Knowledge regarding knots...minimal but I do use a taut line knot on the guylines (had to look it up to remember the name!) However I'll give your link a second read and will change the 'fixed' end of my lines for a bowline, the lift points are using Christmas cracker karibiners for flexibility but ...

Thanks, and good point about pegging to the ground, I will try raising the edges

Further to my earlier topic regarding hooped bivis (just spent the night in a loaned OEX Salamanda and it rained from 1am, decided it had passed the test at 4am and retreated indoors to my proper bed (!), quite happy with its performance (suffered condensation and my sleeping bag will need a good ai...

I think I'd be trying to car share. Yes, you may get someone that's over talkative/likes listening to Rihanna on repeat/wants the heating at 35 degrees, but on the train you might end up sitting next to a snorer or one of those people who just talk on the phone for hours for fun! (You could also end...

Hi all Has anyone tried this bivi? I've got a tarp and bivi bag setup that weighs about 650g but I'm looking for a more all-weather/less faffy option, without resorting to a full tent and the issues that brings with finding enough flat ground, speed, and keeping things low key. I've been loaned an O...

Can I join in the madness?

Ollie R, Sussex

I would have had chop the SIM cutter up so much it would no longer cut, so I spared it and got a cheap set of leather punches as I need to fit some eyelets to my winter boots anyway. Turned out pretty good as long as you use a nice big hammer :) I should have left the tabs longer as they fold over a...

Well, as you suggested, cutting thin material like that with a drill, step drill etc is pretty much impossible. I tried my largest drift but the edge is not sharp enough to cut through, so started experimenting with a hole punch. I don't think you can get enough of the smaller hole punch holes befor...

Wow, that was a quick reply from the man himself, thanks for the tips, I will now retire to the garage.

The material is the ali you are currently bundling with the 8g stove so I'l chop out the template and then use the scrap left over to test out the best way to make the holes :)

After a bit of hinting, my brother got me the 8g stove and DIY windshield for Christmas :) I've got the 8g Stove Shield Template where you cut the slits in the top and bottom and fold over sections to create air vents. Now I'd be quite happy following that if I was reusing a thick bit of foil from a...