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Silly I know, but I want one, so I just ordered one
http://www.pelam.de/index.php?cPath=28_109
bikething
20-06-2007, 10:38
A paraffin fueled radio :confused:
This camping getting out of hand no fun no more.Makes life to easy. i like it no noise just the wind the brook saying come on in the waters fine .Hi i am mr fishee wheres your pole.
lol i think its a belting idea.
I recently took a some lanterns away canoeing and i had forgot how lovely they are. They were very light and a cup full of oil lasted a good long time. I found the light really nice much better than a battery powered something. Usually the light of a fire is enough but sometimes when its hot you dont want a ragaing fire only a utility fire for cooking and boiling.
The only thing i would put me off this is if the radio bit weighed a tonne :( I dont often listen to the radio when out bushying but every now an then its nice to catch a few tunes or a commedy...
Oh and the price difference, lamp from the local shop place £3 each:rolleyes:
Porcupine
20-06-2007, 18:47
whats next? a woodfueled portable airco? :nana:
They actually have them, well stoves that power fridges/ice making machines so :p back at ye and back to your nettle undiemaking !
I am constantly making kit cuts but a lamp is something i would like to carry from now on. When the fire is unable to provide light whats the alternitive? Battery power or a fair old amount of time to produce a natural mothod.
I guess my point is that people should give the old oil lamp a go,, not saying one of these flashy ones but a cheap one maybe. Would not see my self carrying it far but with a canoe etc its nice an hey if theres a radio thrown in fair enough.....
Thats if they come down to 2 quid that is lol
Porcupine
20-06-2007, 20:16
hmmm, nettle undies... now thats a novel idea ;)
worst thing is if i would put em on ebay they would sell i bet :D
in truth i think the heat to current gadget isnt that bad at all, its just that for me personaly a radio to listen to is the last thing id want if i finaly managed to sneak away from society.
at times i realy think people nowadays are afraid of their own thoughts,silence seems threathening to them.
I do honestly love my own time no noise at all and the last time i went away it was with my good friend but i also missed the time i last went away alone.
Believe me the last thing i would want is a radio blaring all day but im a radio4 tart and some of the play and stories are spine tinglingly good entertaining plus i read a lot for a living (manuals) so thats out ;) lol. I last went out for 4 days and i could not be ** reading and really missed a radio (took a broken one) especially when it was too hot to do a thing besides sweat an swing yer your hammock :D.
Not an argument porkipine me ald matey ;) just reminiscing on recent good times even if they seem now so distant :( right thats it im packing for a saturday night on the canoe lol missus is gonna kill me :eek:
I aways take a radio with me to be honest, can't go without Radio 4 news I'm afraid. As to lamps in general, they come along in some form or another. On my own I use a candle lantern, with my lad along I may take a Primus gas lamp or if transport is no problem then one or two Vapalux/Bialaddin pressure lamps as well; I find the hiss of a pressure lantern very relaxing to be honest. The cheap and cheerful huricane lamps have their place as well, as someone else said, a little oil and you have hours of gentle light. Lots of people here on the forum use wind up radio's so why not a lamp powered one?
I also take an MP3 player, you can't beat a little jazz late at night (headphones on of course)
O K Richard here is a fan run by heat for a wood stove put this on top of the lantern have light and cool air for your night time reading in your tent.
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d52/oops62/stoves%202/th_heatfan-1.jpg (http://s33.photobucket.com/albums/d52/oops62/stoves%202/?action=view¤t=heatfan-1.flv)
scottishwolf
22-06-2007, 01:27
mp3 player with ozric tentacles or pink floyd is a necessity, helps you drift off and forget about the strange noises in the woods lol :)
Anyone else into the ozrics btw???
Yeh...Right !!! :rolleyes: :tapedshut :eek:
O K Richard here is a fan run by heat for a wood stove put this on top of the lantern have light and cool air for your night time reading in your tent.
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d52/oops62/stoves%202/th_heatfan-1.jpg (http://s33.photobucket.com/albums/d52/oops62/stoves%202/?action=view¤t=heatfan-1.flv)
Thanks Robert, I need one of those too :)