If you had £100 to spend.....?

[jamie18thmo]

Hi,
What would you buy, and why, if you had £100 to spend on kit?
Had a birthday recently and looking for some inspiration for what to spend my birthday dosh on. Any niffty gadgets/ideas?

 

[xairbourne]

What do you have already?

 

[jamie18thmo]

Got a hammock, Golite tipi, bivi bag, but a bit lacking in the knife/cooker/boots departments.

Tempted by some sealskins waterproof socks. Anyone tried them?

 

[hammock monkey]

books books and more books!
as far as actual kit....hmm...
maybe a GB sfa or good knife. i.e a bit of kit that you'll keep forever and get serious use from. the GB stuff is awesome.
honestly tho - the amount of secondhand books you could get for £100 - no question!

 

[michiel]

I had the same topic a while ago:
You can buy:
Axe
Folding saw
Compass
GPS
Books
Good hiking boots
Trangia stove
Knife
Tent
Spoon knife
More knives
sharpening equipment
PSK
First aid kit
Backpack
...

Michiel

 

[Klenchblaize]

Something that affords NO excuse not to get out into the great outdoors?

Yep, that could mean a very waterproof garment here in the UK but so be it!


Sorry!


Cheers

 

[xairbourne]

Footwear it is then, get yourself a good pair of waterproof breathable boots.

 

[bushwacker bob]

For about another tenner you could get a Gene Ingram Knife.
A worthy investment or a superb user.

 

[Biddlesby]

Right now I'd want a set of sparkly new waterstones.

But if there's nothing you feel that you really need or want (i.e. need inspiration) save the money for a course or something! With most things I want but don't have the cash for, when I finally get the funds I find actually I've got on perfectly fine without it and didn't need it at all.

 

[ScottC]

I have a pair of GTX danner boots on the way - £76 from the states (£150+ over here!!!)

 

[Ahjno]

I'd go for some good quality boots too. If you've got no boots, you can't go out (well, you can - but I wouldn't recommend it ). If you've got some money left I'd go for a el (cheapo but good) quality Mora knife (although you can skip it, and go straight to using flint).

 

[jasons]

A first aid course

 

[GenghisChris]

What could be better than making your own bow

http://www.english-longbow.co.uk/largepics/diykitpage.html

do a nice looking kit, has anyone purchased this... definetly on my list of to buys

 

[Bushcraft4life]

That longbow kit looks great. But if i had £100 i would probably buy a nice pair of boots and if you have enough left over a gransfors SFA. But remember these are things that we would all like to buy if we all had a £100 . Buy what you think is best for you.

 

[Chopper]

Wine women and song

 

[rik_uk3]

With the exchange rate soooooo good at the moment, I'd go for one of these and a Trangia 25 or smaller 27 to match it, fantastic combo (the Nova seller charges about £12 postage)

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/New-Brunton-O...ryZ16036QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD2VQQcmdZViewItem

 

[Dougster]

A return train ticket to the Cairngorms?

 

[leon-1]

Make an improvised clickstand + windsheild, buy a trangia burner (the civilian one is the best one). Get either a small zebra billycan or a Ti Mug. A frosts clipper as one of the best and cheapest knives that you will ever own. A fireball firesteel. A No'8 opinel folding knife. A cheapish folding saw, you can get reasonable ones from garden centers.


It is possible to buy reasonable quality axe heads from e-bay at low cost (yes they are old and sometimes a little rusty, but you'll learn a lot when refurbing), buy or carve an axe helve and fit it to the axe (this should solve some of the problems of the axe blade not being true to the axe helve).

This will probably leave you with about £40 quid for a pair of boots. Neil1 was telling me of somewhere that you could possibly get a set of Lowa renegades for around £40 brand new, the next time we speak I'll see if he still has the info .

 

[Glen]

Got a hammock, Golite tipi, bivi bag, but a bit lacking in the knife/cooker/boots departments.

In that case I'd probably go for a Mora knife, and Swedish Army Trangia ( as you can use it easily on an open fire too ) leaving you about £80 for boots.

 

[Toddy]

........................... With most things I want but don't have the cash for, when I finally get the funds I find actually I've got on perfectly fine without it and didn't need it at all.

I agree with Leon1 suggestions, but I think Biddlesby has made a very wise comment. I was told I was a kit junkie last night ......................
I just like good tools

atb,
mary