Picking up some essential literature. Plotting out budgets for the next couple of months and what I would like to buy.
Has anyone seen these? Just as an extra, extra back up should the lights fail?
https://www.uvpaqlite.com/
Lighters, matches, water safety tablets are all on the list.
Longer term, smaller solar chargers and batteries, plus a decent sleeping bag, mat and liner.
What preps are you doing this week? part 2.
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Re: What preps are you doing this week? part 2.
Got another 200 4hr tea lights from bq for £5
And got a goretex highvis unpadded highvis jacket for the car £10 at the car boot![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif)
And got a goretex highvis unpadded highvis jacket for the car £10 at the car boot
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Lack of planning on your part doesn't make it an emergency on mine
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Lack of planning on your part doesn't make it an emergency on mine
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Did a bit of shed camping over the weekend please to say that my old sleeping bag was nice and toasty so that's a tick on the plus side as I had no idea if it was a four seasons one or not, all other preps worked one only needs tweaking. Shed camping beats tent camping every time ![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif)
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Re: What preps are you doing this week? part 2.
Nice! What do you use for a bed/mattress?junmist wrote:Did a bit of shed camping over the weekend please to say that my old sleeping bag was nice and toasty so that's a tick on the plus side as I had no idea if it was a four seasons one or not, all other preps worked one only needs tweaking. Shed camping beats tent camping every time
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Re: What preps are you doing this week? part 2.
http://m.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/art/50097995/Yorkshire Andy wrote:Got another 200 4hr tea lights from bq for £5D
Just in case your ever in there,hate to see people spending to much.
Must be the scottish, Jewish ancestry
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Re: What preps are you doing this week? part 2.
It depends on what you want to save. Money? Yes. But space? No. These tealights has a 6 hours burn time, while the IKEA ones has only 4. http://shop.liljeholmens.se/sv/varmelju ... 6-tim.htmlgreyman wrote:http://m.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/art/50097995/Yorkshire Andy wrote:Got another 200 4hr tea lights from bq for £5D
Just in case your ever in there,hate to see people spending to much.
Must be the scottish, Jewish ancestry(yeah I'm a young ones generation)
I would go with the expensive ones for my stash, and the cheap ones for the every day "mood lights".
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greyman wrote:http://m.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/art/50097995/Yorkshire Andy wrote:Got another 200 4hr tea lights from bq for £5D
Just in case your ever in there,hate to see people spending to much.
Must be the scottish, Jewish ancestry(yeah I'm a young ones generation)
Fortunately our nearest IKEA is 40 mins away by motorway or Mrs andy would be trading my car in for a lwb high top van
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Bq is just about visible from my upstairs window so I walked.. Call it fuel of setting
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If your roughing it, Your doing it wrong ![Wink ;)](./images/smilies/icon_e_wink.gif)
Lack of planning on your part doesn't make it an emergency on mine
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Lack of planning on your part doesn't make it an emergency on mine
Re: What preps are you doing this week? part 2.
If you do your maths you get 400 hrs from IKEA and only 300 hrs from yours.MissAnpassad wrote:It depends on what you want to save. Money? Yes. But space? No. These tealights has a 6 hours burn time, while the IKEA ones has only 4. http://shop.liljeholmens.se/sv/varmelju ... 6-tim.htmlgreyman wrote:http://m.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/art/50097995/Yorkshire Andy wrote:Got another 200 4hr tea lights from bq for £5D
Just in case your ever in there,hate to see people spending to much.
Must be the scottish, Jewish ancestry(yeah I'm a young ones generation)
I would go with the expensive ones for my stash, and the cheap ones for the every day "mood lights".
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Re: What preps are you doing this week? part 2.
I was speaking about volym. 300 ikea tea lights and 200 from Liljeholmens has the exact same burn time, but guess wich of those that takes up less storage space?greyman wrote:
If you do your maths you get 400 hrs from IKEA and only 300 hrs from yours.
So it wasn't my mathematic skill that were off.
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My canner arrives tomorrow hurrah!!! I shall be a busy bee canning up my home made chicken stock that is currently taking up a whole drawer in my freezer
then on to other goodies as they come along.
Had to pay £14.20 import VAT which was fine but the real annoyance was £8.00 clearance fee charged by parcel force, they pay your customs duties and taxes for you and then charge the £8 for doing it!!!! Rip off is an understatement I feel.![Evil or Very Mad :evil:](./images/smilies/icon_evil.gif)
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Had to pay £14.20 import VAT which was fine but the real annoyance was £8.00 clearance fee charged by parcel force, they pay your customs duties and taxes for you and then charge the £8 for doing it!!!! Rip off is an understatement I feel.
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