i want to do hardcore survival like the guy from outdoor boys but dont wanna get killed by bears while sleeping how do i do this? electric fence is not an option
I don't get it. Why do companies make shit like this? >10 fucking pounds >massive, requires own backpack or carry handle >as expensive than a premium 2-4 person tent >bivvy style
I don't get it. You can't backpack with this shit unless you sled or horse in, but if you did why the fuck would you do a bivvy style thing of all shit that costs as much as a good tent with half the space. Car camping you can also just bring a nice larger comfy tent and cheaper probably. there's no market for this shit yet I keep seeing it shilled year after year on youtube.
Do you like to look at things when you go /out/? Show us your optics. >monoculars >binoculars >scopes >sunglasses too, I guess >cases/carry systems >cleaning and maintenance >poorfag options
I have a Vortex 8x25 mono that I like to bring, but I regret not buying the 10x25. Binos are my old Nikon Travelite III 10x25.
General thread for freediving and/or spearfishing, since I don't see one mentioning either.
My personal questions: I've been thinking about taking a certification course so I can learn to do these things correctly and safely. I'm probably happy just doing the diving, but spearfishing seems like an easy and practical extension. I only casually skindive and rod-and-reel fish at the moment. Does anyone have experience taking such a course? I know I'll need my own gear early on, but each instructor I can find seems to have their own equipment shops, so I imagine they wouldn't be impartial about the quality of other gear on the market. I live on the Pacific coast of the US, so I see that a 7 mm open cell wetsuit is strongly recommended. What good/bad features should I look out for on wetsuits and other equipment? For non-competitive diving, carbon fiber fins are almost certainly not worth the price, right?
Since I think all y'all would be the most mature and knowledgable board about this: I need to settle this debate for our families emergency kits when a snowstorm or power outage hits. (I checked for a stupid questions thread but there wasn't any)
I am arguing in favor of getting two butane gas stoves/burners for general use, see picrel The reason for this is that I want to be able to cook indoors for obvious security reasons. We all live in the same, but pretty cramped subdivision, and everyone can look into eachothers front and back yards.
However, my brother is having a mental breakdown how carbon dioxide will kill us if we'd cook indoors without mechanical ventilation or a range hood after a power outage. Regardless of cracking a window or two.
For indoor use I would prefer to use one of those flat stoves rather than something tall like those stoves that you screw on top of a canister, due to its much higher center of gravity. I know there are some safety concerns with those flat stoves, but to my knowledge that is caused by using pots or pans on the stove that are way too large, reflecting and conducting a lot of heat back down to where the gas canister is, causing it to burst under pressure, and the gas igniting from the lit burner, causing a nice thermobaric effect I suppose.
Let's focus the discussion purely using a propane (butane too I guess) stove indoors in an emergency with regard to breathing safety.
Are there any risks if you just cook in one room upstairs with the window(s) open? Do the risks outweigh the safety/security offered by cooking indoors to your opinion?
