Lidl offers

[daved]

Latest Lidl offers include camping/outdoor gear:

http://www.lidl.co.uk/gb/home.nsf/pages/c.o.20050905.index

Most looks pretty poor but they do have silk sleeping bag liners for £10 and a cheap camping gas stove.

Next week they have a folding saw for £3.

Mind find something useful.

Dave

 

[ilovemybed]

I noticed that those silk liners are only available in certain areas - and not mine!
If anyone's planning on getting one, would they mind picking one up for me too? I'll include the cost of a pint with the reimbursement as thanks (I hope I haven't started an avalanche with that request...)

Many thanks in advance!
Cheers,
Neil

 

[anthonyyy]

Dont be tempted by the digital compass. I got one last year - complete waste of money.

 

[Celt_Ginger]

Some Millet stores have also been selling sleeping bag liners from "Air, Land and Sea" (ALS) really cheap. I got 3 polycotton liners for £3.00 each and a silk liner for £5.00

 

[Rebel]

I bought one of their sleeping bag liners a few months back when they were on offer in my area (mine is white). It's very comfortable, has a generous area for your feet, a hood for your head and velcro fasteners at the sides to make it easy to get in and out of.

I've been using it this summer as a liner and I'm very pleased with it. Don't know if Millets one is as good but a fiver sure is cheap.

 

[Toddy]

Me too, though I got a blue and fawn patterned one. It's excellent quality and well worth the money. It really warms up a sleeping bag too. I'll need to have a wee look in Millets though, our local Lidls aren't advertising the silk liners this time around

Cheers,
Toddy

 

[scanker]

I noticed that those silk liners are only available in certain areas - and not mine!
If anyone's planning on getting one, would they mind picking one up for me too? I'll include the cost of a pint with the reimbursement as thanks (I hope I haven't started an avalanche with that request...)

Many thanks in advance!
Cheers,
Neil

I work fairly close to a Lidl - if you're serious I can try and get one on Monday for you.

 

[ilovemybed]

I'll check the Millets deal out tomorrow and get back to you. Thanks for the offer for help!

 

[Minotaur]

Dont be tempted by the digital compass. I got one last year - complete waste of money.

I keep seeing these and wondering what is the point?

Do they do something a normal compass does not i.e. stop me getting lost or walking the wrong bearing because I am not paying attention. Got to stop watching the pretty birdy. Birdy of Prey, that is.

If you want the gadget, join me drooling over a new GPS. The new ones will be really accurate next year or so the salesmen have told me.

 

[BorderReiver]

If you want the gadget, join me drooling over a new GPS. The new ones will be really accurate next year or so the salesmen have told me.

Did they say how they are going to achieve the accuracy?

 

[Goose]

Got a digital compass on my phone, it is a bit worrying that somebody walking past makes it "swing"! Shows how difficult it is to get an acccurate reading with a normal compass though.

 

[Mr_Yarrow]

Did they say how they are going to achieve the accuracy?

Possibly by persuading the military to drop the level of encryption on the satellites the machines use?

This is as far as I am aware, but, the commercial GPS units are only so crud as they are not allowed to be more accurate as it could be used for 'naughty' purposes otherwise. Not sure how true this is nowadays

Rgds

 

[anthonyyy]

I noticed that those silk liners are only available in certain areas - and not mine!

I wonder if Lidl have divided Britain into wimps and non wimps? They obviously realise that the Irish are a manly race and dont need such luxuries because they are not available here.

 

[Bumblebee]

The US turned off the "encryption" several years ago... Today you'll get +/-15 meters accuracy 90% of the time. The sales person was talking about WAAS/EGNOS which is a extra satellite that transmits correction information so you'll get +/- 3 m accuracy. This system has been in testing now in Europe for quite a while and is going to go into "full" use soon, the US equivalent is in use already.

Most GPS'es on the market today is already prepared to use the correction info as soon as it goes live, so no need to wait

Possibly by persuading the military to drop the level of encryption on the satellites the machines use?

This is as far as I am aware, but, the commercial GPS units are only so crud as they are not allowed to be more accurate as it could be used for 'naughty' purposes otherwise. Not sure how true this is nowadays

Rgds

 

[RAPPLEBY2000]

self inflating pillows?

sounds a bit like thermarest?

i reckon four or five of these placed in a line and you have a comfy nights sleep!

most of the stuff seems ok and you can't go wrong with silk liners, just be more warey of the stuff like electrical goods and tents that could fail, badly!

 

[scanker]

Just thought I'd bump this up, as the offer starts today.