Whats in your wash kit?

[John Fenna]

Toothbrush, toothpaste, home made insect repellent soap, travel towel, baby wipes, loo roll, hand steri-gel, deodorant (roll on/small spray or crystal) .

 

[DavidJT]

Pine tar soap, travel toothbrush, small tube toothpaste, cut down toothbrush to use as little nail brush, tiny tub of daily moisturising sunblock, mirror and tweazers (tick removal), antibacterial wipes, hand gel, anti fungal talc.

 

[dewi]

What's the deal with the pine tar soap? Is there a particular reason, ie is there a benefit to using it or is it just personal preference?

 

[Janne]

Tar soap smells good, helps against superficial inflammations and masks the fact that you ran out of toilet paper and the leaves on hand are too small......


A slight anti mosquito effect too.

 

[GGTBod]

it also lets you be in nature without smelling human and scaring away animals with your scent, it is also great for eczema and other skin issues and there is no better soap on the planet for avoiding things like athletes foot or crotch rot, makes you smell like you have been mating with pine trees too like some sort of man-bear-ent

 

[dewi]

Sounds like good stuff... shall have to be getting some

 

[GGTBod]

best to make it yourself mate costs a bloody fortune at around £5 for a 200g bar , Stupidly Simple do a great soap and way better value than most online i've been able to find

 

[Nic Le Becheur]

Just spent a warm week in the woods and ill be honest the wet wipes routine quickly lost its appeal.
What do folks havd in their wash kit ( small enough to fit in a pack and carry)

There's nowt worse, in its way, than using wet wipes before shaving and realising (or not) that you've left little strands of tissue snagged all over your beard stubble.

Mine has pocket mirror, razor, spare blades, shaving brush, face flannel, soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes, nail brush, nail clippers, nail file, nail brush, tweezers, scissors, sticking plasters, antiseptic cream, aspirin/anti-inflammatory tabs, plus insect repellent and anti-anaphylaxis tablets in season when wasps are about.

Nick.

 

[Janne]

There's nowt worse, in its way, than using wet wipes before shaving and realising (or not) that you've left little strands of tissue snagged all over your beard stubble.

Mine has pocket mirror, razor, spare blades, shaving brush, face flannel, soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes, nail brush, nail clippers, nail file, nail brush, tweezers, scissors, sticking plasters, antiseptic cream, aspirin/anti-inflammatory tabs, plus insect repellent and anti-anaphylaxis tablets in season when wasps are about.

Nick.

You have your pet mule with you?

Why shave? Stubble makes a good mosquito screen, it slowes them down....

 

[Herbalist1]

I find foot powder is always a good addition to my wash kit for trips of more than a day or two.