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Just saw this on telly.

http://jakpak.com/home.aspx

Speechless. "Good for going for a beer at the football game?"

In reply to ablackett: On the same programme. The worlds brightest torch.

http://www.wickedlasers.com/torch

Battery of 5-10 minutes and you can use it to toast marshmallows. Not much good for reading your book though as it will catch fire.

In reply to ablackett:

Could be good for belay duty on cold crags.

Does not look midge proof however.

In reply to ablackett:
We have an old photo of one of the members wearing a survival suit that looks similar to this. The photo is captioned "Do you want to live that much??"

On the theme of the thread. The worst bit of kit I bought was a T-bloc. Looked brilliant. First time I actually tried it (tentatively) on a rope, it slipped, caught, slipped and caught again. Doing untold damage to the sheath. A bit of practice showed that it only locked first time if you were every careful. Fine in principle, lethal during an epic.

In reply to ablackett:

A spork/Foon - useless, whatever.

In reply to ablackett:

Belay shorts?

http://www.mammut.ch/en/productDetail/211001150_v_7193/Realization+Short.ht...

In reply to LastBoyScout:

I love Sporks!

In reply to Damo:

Can you imagine how smelly they would get on a couple of months climbing trip?

In reply to tlm:

You have heard about this crazy concept of washing clothing?

In reply to Damo:
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Saw these in Cortina and nearly bought some, just thought it would freak out staff at a wall to see me tying into my shorts, £30 for a joke maybe £180, no chance.

In reply to ablackett:

The most ridiculous piece of outdoor kit has to be jeans. Why anyone thinks something designed in the 19th century to clothe Chinese navvies on the cheap is 'cool' is anyone's guess. (Jeremy Clarkson wears them FFS)

Cold when wet
Ages to dry
Sweaty when hot
Not particularly warm when cold
Need to jump through hoops to add any sort of flexibility

In reply to Dan_S:

Can you wash them? I don't wash my harness.... maybe I should?!

In reply to GrahamD:

Heavy
Not waterproof
Don't pack down small
Uncomfy

In reply to tlm:

Why would you not be able to wash them? There's nothing stopping you from washing a harness......I put mine in a pillow case and chuck it in the machine on a cold wash

In reply to ablackett: Cheers for those links - brightened my day up somewhat. I can't believe there is any market for those products but I am clearly wrong.

In reply to ablackett:

Brings a whole new meaning to the phrase:- Light my fire , this is light h fire with light, and no need for a magnifying glass. ( just have plenty of spare batteries)

I can also see arsonists putting this on their Christmas list.

In reply to ablackett:
the concept of a tent coat is good ,however don't think ill be buying this particular one anytime soon.