B&M Homestore - camping surplus

[lonewolf]

that's not a problem! less is more! TBH every time I go there or any other large town I find I'm buying less and less, most stuff I'm buying online and its delivered to my door.

[bettersafethansorry]

OK didnt pick much up but did get the expandable 5l water barrels at £1.29 ea and some camp pots n kettle ect for £2-£5 each in this range

tested a water barrel. not bad quality for the price. dont think they would suit long term water storage but i am keeping these to fill when the lights go out.

-M

[rik_uk3]

Be careful if the 5l water barrels are the collapsible type, I tried three and two would just not seal correctly.

This type cost more but in my personal experience are far more reliable and take up less room in storage
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Highlander-Ro ... 338ae3aae0

[lonewolf]

just been into the Barnstaple store this morning, nobody told me they did FOOD!! came out with 2 bags of tins and 6 trellis panels(£14 for 2).

[rik_uk3]

Big tins of soup in stock just now, double size cans around 740g, for 69p either pea and ham or bacon and lentil. Mylar bags of Spanish omelette/rosti/sliced spuds and bacon for about a quid. Look out for tinned fish such as sardines which are often on offer and will store for years.

[Hamradioop]

very little in our local B&M in the way of Camping Gear though they did Have a shelf of wind up Lanterns for £8.99 and the single Camping stoves that take the Battery canisters of Gas. Last time I was there I pickup some single portions of UHT Milk, They also had single portion jam and Nescafe three in one sachets. Another good place to look is the range as they have a good range of camping equipment in the season which they just seem to be stocking up on.

[bettersafethansorry]

Be careful if the 5l water barrels are the collapsible type, I tried three and two would just not seal correctly.

This type cost more but in my personal experience are far more reliable and take up less room in storage
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Highlander-Ro ... 338ae3aae0

cheers rik. think i will pick some of these up too.

-M

[rik_uk3]

Get two of the roll up carriers, fill one with 'dirty' water, hang it up and run it through a gravity fed filter into another bag
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Web-Tex-Survi ... 4897.l4276
sort of thing. I've got a couple of pictures somewhere I'll dig out to show it working.

[kaaneren1997]

Sorry this isn't anything to do with B+M but its worth letting you know that Morrisons and wilkos always seem to have a cordened off bit in their stores with things reduced which are just added there and reduced and reduced untill they are gone! especially morrisons!

The other week when i was in their store i went for a nosey and found a stack of what i belive was a cat food bowl of some description.
It looked identical to the stainless steel camping plates with the raised edges like a deep plate sort of thing Cost 29p each...
No reason why they couldnt be used for eating from so i braught 4 of them to have and i placed them inside eachother and turns out the woman at the counter picked up the stacked bowls and just scanned the bottom so i only payed for one! get it!

Morrisons tend to have lemsips there too in the reduced bit for under a quid!

Happy prepping folks! - Kaan

[Winklebury]

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