woodsman1 wrote:Your list looks good cannot fault this if all tried and tested
For bugging out you need to know whats happening around you therefore a wind up radio is essential, also a battery back up for your phone ect.
Not for everyone but a good dog is a must for me, they let you know if anyone is around your camp and also security........
If you get a small dog it will fit in your bag
Thanks.
Not worried about phones but is there a nice simple radio you can recomend? We have 2 dogs american bully and a mini toy poodle. Not sure how good they would be tbh. There worse than kids and eat twice as much. I dont plan for either of them tbh. But thats another thread i think.
Each to their own but I like to keep a months worth of scran in for the dogs (and cat), it sometimes gets reduced as we order in bulk online but its not hard to factor in the pooches in your prepping. The alternative is to either take them away somewhere and release them or put that crossbow to use. Neither option appeals to me although I dare say if push came to shove.....
3 ponchos
Foil sleepingbag
Batterys
Mini maglite
Laser pen
Mini led torch
Sharpie
Pencil
4 hour candle
Mint cake
CS gas
Gold silver money
Leatherman rebar
Screwdriver
Silva compass
Flint
Bic lighters
Tumble drier lint
Tampon
Hey fella, your covering most bases, I would consider adding the following,
Super glue, work gloves, space blanket, Para Cord, knife sharpener, pocket SAS survival guide, needle cotton & safety pins, spare socks and most of all loo roll, don't forget the loo roll.
Be Safe Citizen "H"
Im just hoping for the best and preparing for the worse.
TreePirate wrote:
#The bag is around 3/4 full with the utility belt...ill weigh it this week Thats handy, if your bag is full you then have to decide what to ditch when you need to add something
# Spare pair of socks and undies and a wooly hat each at least I agreeGlad to of been helpful... I was trying not to come over as a pillock
# Found Fiskars axe to be very good quality so far and its had some good work through it, although the handle can be slippy when wet...please enlighten me.I don't trust plastic at the best of times, being a handle for a sharp lump of metal is not a best time. Also I'm unsure how durable that method of fixing the head on is..... But as I said as long as you're happy with it
# Fuel is 8 blocks of hexamin and cheap folding stove...paid around £8 tried it camping in summer and was using 1-2 blocks to boil 1 litre kettle in mild breeze, but the smell in my bag is enough to look at a Folding firebox titanium, probs the nano and use whatever i can scavenge for fuel.? open to suggestions.
Hexi is probably one of the stinkiest portable fuels and some of the CCF at my old school (many moons ago) claimed they could track the OpFor by the smell of burning Hexi on the breeze... I don't know as I never got to play on Stamford.
I use a two-pronged approach, a twig-burner and a pop-can alky stove for when dryish burnables aren't available.
Meths or (better still) Bio-ethanol won't damage your kit in the case of spills and leaks.
jennyjj01 wrote:"I'm not in the least bit worried because I'm prepared: Are you?"
Londonpreppy wrote: At its core all prepping is, is making sure you're not down to your last sheet of loo roll when you really need a poo.
TreePirate wrote:
#The bag is around 3/4 full with the utility belt...ill weigh it this week Thats handy, if your bag is full you then have to decide what to ditch when you need to add something
# Spare pair of socks and undies and a wooly hat each at least I agreeGlad to of been helpful... I was trying not to come over as a pillock
# Found Fiskars axe to be very good quality so far and its had some good work through it, although the handle can be slippy when wet...please enlighten me.I don't trust plastic at the best of times, being a handle for a sharp lump of metal is not a best time. Also I'm unsure how durable that method of fixing the head on is..... But as I said as long as you're happy with it
# Fuel is 8 blocks of hexamin and cheap folding stove...paid around £8 tried it camping in summer and was using 1-2 blocks to boil 1 litre kettle in mild breeze, but the smell in my bag is enough to look at a Folding firebox titanium, probs the nano and use whatever i can scavenge for fuel.? open to suggestions.
Hexi is probably one of the stinkiest portable fuels and some of the CCF at my old school (many moons ago) claimed they could track the OpFor by the smell of burning Hexi on the breeze... I don't know as I never got to play on Stamford.
I use a two-pronged approach, a twig-burner and a pop-can alky stove for when dryish burnables aren't available.
Meths or (better still) Bio-ethanol won't damage your kit in the case of spills and leaks.
I have an unopened bottle of E4 bio in cupboard. Havent had chance to make pop can yet but i know the method. Twig burner? Like a tramps stove? Baked bean can??
I absalutly agree about smell tracking. My grandfather was a great poacher and taught us to be silent, still and smell of the land. Cigerette smoke and aftershave are deadly and i would have hex up there with them.
cant get to mine easily (well i have 2) but one is in the shed and other buried in my camping trailer (Why buy camping gaz when you can russle in the hedge bottoms for free cooking )
anyways:
sizes stolen off amazon
Assembled 6in (150mm) high, 5in (130mm) across. Packed it is 2.75in (70mm) high.
I wont say how fast it boils water (but its not sluggish) all depends on what you put in it and how fast / hot the wood / pine cones/ neighbours fence you put in
I didnt get the alcohol dish will look into one thought
If your roughing it, Your doing it wrong
Lack of planning on your part doesn't make it an emergency on mine
Review of them here, https://youtu.be/VRCuLcyK4wA dude doing it is a bit annoying but you get a good look at the stove in action, the size etc, and his is an eBay one rather than a branded one too.
You can get them cheaper that that too, you'll just have to look around and decide if you trust the seller, they're probably all made in the same factory.
That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange aeons even death may die.
I use this https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lixada-Portabl ... xada+stove woodburner. If you wanted something ultra light you may want to consider it. You need to tend to it pretty much constantly while it's doing its business, as the fire is so small and eats fuel quickly.
Thanks all...
Mrs will get me one for crimbo....not sure how rattly it is but ill fill it with some padding.
Wind up radio next then folks....any recommendations £15/20 max?
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