What luxuries do you take bushcrafting?

[Tex]

Some time i dont want to make a fire and here in Australia sometimes your not allowed. For instant best moments with 98% satisfaction it goes:
-hexi stove
-foil tray
-crusader mug
-tea bags (im english by the grace of god but with the scence to move to au)
-and stillness to let the beauty of it in.
the only reason for the ipod is the back is shiny and if i get lost i can signal with it?

 

[Elines]

" Originally Posted by Elines
....a memory foam mattress to go on my camp bed on top of the exped 7 mattress..."




only an exped 7?!?!?!? do they not make thicker one



Hi Stu - The exped 7 is fine for insulation and it has feathers inside to help with that. But (for me) the feathers add nothing to comfort (as oppposed to insulation).

In use - in terms of comfort - I find the exped mat the same as any other blow up mat. The main problem is that I lie on my side when sleeping and without the foam mattress I get sore shoulders and don't sleep well. And since I can't do the balancing act (for a pee) when using a hammock then a bed + exped 7 + foam mattress is my best option to avoid getting up in the night. (or is this all just too much information?)
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[dwardo]

As mentioned above a blanket has been on the list recently. Nice to wander then sit in comfort for a bit, then wander some more. A chair seems to put you out of place. Thats besides all the other http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=e...=luxuries/necessities&spell=1&biw=644&bih=686luxuries/necessities booze, chocolate, spare phone battery books etc.

 

[outdoorpaddy]

Mars bars, many many mars bars

paddy

 

[ged]

...is this all just too much information?

I think it probably is, Chris, but thank you for sharing anyway.

 

[Urban X]

A woman, ideally one who doesn't like the dark!!!

Yeah with ya on that one, just gotta find one lol, most of the ones I meet are way more scary than the dark.


Si

 

[rg598]

An inflatable pillow.

 

[PJMCBear]

few other bits 'n' bobs

LOL, Steve. Who are you trying to kid? Most of you pitch is luxurious.

 

[Treeclipper]

1. My kindle or Ipod , depends on my mood.
2. Hip flask - good single malt
3. Werewolf repelant, sure there's some about my way, or that may be to much number 2.

Cheers Andy

 

[monkey boy]

i take my wife sometimes. just so iv got something to do 

 

[VFR800Essex]

A lot of what people class as "luxuries" i class as essentials, don't like it too ruff. Oh vicar!!

 

[Elines]

I think it probably is, Chris, but thank you for sharing anyway.

Thought it might be but flows (so to speak) from applying the 'virtual campfire' philosophy

 

[Elines]

An inflatable pillow.

Forgot to include that in my list - except mine is half a foam pillow - I find the inflatable ones, or at least the one I tried, too hard (yet more evidence that I am a real wimp

 

[blacktimberwolf]

Time.................

 

[forestwalker]

GSI pepper mill. Fresh ground black pepper on the food does make a difference.

But it all depends on where one puts the line between essentials and luxuaries. If you can survive without it, is it a luxuary? If so almost everything I carry is a luxary in summer. I really see it as a three-four level scale.

1. Essentials. Needed for safety and survival. First aid kit, clothes (usually, I presume that in the tropics they may not be needed), etc

2. Makes life significantly easier. Knife, axe, cookpot, sleep system, better/more clothes than the absolute minimum, fire lighting kit, etc.

3. Not actually nessesary, but nice and usefull (luxuaries start here, perhaps). Headlamp, spice kit, folding kitchen sink, stobor repellent, small set of woodworking tools (spoon-knife, awl, crooked knife).

4. Pure luxuary. Reflector oven, cutting board, book, etc.

 

[workingdog]

now talking about luxurys i once took the campervan......

 

[rik_uk3]

No such thing as a luxury item really, if you take something and use it its just a bit of kit, take something and don't use it and its a wasted bit of kit.

 

[spandit]

No such thing as a luxury item really, if you take something and use it its just a bit of kit, take something and don't use it and its a wasted bit of kit.

Nonsense. I take my first aid kit & haven't used it - I'd hardly call that wasted kit.

Taking a bottle of beer/pillow/iPad isn't a necessity, I'd call that a luxury

 

[rik_uk3]

Nonsense. I take my first aid kit & haven't used it - I'd hardly call that wasted kit.

Taking a bottle of beer/pillow/iPad isn't a necessity, I'd call that a luxury

Are you a natural pedant or have you had to work at it , I think you know what I meant...this is hardly a serious thread now is it.

wine and good food, pillow, radio, laptop are normal for me as I can only car camp now, but then one man's 'normal' is another man's luxury

 

[spandit]

Are you a natural pedant or have you had to work at it

It's kind of a gift
Pedantry is a virtue...