Poundland Gear (Pic Heavy)

[Barn Owl]

Poundshop telscopic rods are obviously cheaply made, but still serviceable enough:

The reels may be a different story though.

I thought I'd try one of those (exact same) the other day with one of the reels and lures.

As you say,very serviceable although I was fishing off a bank in a free water Loch and didn't expect to catch ocht,it was more to get a feel of the kit.

 

[Asa Samuel]

Got an inflatable pillow from poundland today, nearly made myself feint trying to blow it up until I realised you have to squeeze the valve to let the air in!

Seems alright so far and it packs down nice and small too

 

[Globetrotter.uk]

Got a metal folding trowel. same as the one in my toilet kit which I paid £6 for last year.

 

[phill_ue]

I like the grill! How much was it?













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[gowersponger]

the roll mats are absolute crap but what do you expect for a pound
the pen knife with the spoon and fork on do there job and the metal camping cups and plates are good ,i havent bought the messtins but they do look just like the ones i paid 6quid for from ,blacks,.

 

[Matt.S]

If anyone's wondering about the mess tins, I bought one some time ago. They're cheap pressed thin aluminium, with a non-rolled edge. The handle doesn't clip into position at all. Mind yo what do you expect for £1?

(I now use mine as a wet rag holder and tool tray for when I'm soldering.)

 

[Globetrotter.uk]

Poundland paracord stuff vs the real stuff, well I think it is anyway.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOFoTY7o-MI

 

[Minotaur]

If anyone's wondering about the mess tins, I bought one some time ago. They're cheap pressed thin aluminium, with a non-rolled edge. The handle doesn't clip into position at all. Mind yo what do you expect for £1?

(I now use mine as a wet rag holder and tool tray for when I'm soldering.)

Bought mine to turn into a lid for my big mess tin. Going to get another I think to do my small one.

 

[Matt.S]

Bought mine to turn into a lid for my big mess tin. Going to get another I think to do my small one.

I bet they'd be good for making a Crusader cup lid too -- aluminium is soft and easy to work so all you'd need is a ball-pein hammer and somethign to cut it with -- tinsnips or an electric jigsaw. The cup is real tough so you can use it as its own mandrel.

 

[Minotaur]

I bet they'd be good for making a Crusader cup lid too -- aluminium is soft and easy to work so all you'd need is a ball-pein hammer and somethign to cut it with -- tinsnips or an electric jigsaw. The cup is real tough so you can use it as its own mandrel.

Yeah, would fill it with sand or similar first.

 

[Asa Samuel]

The poundland in St Austell has walking sticks in, they aren't the collapsible type but they are fairly light and cheap collapsible ones break pretty quickly anyway. They are 38 inches from the bottom to the top of the handle so not long enough for everyone. Also, the ones with a vertical handle aren't any longer so they were far too short for me but would be good for kids.

I'll take a picture when I get back in later.

 

[tim_n]

Just FYI on the survival shelter - took some kids camping a couple of weeks ago and it absolutely poured down. So we took the survival tents and split them in half so they made quite a large tarp (considering). We used two, joined them together in various ways and used the paracord and some old guy lines to stretch it out.

They're so light & strong we got a lot of tension in them. They were up overnight in breezy weather and were still up in the morning.

Kept us dry, the reflective nature kept us a bit warmer and because they're almost seethrough you can look up into the tree canopy through them as well, so quite light underneath!

I'd rather use a proper tarp, but this did the job really well.

 

[mitch66]

last years poles where better than this years. but once id glued the eye back in the top section it's fine now. well worth a £1. carl

 

[Magicman2]

The Poundland in King's Lynn has led head lamps that are bright as well as Aluminium water bottles (about 800cc) although I prefer the ones in Morrisons sale, pretty beach scene but also with better quality stopper and caribiner and holds 1ltr - selling them off at £1.50

 

[Matt.S]

The Poundland aluminium LED torches are pretty good (The short, stubby, cylindrical ones)

 

[R.Lewis]

Got a 99p store our way and got much the same stuff. Got the fishing kit, pillow etc. Got a reasonable bait catapult with arm brace, will put therabands on and should work great.