Woodlore/Ray Mears Eco Sleep System DVD

[Scott]

Anyone else seen this yet? £5 approx from Woodlore.

I got it to go with the hammock and mossie net I had for Christmas.

Production and sound level is ok.

Covers some siting information which if you've done any courses or read any good book sufficiently you will already know but is a worthwhile reminder.

Shows the knots clearly for setting up the hotchie, hammock and mossie net and some tips for packing your hammock and mossie net to take in your pack.

I thought to be honest only two things were missing -

How to put the hammock and the mossie net into the dry bag he advocates - any special system?

and

How to actually take down the hammock - again any special system or just a reverse procedure?


What's there is good but with the extra space available on the DVD perhaps a few extra bits could have been added.

Having said that it'll make a great little video for the scouts to see as they always love anything like that.

Scott

 

[Womble]

I had a look on the woodlore site this morning, but couldn't find reference to the dvd for a fiver, only supplied for free when you buy the hammock set (I think)

 

[Adi007]

It's mentioned on this page http://www.raymears.com/shop_item_desc.cfm?id=268&itemType=Sleeping Out for £4.99 but the item isn't currently in the catalog.

 

[Jamie]

is it just me, or is it a bit odd that you need a dvd (what if you dont have dvd?) to teach you how to put it up?

 

[Womble]

Ah, I missed that last bit.

 

[Fallow Way]

From what I`ve heard one of teh main reasons they did it was to help poeple with the knots. Personally, I had no problem what so ever with using the leaflet to learn one of the two knots i had not come across before.

The only other thing I picked up from the DVD was the use of a dry bag which I now do.

Good DVD I thought.

Nomad