What has been your biggest waste of money?

[Tilia]

3x3 tarp made in multicam ( not the dd )
cost 205,-usd + shipping
came out at 1.2kg and is less strong as i thought

but if i wouldnt have bought it it would have been haunting my mind forever

 

[Bushwhacker]

I've just realised that nearly all my stuff (even non-bushy possessions) have either been bequethed, gifted, swapped, made or foraged and of the things I have paid for I'm happy.

 

[sapper1]

Vargo triad meths stove,would have been better off using a candle.Too fiddly to be useful.

 

[Nonsuch]

My worst buy was a custom rucksack made too fit my back length. It had one alloy stave which dug in my back at the base of the spine when loaded. Was meant to be my lighter backpack at about 1kg for over 50 litres. It would absolutely kill me an hour into an overnighter even if loaded with only 9kg!! It also had hip belts attached right at the side which meant there was a triangular gap between your back, the sack of the back and the hipbelt. This meant the load transfer was not good and made the issue with the alloy stave even worse. Won't say the name though as it is a good company just I made the wrong decision to get it. I could go back and sort out the hipbelt issue as they had another person who had come back for that simple mod. Perhaps I could even get them to make a sleeve to take the two pivoted x shape staves from my other sack which is a little bigger volume perhaps and is infinitely more comfortable. Perhaps even get an additional strap added to the hipbelt and the back so that it pulls the sack in at the lower back above the hipbelt level like my other sack.

Anyyway I do think there are mods you can make for the bits of the sack that don;t work. So I guess its not too bad.

I also would add the mini trangia as I don;t think it works as well as I thought it should.

I do have others too.

Sounds like an Aiguille - basic back system…Funnily enough I get on with mine!

 

[sandbender]

Obviously bushcrafty, not like the D reg Renault 5 I bought for £450 with damaged synchromesh, so I could never get it into reverse

I had a Renault 5 when I lived way up the west coast of Scotland, I was quite happy with it, cheap as chips and never broke down. The same could not be said for my Apple MacPro and 30" Apple monitor which was obviously under a curse and provided no end of heartache.

For bushcrafty stuff, my Falkniven F1, although it is handy for levering the lids off paint pots.

 

[Wayland]

When I get stuff that's no good I move it on or rip it to bits and make something useful with it. I don't like wasting money.

The latest thing I've paid over the odds for is a new cookset from Primus.

Great billy but the lid handle was carp so that has already been replaced with a wooden knob.

The stuff on the right was designed to nest with the billy but I only wanted the bottom pan because it had a heavy aluminium base to spread the heat for frying.

Couldn't buy the pan on it's own so I had to buy the set which was wasteful to me. I may find a use for the other pans but I will probably end up selling them on.

Why can't companies sell individual bits, even if it is a special order, so you can just buy the stuff you want?

 

[rik_uk3]

Toss up between a DD hammock (found out I don't like hammocks) and a pair of Karrimor boots, they fell apart in no time.

Wayland, re frying pan for pan set, use a non stick flan tin, they come in different sizes just check in Wilkinson's .

 

[EdS]

Sounds like an Aiguille - basic back system…Funnily enough I get on with mine!

Still my most comfortable sack. Don't use it much except in winter now as I've got rid of load of junk I used to carry so now to big.

 

[EdS]

Biggest waste of money.

Land Rovers - money pits but I loved every minute (well mostly).

 

[seraphim]

Taxes, and what makes it worse is that EVERY TIME I turn on the telly I'm reminded just how they're blowing my hard earned up the wall with their next scheme to heal the world through shooting people! We must have the worlds most lucrative munitions industry as we can't stop using them! If it was a purchase I could just put it away and forget about it!

other than that:

Bushcrafty - Standard army mess tins, never liked them, much prefer US army lock together ones, far more versatile for my use!


Single biggest waste of Money - A Ford C-Max! I assume the C stands for CR4p!!!

 

[Tank]

Looking back at all the stuff i have bought the biggest waste of money is the small things i buy but never use. all my big purchases are usually well thought out, and even if i dont like the item in the end its usually trade or sold and replaced. Its like a big kit hand around this place

 

[R.Lewis]

.... and even if i dont like the item in the end its usually trade or sold and replaced. Its like a big kit hand around this place

Sooo true! Thats one of the benefits of here! My bad purchases that did not suit me have all been sold on so not really lost much..

Except..... A Maxpedition Sabrecat clone that I modded to take a yoke but found I really did not like afterall!

 

[Hoodoo]

I guess that one is for me
tax on Whiskey

Well, surely that alone is more than what most people pay...

 

[3bears]

a 1 year old Peugeot 107 XS.... bought from a 'reputable' garage, turned out to be an undeclared cat c write off, hadn't been repaired properly, wiring circumvented, subframe knackerd the list is a mile long... 18 months later though the courts ( won the case) trying to recover funds....

 

[bmartin1uk]

Lowepro camera bag, that was only water resistant once the water had got into the bag!!

 

[Jaan]

Since I'm still starting out with this hobby there have already been a few. I do read reviews and try to buy the best gear at a reasonable cost, but the issue comes up when I start using the items. Don't know what I want and what not.

Bought some zip-off trousers for warmer weather - utter crap, nettles sting through them. Never buying pure synthetic again. (Even though they seemed great at first - quite cool and dry quick, I sweat like a pig.)
Similar problem with a waterproof jacket I got, I just get too hot in there. Definitely not buying any more membrane jackets. (Still good to have though, when it starts pouring down, but for overall use it's nearly worthless.)

The rest of it has gone smoothly and I've gotten much more gear that I'm thoroughly satisfied with than stuff that is just bad.

 

[Wayland]

Snip> Wayland, re frying pan for pan set, use a non stick flan tin, they come in different sizes just check in Wilkinson's .

Too much of a foodie for that Rik.

I like a heavy frying pan of the sort of quality I'm used to at home and I'm prepared to carry it.

Normally I carry a decent 12" aluminium frying pan or my "Roman" folding skillet but I wanted something that would nest neatly with a large billy for Norway next year.

 

[Miyagi]

My first wife...

Bushcraft wise, I can't think of anything I'd say I'd bought that was totally rubbish.

I have to agree with you there.

Liam

 

[The Big Lebowski]

Paracord...

900 feet so far, do i know where its all gone?

Nope.

 

[3bears]

Paracord...

900 feet so far, do i know where its all gone?

Nope.

yeah I find that too... you'd swear I was eating the stuff in my sleep or something....