Review: Hohner Golden Melody 10 hole diatonic harmonica
Its been a while since I played a harmonica, around 30 years at least. I remember the black Hero harmonica that dad had. In fact most of my friends who had harmonicas had Heros. Its quality was pretty good and I was surprised to find out a few days back that it was/is made in [...]
Review: Nikon Monarch ATB Team RT 8 x 42 (dielectric) binoculars
The most expensive of my camping purchases finally arrived. It was a long wait while I bought the essentials and kept postponing this purchase. I didn’t plan it this way -to make this my most expensive purchase, but as the years went by, so did my paycheck and of course I wanted something which would [...]
Calotropis gigantea/procera
Glossary This plant is an old friend on account of its familiarity since childhood, thanks to its wide distribution all over India. I remember this plant as it is pretty easy to identify. It is covered in a whitish powder and when a part of the plant is broken off, it exudes latex ( a [...]
Review: Disciple Extended Ops tactical pack MK II
I have been on the lookout for a smaller pack -smaller than my existing 80 liter rucksack. I had bought this on sale and red was the only colour available. A brightly coloured pack is not very suitable when trekking out in the wilderness, trying to observe the flora and fauna around you as in [...]
Review: Bushbuddy Wood burning stove
My Bushbuddy stove is one of my oldest camping accessories. I somehow never managed to review it even after owning it for more than two years. In the space of that time, a few other reviews, an interview with its maker and other pictures on various forums have cropped up. This was however not the [...]
Review: Glock Entrenching Tool
An entrenching tool ( e-tool for short) is a compact digging tool which is a good thing to have in your backpack. It can be used for a variety of purposes, -digging a toilet pit, digging a shallow trench around your tent to channel off rain water, digging for roots, mundane construction projects or to [...]
Review: Pacsafe eXomesh rucksack lock
Buying the best backpacking gear is expensive, so keeping it safe is a priority. Backpacks or rucksacks are not secured as easily as a suitcase is. Suitcases can be chained or tethered by means of a cable/chain and padlock, but how do you do that for a backpack? If you loop a reinforced chain or [...]
Review: Chico bag’s Bottle Sling
When I bought my 40 oz (approx 1.1 liter) Klean Kanteen, I also bought a neoprene jacket made by Built NY from them. It took me quite some time -almost a year to get used to the neoprene jacket (because I was carrying my Sigg around) as it was a bit different from the simple [...]
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