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Where can I get one and what do you reckon would be a good price for one please
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try here i got one last week there great http://www.raymears.com/
Woodland Organics (Jack) have them too;
http://www.woodlandorganics.com/shop/sleeping/index.htm
giancarlo
16-03-2004, 22:31
very nice one's here:
http://www.sass-kit.fsbusiness.co.uk/catalogue16/Foul_Weather/index.htm
(£45)
Think everyone is just going to post where they got theirs from :wink:
I am off to Oz soon, and plan to bring a few good bits of kit back with me.
Has anyone ever spoken to someone who has been in the Oz forces? If not, find one and watch their faces when you say how much you have to pay for a hoochie over here :cry:
Great Pebble
17-03-2004, 07:34
I've got one on the way in a week or two, and some nice new Auscam trousers as well.
Nick in Belfast
Roving Rich
17-03-2004, 11:11
Are they much cheaper in Oz? I've got a friend going out there in a couple of weeks. :biggthump Oh and were do you get them?
cheers
Rich
Penrith do an OG version in two weights, measuring 170cm x 230cm,
the 4OZ for £36
http://www.edirectory.co.uk/penrith_survival/pages/moreinfoa.asp?pe=BAEBCQ_+Aussi e+Bashas+Olive+Green+170+230cm &cid=55
the 2OZ for £30
http://www.edirectory.co.uk/penrith_survival/pages/moreinfoa.asp?pe=JFGFQ_+Aussie +Bashas+2oz+Olive+Green+170&ci d=55
When i looked into getting some from Oz lasty year, it seems like most surplus shops do them for about £30.
I plan to have a bit of a rummage when i am over there, so I will let you know what I find.
I got some ex-issue auscam stuff from a friend who was in the forces over there. Mel wears the trousers all the time now, so they must be good.
the naughty boy
09-04-2004, 16:57
B+Q ...green tarp..three quid..2mx3m..
thats 10 for thirty quid!!!
im gonna hold off on a 60 quid hoochie for a while.it will be nice to get one eventually ..perhaps
Carpe_Diem
09-04-2004, 17:17
i'm serving in the ADF at the moment (3RAR) so if anyone's got any ?? regarding ADF kit feel free to ask i'll be happy to help.
regarding the hootchie, you'll pick it up from some of the better known army surplus stores for about AUD$30-40 depending on if you want a OD one or one with Auscam pattern.
regards
Jeelan
Look here....
http://www.survivalschool.co.uk/acatalog/Shelters_and_Hammocks.html
The one at the top of the page, olive drab, large 2.5m x 1.7m lots of loops and eyelets and £24.99
I just got one last week and it's superb, a really nice piece of gear - I cant imagine how any of the others are better finished. I'm very pleased with it - In fact I might even buy a spare.
i'm serving in the ADF at the moment (3RAR) so if anyone's got any ?? regarding ADF kit feel free to ask i'll be happy to help.
regarding the hootchie, you'll pick it up from some of the better known army surplus stores for about AUD$30-40 depending on if you want a OD one or one with Auscam pattern.
regards
Jeelan
Just for reference, AUD$10 works out at about £4! :shock:
Look here....
http://www.survivalschool.co.uk/acatalog/Shelters_and_Hammocks.html
The one at the top of the page, olive drab, large 2.5m x 1.7m lots of loops and eyelets and £24.99
I just got one last week and it's superb, a really nice piece of gear - I cant imagine how any of the others are better finished. I'm very pleased with it - In fact I might even buy a spare.
Any labels on it Martyn? Sounds like the one I got from Penrith Survival.
However, for the ultimate finish, you want the SASS Basha sheet that has eyelets, D-rings, tapes and cordura reinforced corners. Top kit in my book! :biggthump
Any labels on it Martyn? Sounds like the one I got from Penrith Survival.
Yeah, square label on the side...
http://www.britishblades.com/pics/hootch1.jpg
the corners andall the loops are reinforced and seem well finished to me...
http://www.britishblades.com/pics/hootch2.jpg
http://www.britishblades.com/pics/hootch3.jpg
Packs down small too - no problem popping it into a crusader mug...
http://www.britishblades.com/pics/hootch4.jpg
The nylon has some kind of wax coating - it has a waxey feel to it anyway.
That's the issue sheet ... the waxy feel is silicone. Nice looking bit of kit Martyn ... and a good price too!
That's the issue sheet ... the waxy feel is silicone. Nice looking bit of kit Martyn ... and a good price too!
Cool, is this the same one that RM is selling for £60 then?
That's the issue sheet ... the waxy feel is silicone. Nice looking bit of kit Martyn ... and a good price too!
Cool, is this the same one that RM is selling for £60 then?
Apart from the fact that his are AusCam, pretty much :-D
You'll find that at night the olive green melts into the darkness ... can be darn hard to find!
Apart from the fact that his are AusCam, pretty much :-D
According to his site, he only has OG, no AusCam - still £60 though.
I might buy another. :-D
Only OG now ... shame that, I liked the look of Auscam (I use a DPM one).
the naughty boy
09-04-2004, 20:20
so how do i get one for 4 quid then?
so how do i get one for 4 quid then?
Well, they wouldn't be £4 ... AUD$40 would be £16 ...
Now I just need to find someone in Aus to send me one ...
Here's a close-up of the SASS basha ...
http://www.kingsley-hughes.com/outdoors/bcuk/basha.jpg
steven andrews
09-04-2004, 21:34
I decided that I wanted a big basha to accommodate my two (only :cry: ) friends too. After a long search I bought a Hilleberg Tarp 10 XP http://www.hilleberg.com/Catalog/tarp_10_xp_2038988.htm, made of silicone coated polyester.
It is very light and compresses very small, but when opened out is GINORMOUS (3.5 x 3 m / 11.5 x 10 ft)!
No worries of your feet wiggling out during the night. It's like a hotel! I would have liked a central loop, but the Hilleberg doesn't have one. I work around it by using a childrens soft "ball pit" ball http://store2.yimg.com/I/tinkertots_1781_4451023
and a cloth tie like this:
http://www.safelink.net/wilory/wtwg/pictures/sn.gif
Being on a bit of a basha-buying-spree, I also bought an Integral Designs Sil-Tarp2 http://www.integraldesigns.com/tarps-frame.htm
This is smaller, but very light and compact. I bought Hilleberg line-runners and guy line to use with it.
the naughty boy
09-04-2004, 22:11
http://img44.photobucket.com/albums/v135/thenaughtyboy/crawfordsburn_008.jpg
heres a pic of my "hotel" it rained all night and blew a gale but we were all cosy and dry.bivvy bags used of course.
that was a few weeks ago.the tarp cost me 12 quid.