I'd hope the latest ones were a bit better than your experience mate.
What did you buy today?
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Looks good and more convenient than the alternatives. You’ve had the comments so I presume that you’d just switch on and off accordingly. I’d love to know how you get on with it.For urban travel, makes it possible to get boiling water if there is an electric socket. 1kW.
590ml water boiling in 3min40sek.
When I was travelling abroad I looked at small induction hobs but none of them were small enough so I settled for a mini electric kettle with a Japanese two pin plug. As long as you’ve got the voltage approximate they will go into anything even UK sockets.
I have no car so I travel by bus or train (sometimes a combinatin of them both) and carry my stuff in a rucksack, so that dictates that whatever I carry has to be small and light as possible.
Oh, and I forgot to mention: as a boiling vessel I use this Stanley with nesting cups.
Oh, and I forgot to mention: as a boiling vessel I use this Stanley with nesting cups.
Two items.
First was a molle first aid kit pouch from amazon. Really well constructed, cheap and looked great. Fatal flaw was the internal pockets were upside down so unless it was packed to the gunnels everything will fall out. C'est la vie. At least I've got a very expensive first aid cross Velcro patch out of it.
Second was a gas canister to canister refill. Always been sceptical about these but it did the trick with filling my only coleman C100 cartridge from coleman c500'x. Time will tell.
First was a molle first aid kit pouch from amazon. Really well constructed, cheap and looked great. Fatal flaw was the internal pockets were upside down so unless it was packed to the gunnels everything will fall out. C'est la vie. At least I've got a very expensive first aid cross Velcro patch out of it.
Second was a gas canister to canister refill. Always been sceptical about these but it did the trick with filling my only coleman C100 cartridge from coleman c500'x. Time will tell.
We Are Nature: How to reconnect with the wild - Signed Copy
We Are Nature is a journey of discovery through our natural world. Bushcraft and survival legend Ray Mears takes us on his own lifetime's journey through the natural world, into the British countryside and across continents, and shows us how to tune our senses, enhance our experience of nature...
Arriving tomorrow, looking forward to reading it.
Ime going outside in a blizzard every time. With mine you can light it and get back in the van and come out when the kettle has boiled. I made it from some old bits of pipe I found and I think it will last much longer than anything electrical, x
that looks good.i like ray mears.We Are Nature: How to reconnect with the wild - Signed Copy
We Are Nature is a journey of discovery through our natural world. Bushcraft and survival legend Ray Mears takes us on his own lifetime's journey through the natural world, into the British countryside and across continents, and shows us how to tune our senses, enhance our experience of nature...www.raymears.com
Arriving tomorrow, looking forward to reading it.
My 240 Skrama arrived today
Planning to have a day of hedge-wrestling at the weekend so will give it a first outing then. I do like it, feels good in the hand, and seems a sound practical lump of metal which will do a good job.
Got the plastic cover only and have some Kydex on order (found a seller on a well-known auction site) as I realized that the "better" sheaths supplied all are coverings over the plastic cover it comes with. So may as well do likewise!
GC
Planning to have a day of hedge-wrestling at the weekend so will give it a first outing then. I do like it, feels good in the hand, and seems a sound practical lump of metal which will do a good job.
Got the plastic cover only and have some Kydex on order (found a seller on a well-known auction site) as I realized that the "better" sheaths supplied all are coverings over the plastic cover it comes with. So may as well do likewise!
GC
TBS Boar MkIII EDC knife. I am very impressed with it, what a lovely knife. I think I’ll take this to the woods with me and give it a try out this weekend.
The sound the closing action makes is incredibly satisfying.
The sound the closing action makes is incredibly satisfying.
Moisture meter for testing my woodburner logs. ( £40 !!!ouch! ) But it will help me monitor my wood so I can get maximum heat output. An investment.
Two boxes of candles, two more canisters of gas for the camp stove and a huge bag of peanuts for the bird feeder. My local pet shop shut just before Xmas, and I'd run out, so a friend took me to the farm supplies this morning, and I spent a lot more than intended....I only went for the bird peanuts.!
Two boxes of candles, two more canisters of gas for the camp stove and a huge bag of peanuts for the bird feeder. My local pet shop shut just before Xmas, and I'd run out, so a friend took me to the farm supplies this morning, and I spent a lot more than intended....I only went for the bird peanuts.!
