Ian
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Again I have questions and ponderings.
What is really getting to me about all this bushcraft kit is the prices like bivi/basha sheets costing nearly £40, sleeping bags well in excess of £150, rucksacks etc etc. By the time I'm kitted out I might as well have bought myself a damn caravan!!!!!
So, last night I was trawling the web for little folding wood stoves, the type that don't leave to much of a burnt patch when you're done. Bloody near £40 for a few pieces of metal that clip together! Eventually I stumbled upon this chap's great idea: Esbit Pocket Folding Stove with Windscreen Modifications
I know it's not as versatile as one of those honey stoves (or whatever they are called) but until the shops can start getting reasonable about how much they charge for this crap this is all I've got to work with.
So, a few questions. What do you guys use? Where can I get one of these Esbit stoves (from what I can gather they are like a Hexi stove just bigger) and is it really worth all the hassle or am I looking in the wrong direction.
I know about Trangia stoves, I bought a copy of one when I was a teenager, used it once to find it takes about a year to boil a kettle and I still have it in a cupboard. Also, meths is getting hard to get hold of these days (thankyou tramps and health and safety)
This isn't just for bushcraft it could also be useful for work when I get stuck in the fields all day so I am open to any (cheap) suggestions.
Thanks in advance
Ian
What is really getting to me about all this bushcraft kit is the prices like bivi/basha sheets costing nearly £40, sleeping bags well in excess of £150, rucksacks etc etc. By the time I'm kitted out I might as well have bought myself a damn caravan!!!!!
So, last night I was trawling the web for little folding wood stoves, the type that don't leave to much of a burnt patch when you're done. Bloody near £40 for a few pieces of metal that clip together! Eventually I stumbled upon this chap's great idea: Esbit Pocket Folding Stove with Windscreen Modifications
I know it's not as versatile as one of those honey stoves (or whatever they are called) but until the shops can start getting reasonable about how much they charge for this crap this is all I've got to work with.
So, a few questions. What do you guys use? Where can I get one of these Esbit stoves (from what I can gather they are like a Hexi stove just bigger) and is it really worth all the hassle or am I looking in the wrong direction.
I know about Trangia stoves, I bought a copy of one when I was a teenager, used it once to find it takes about a year to boil a kettle and I still have it in a cupboard. Also, meths is getting hard to get hold of these days (thankyou tramps and health and safety)
This isn't just for bushcraft it could also be useful for work when I get stuck in the fields all day so I am open to any (cheap) suggestions.
Thanks in advance
Ian