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Re: Torches.
Headlamps key to enable you to do tasks 'hands-free'. Lanterns are good, or sticking a torch in a mug to bounce the light off the ceiling. Fairy lights, while undecidedly 'tactical' or 'prepping' are actually very nice too, most come in a comforting warm white colour, the LED ones run for ages off a...
- Mon Jun 14, 2021 2:00 pm
- Forum: Equipment
- Topic: USB power pack
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1684
Re: USB power pack
Have had an Anker PowerCore 20100 for a number of years- 20,000mAh advertised capacity. Agree with others that it's best to avoid the gimmicky solar panel power banks - last thing the lithium rechargable cells need is to be cooked in the sun all day! Lots of companies do small/portable folding panel...
- Sun May 02, 2021 11:16 am
- Forum: Equipment
- Topic: Equipping a vehicle
- Replies: 31
- Views: 3879
Re: Equipping a vehicle
At the risk of opening one's mouth and sounding like an idiot... Do glass breakers and seatbelt cutters not need to be within reach of driver/passengers...?
- Sat May 01, 2021 4:36 pm
- Forum: Equipment
- Topic: Geiger Counters & Dosimeters
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2005
Re: Geiger Counters & Dosimeters
What do you need it to detect? (Alpha/Beta/Gamma?)
What kind of dose rates?
Particular isotopes of interest?
Budget?
What kind of dose rates?
Particular isotopes of interest?
Budget?
- Tue Apr 27, 2021 12:37 pm
- Forum: Equipment
- Topic: Choice and sources of Jars
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2433
Re: Choice and sources of Jars
Really useful thread! Thanks! My day-to-day ingredients are kept in the lever type kilner (and kilner style) glass jars. I'm deeply unimpressed with the Kilner brand jars, I've had quite a lot of flakes of glass from the rim where the metal lever makes contact. Ironically, I've found the Ikea ones ...
- Sun Apr 25, 2021 7:10 pm
- Forum: Equipment
- Topic: Choice and sources of Jars
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2433
Re: Choice and sources of Jars
Really useful thread! Thanks! My day-to-day ingredients are kept in the lever type kilner (and kilner style) glass jars. I'm deeply unimpressed with the Kilner brand jars, I've had quite a lot of flakes of glass from the rim where the metal lever makes contact. Ironically, I've found the Ikea ones m...
- Tue Apr 13, 2021 2:17 pm
- Forum: Homes and Retreats
- Topic: RING video doorbells
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1641
Re: RING video doorbells
I definitely have nothing against gadgets, I have a door sensor on the porch door with notes to delivery companies to leave parcels in the porch, and whenever the porch door is opened I get a notification & a snapshot from my CCTV within about 5 seconds - I even get it, with photo, to my watch ...
- Tue Mar 23, 2021 10:58 am
- Forum: Medical and Healthcare
- Topic: Quorn meat substitute
- Replies: 28
- Views: 3867
Re: Quorn meat substitute
Really interesting, thanks for highlighting this! Now, this is difficult as I've always thought of Quorn as one of the more viable meat substitutes - I'm not strictly veggie, but I'm trying to cut down on processed foods and (cheap) meat for environmental, animal welfare and health reasons... I'll h...
- Wed Mar 10, 2021 11:33 am
- Forum: Homes and Retreats
- Topic: Emergency home lighting
- Replies: 20
- Views: 11390
Re: Emergency home lighting
Self-confessed torch snob, couple of thoughts: While I own a tilly lamp, I would never run the thing inside as it would absolutely stink- the additional ventilation required would negate any heating effect the lamp would have. Candles are not part of my preps as I, personally, don't see the point of...
- Wed Sep 23, 2020 9:09 pm
- Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
- Topic: strawberry thief - sort of
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2173
Re: strawberry thief - sort of
Had squirrels decimate my strawberries this year, they nibbled the stalks above the ripe and unripe fruits. Sounds like you might have squirrels or mice?