The Humble Sandbag

[Oliver G]

I went out this weekend with my little brother in law, he's not got much in the way of kit so I loaded him up with my spare kit, he gave me a rather quizzical look when I handed him a sandbag.

Now sandbags are something I've carried since I was young and got chewed out for not having one on my webbing, ever since I have always carried one and found it surprisingly useful.

A non-exhaustive list of uses so far are:
Carrying magazines from section to section
Carrying water bottles
Used as a flannel for washing (excellent exfoliater)
Use as a towel
Used to lay out pots / pans / cutlery as a clean drying board
Quantifying tinder (One bag of small sticks is definitely enough to get a fire going)
Very coarse water filter
Litter bag (can be washed when you get home)
Use as a snow melt bag
And when it has reached the end of it's useful life the fibers light well with a spark.

So, what humble bit of kit do you carry and for what purposes?

 

[Van-Wild]

Clipper lighter. Bright pink.

100% guaranteed flame anywhere.

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[Mowmow]

Clipper lighter. Bright pink.

100% guaranteed flame anywhere.

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I'm sure every smoker has a collection of clippers in a draw somewhere with no gas, broken flints, gas filler etc. All been mixed n matched to try and get a working lighter.

While better than most cheapo lighters i prefer those cricket lighters lol. Just don't seem to die unless they run out of gas. Which can be quite quick sometimes as theyre like flamethrowers.

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[Wayland]

A box of matches.

I remember hearing someone comment once as I walked away from lighting the communal fire at a bushcraft meet up. "I'm a bit disappointed that Wayland lit the fire with a match."

Then I heard his mate say "Aye, but only one..."

 

[bigbear]

spare handkerchie. One for nose blowing wtc.
one spare for anything else, cleaning glasses, offering to a distressed lady, pot grab, mask, etc

 

[TLM]

What kind of sand bags sre you speaking about? The military ones I had last were quite useless for anything else.

 

[Oliver G]

What kind of sand bags sre you speaking about? The military ones I had last were quite useless for anything else.

The military ones were about as much use as norks on a fish. I've been getting the wickes ones, couple of quid and they last a fair few months.

 

[Rabid]

Just a word of warning with sand bags coming into contact with food and water. I know the military ones are treated with a fire retardent and something to deter rats from chewing on them, I don't know about others though