Camping Luxuries
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Sunray
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If it was a bit wider, I'd get one. With narrow mats like that I always end up on the floor which defeats the point.
My posh down sleeping bag keeps me warm enough these days. Shame that you can't get blow up beds that were a bit lighter.
My posh down sleeping bag keeps me warm enough these days. Shame that you can't get blow up beds that were a bit lighter.
Ooh Expeds are the king of the airbed worldThey are bloody well expensive tho - mine cost £100. But, it only weighs a kilo, packs up to the size of a bag of sugar, is filled with down to keep you warm, and they're what the mountain rescue dudes use as they keep you warm down to -40c. I love my exped and wish I'd bought it when I first started going to festivals instead of buying loads of those crappy airbeds that always deflate.
Sunray
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I was considering it, the 1.30 a litre diesel price has put me off though.
Might have some fun doing a DIY conversion. Old high tops are pretty cheap, but I think I'd want a 4x4 high top.
Sealskinz are indeed a wonderful invention for the outdoors. Ford streams, endure horizontal rain and get stuck in peat bogs with total impunity
don't you sweat like a fucker in the them and become damp anyway??? They just sound a bit unbreathable....
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Nope, they let sweat out but don't let water in
http://www.sealskinz.com/waterproof_and_breathable.htm
I saw some peeps gleefully discarding their flipflops at the gate one year when it was muddy at the beginning,thinking they would merrily roam thru the mud free as birdies with their little bare feet
I bet they had a shit time
I can confirm from personnal experience that they almost certainly had a shit time.
At Glasto 2005 I had gambled on the weather taking only my trainers and my teva sandals. After God had smited us on the Friday morning I was faced with only two options (not wanting to que for 5 hours for wellies). I decided that sandals were the way forward. It was horrible, they got so clogged up with mud that I was phisically unable to keep them on, so I tried bare feet, this was worse, no grip at all and every so often I discovered a hidden can under the mud
Then add to this just how cold the mud got in the evening.Fortunately I managed to score some wellies on Saturday evening and the euphoria when I pulled them on was far greater than any drug
.So lesson here is never ever rely on flip-flops / sandals. Always have a waterproof footwear option regardless of the forecast.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
pennimania
still dre and drooling
I can confirm from personnal experience that they almost certainly had a shit time.
At Glasto 2005 I had gambled on the weather taking only my trainers and my teva sandals. After God had smited us on the Friday morning I was faced with only two options (not wanting to que for 5 hours for wellies). I decided that sandals were the way forward. It was horrible, they got so clogged up with mud that I was phisically unable to keep them on, so I tried bare feet, this was worse, no grip at all and every so often I discovered a hidden can under the mud
Fortunately I managed to score some wellies on Saturday evening and the euphoria when I pulled them on was far greater than any drug
So lesson here is never ever rely on flip-flops / sandals. Always have a waterproof footwear option regardless of the forecast.
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Looby
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Well, I went looking for boots. I didn't get para boots in the end, I just thought they would be too heavy and remembering how long it took me to break my docs in I couldn't face it. 
I may live to regret this but the first time I will properly wear them apart from round the house will be Glastonbury so I can't afford to be in pain.
I did get some hiking boots though and they are really comfy. I doubt very much they will be waterproof for £25 quid so I'll still take my wellies but they will definitely be better than the trainers I've been wearing at festies the last few years (apart from last year obviously).
We also got some plastic tent pegs because I'm sure that me and dub managed to bend almost every one of mine putting the beast up at Endorse It last year.
I may live to regret this but the first time I will properly wear them apart from round the house will be Glastonbury so I can't afford to be in pain. I did get some hiking boots though and they are really comfy. I doubt very much they will be waterproof for £25 quid so I'll still take my wellies but they will definitely be better than the trainers I've been wearing at festies the last few years (apart from last year obviously).
We also got some plastic tent pegs because I'm sure that me and dub managed to bend almost every one of mine putting the beast up at Endorse It last year.
You can get waterproofing spray though, I think its called Fabsil (not sure how good it is)Well, I went looking for boots. I didn't get para boots in the end, I just thought they would be too heavy and remembering how long it took me to break my docs in I couldn't face it.
I did get some hiking boots though and they are really comfy. I doubt very much they will be waterproof for £25 quid so I'll still take my wellies but they will definitely be better than the trainers I've been wearing at festies the last few years (apart from last year obviously).
We also got some plastic tent pegs because I'm sure that me and dub managed to bend almost every one of mine putting the beast up at Endorse It last year.
Personally, id rather take a decent sized tent that you can actually stand up. I like a bit of space when camping. Also, something that you can seal food in to keep the bugs out.
Wooden pegs are best IMHO.
In an ideal world I would have a camper van, although Mrs P now wants a caravan.
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mr steev
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I'm with Bees and Aqua with paraboots. I've been going to Glastonbury for years and they've been great in the wet ones of recent years and the ones in the 90's (when they were a lot less prepared than they are today!)
Add a pair of gaiters and your sorted up to your knees
Add a pair of gaiters and your sorted up to your knees
The best place to get camping stuff is the States and Canada. I went to a camping shop in Washington and the stuff they had was unbelievable. Check this out, if I had a van I'd get one of these - a generator powered by water
http://www.campist.com/archives/millennium-cell-and-horizon-fuel-cell-hydropak-pow.html
http://www.campist.com/archives/millennium-cell-and-horizon-fuel-cell-hydropak-pow.html
More cool stuff
Wind powered lantern
Wireless solar powered speakers
Cap with LEDs in the peak
Tree spheres:
http://www.freespiritspheres.com/
Serious man, the States and Canada are light years ahead of us when it comes to camping.
Wind powered lantern
Wireless solar powered speakers
Cap with LEDs in the peak
Tree spheres:
http://www.freespiritspheres.com/
Serious man, the States and Canada are light years ahead of us when it comes to camping.
zenie
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Sunray
Its sunny somewhere.
The best place to get camping stuff is the States and Canada. I went to a camping shop in Washington and the stuff they had was unbelievable. Check this out, if I had a van I'd get one of these - a generator powered by water
http://www.campist.com/archives/millennium-cell-and-horizon-fuel-cell-hydropak-pow.html
That offers a very tame 25w for 200 quid and you need to keep buying cartridges for it for 10 quid.
Go solar for less, silent and no running costs.
http://www.midsummerenergy.co.uk/buy_solar_panels/solar_panel_kits/KC50_solar_panel_kit.html
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
There are some seriously fucking nice tents on that site....
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Want.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Really want.
aqua
made of cheese and gin
thank you firky, now he's sat on the sofa showing me loads of tents squealing saying "look at that!, want! but look!"
No you don't, tho you probably wouldn't want to wear Sealskinz waterproof socks during hot weather. Then again, you wouldn't need to wear them during hot weather.
They are quite thick so not good for shoes or boots which are already tight-fitting. They're best worn with a thin liner sock too.
Another camping luxury: chocolate.
Gonna buy!!!!
My old Goretex ones have given up the ghost, finally!
But they've given me good service over the years ...
pinkmonkey
2.4 hour party person
It's missing a picnic table on its back.
stretchy18
New Member
Asda are doing 3 metre telescopic fishing poles. they are only a quid each and you can hang shit on them to Identify your tent.
You can find them in the one pound shelves, I bought a handfull of em
You can find them in the one pound shelves, I bought a handfull of em
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