What have you bought?

Charlie83

Charlie83

Thru Hiker
Arc'teryx Zeta SL shell (finally)
Couple of Patagonia Capiline daily Graphic LS t-shirts
3m of tyvec
A couple of DCF things from Wild Sky gear on ebay
Another evernew pot (500)
Pair of dirty girls

Finally cracked

Still waiting for the strat Li and the walking pole adapters to come back into stock and that should do me for a while, although the montbell superior down hoody has become a temptation.
 
Odd Man

Odd Man

Thru Hiker
Charlie83 said:
Arc'teryx Zeta SL shell (finally)
Couple of Patagonia Capiline daily Graphic LS t-shirts
3m of tyvec
A couple of DCF things from Wild Sky gear on ebay
Another evernew pot (500)
Pair of dirty girls

Finally cracked

Still waiting for the strat Li and the walking pole adapters to come back into stock and that should do me for a while, although the montbell superior down hoody has become a temptation.
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Strat Li was for 2 person use?
 
WilliamC

WilliamC

Thru Hiker
Charlie83 said:
Arc'teryx Zeta SL shell (finally)
Couple of Patagonia Capiline daily Graphic LS t-shirts
3m of tyvec
A couple of DCF things from Wild Sky gear on ebay
Another evernew pot (500)
Pair of dirty girls

Finally cracked

Still waiting for the strat Li and the walking pole adapters to come back into stock and that should do me for a while, although the montbell superior down hoody has become a temptation.
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You might want to check out Treadlightgear (AKA @paul on this forum), whose items appear to have been copied by Wild Sky*.




*Unless Paul is moonlighting under an alias.
 
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Charlie83

Charlie83

Thru Hiker
WilliamC said:
You might want to check on Treadlightgear (AKA @paul on this forum), whose items appear to have been copied by WilD Sky*.




*Unless Paul is moonlighting under an alias.
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This site is like an arm of AliExpress at times, the clone champions of the world. Just about everything ever made is a copy of something somewhere.

There's certainly plenty room in the uk, indeed europe for two? DCF sellers, as a customer I'd like there to be a few more tbh

Nevis said:
Have heard the quality of wild sky stuff is a bit poor!!
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I've had a dozen or more bits from them since they started, never been a problem with any of it


Lempo said:
Looking forward to hear your experiences, as I like the TT DCF tents.
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Think there's a few folk on here got one, some might even have been able to use it :D
 
Tartanferret

Tartanferret

Thru Hiker
Mole said:
The orzo blognes, mushroom risotto and the Dahl.

The only one we weren't keen on was the posh pork n beany one. Too sweet n sickly.

Not tried the beef stew yet.
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yeah, I was disappointed with the posh pork n beans, only one I’ve had.

hopefully my Real Turmat pulled pork and rice doesn’t taste like McD’s barbecue sauce. I like dipping my fries in it but a whole meal?..that’s something else
 
Alf Outdoors

Alf Outdoors

F.K.A tarptent
I bought a DD Superlight XL Tarp (2.9m x 4.5m (9 foot 6 inches by 14 foot six inches). And a DD Magic Carpet XL as the groundsheet. The Tarp weighs 665g including the pouch, excuding the pegs and guy lines. The Magic Carpet weighs 244g including the pouch. Together they cost £111.50. I have been looking for some even lighter compression sacks than my two Trekmate ones. The 6 Litre Trekmates ultralight compression sack (which is orange) is 47g and the 8 Litre one (which is light blue) is 58g...They both have drawcords for closing the the actual sack before compression.
Then I stumbled upon some Aesy compression sacks that are waterproof, floatable, but also breathable. Unlike the Trekmates sacks, they fold completely flat and have a much simpler roll top design with only two compression straps.
They come in three sizes...5 Litre, 8 Litre and 11 Litre and they also come in a variety of colour options, including several that are perfect for wild camping, like woodland camo, olive green and real tree camo, so I decided to buy two of their 8 Litre sacks, one in woodland camo and the other in olive green.
I have to say I am extremely impressed with them...So much so I have ordered another three.
Each 8 Litre sack only weighs 44g, 3g lighter than the 6 Litre Trekmate sack!
And they are inexpensive too...£5.99 for the 5 Litre, £6.99 for the 8 Litre and £7.99 for the 11 Litre. They are only available on Amazon UK, as far as I know.
I also bought a Lixada version of the Esbit ST11.5Ti ultralight Titanium solid fuel stove...It looks very similar but it is not a direct copy as it has more Titanium area to it...It weighs 14g, but I plan to drill holes in it here and there to save a few grams, which may make it lighter then the Esbit...It was £6.99, about half the price of the Esbit.
I also bought a lighter pillow...I realised my reliable and comfortable Klymit Pillow X Recon was looking quite heavy compared to more modern options (It weighs 78g, inc. the pouch) so I had a look for a lighter option...Ended up buying the Marmot Strato ultralight inflatable pillow, in a light green colour called Ceranto...It only weighs 40g! It is currently £26.99 at Ultralight Outdoor Gear, but I got it for just £19.50, a saving of £7.95, on wiggle.co.uk.
I also bought a two types of the infamous gas canister refill adapters...One for joining threaded top canisters together, which has a valve to control the flow, and the other is to allow the bottle shaped canisters, which have no thread on the top, to be used as the donor canister (£6.50 the pair).
 
G

Gneiss Boots

Trail Blazer
Well it started as a look for a new hi-viz running shirt, but ended up with my first buy of Goretex waterproof jacket since 2006 when I went over to Paramo. Mountain Equipment Verbier which seem to be widely on sale and hopefully good for a light summer 'mostly in the rucksack' jacket. Lockdown internet loafing is not good...
 
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