In a Can

    not that much loft. I was reminded of a trip through Copenhagen airport many years ago. The duty free shop had king size eider down duvets, vacum packed into a box not mch bigger than a grapefruit. There was a warning on the side not to open until you got home. Needless to say, somebody could...
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    wood stove any good

    Excellent little vid, showing it to its best advantage, unlike those appalling photos in the adverts.. Still think it is heavy at 800 grams. However, tomato ketchup and mint sauce! that should be a capital offence:)
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    Personal Location Beacons for UK use?

    No personal experience,but here is apretty wide review https://www.outdoorgearlab.com/topics/c amping-and-hiking/best-personal-locator-beacon No phoneapp thatI have been avle to find, but there are "breadcrumbtrail" apps for while in cell tower range.
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    wood stove any good

    Lots of reviews on this at Amazon.com - sized for solo or 2 person use Also on Amazon,co.uk for 19.99 weight about 800 grams I presume the eggs in the photo are sma;ll) pigeon's eggs.=grill size is 7.5x6inch,so a one egg frypan isall it will take. IMO very misleading pictures.
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    MUV Water Filter

    Looks as if it might be good, if and when they make it. However, it does nothing that isn't achieved by existing systems from katadyn and sawyer, which are proven over years of use.
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    Best carabiner for hammocks?

    Apologies for shouting, but when I see someone blindly stepping off a cliff, I yell a warning really loudly.I think death will, as you state, unlikely, but as you typically land on the lower back, even a 45 cm drop could easily break the spine if you land on a firmly sited rock . Like you, I...
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    Best carabiner for hammocks?

    Soft carabiners made from Amsteelused for whoopie strapa
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    Best carabiner for hammocks?

    NO, NO, NO Yourmaths is way out on this, and you could get someone killed. When your hammock is hung at the recommended angle of 30 degrees, the static stress on each side is the weight of the hanger. Moving, getting into the hammockor wriggling can easily double, or even treble that load. If yo...
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    Kathryn Be free water bottle

    Well, in the nuclear arms race that is water purification, Sawyer have just gone fusion. Their new "Select: bottles, at the topend, not only remove bacteria, but also pesticides, viruses, and heavy metals. Pricey at $90 for the top model here,probably that in pounds in the UK. Worth a look...
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    Kathryn Be free water bottle

    Its made by Katadyn, so will be fit for purpose. They (only) make good reliable equipment. There is no charcoal in it, it uses similar hollow fibre filters to those in the Sawyer. The only "problem" is likely to be that it only works with Katdyn bottles which have a 42mm thread, whereas Sawyer...
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    Wool blanket or synthetic fleece blanket

    I have the B;ack Diamond brand - really has down in it. Didn't notice "down alternative" in the description.
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    Wool blanket or synthetic fleece blanket

    You'd be better off with a lightweight down throw, like this one https://www.amazon.co.uk/Northpoint-14570-Pacific-Alternative-Outdoor/dp/B01J4E5VHO/ref=pd_sbs_201_5?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=20GDE4A8F2Z9XKHXV7JZ Very popular over here for making summer weight top quilts for hammocking. I...