The "Gear I love" thread - An open list for good gear

[imaca]

Ditto on the walking/mustering stick. I bagged the hell out of a mate years ago when he suggested getting a walking stick. A few years later and observing some fit old farts using them, I gave them ago.
What. a. difference.
Especially long descents with weight and just all-round stability.

[16Tontovarish]

sticks are a must, I have dual poles for tops work, which double as a makeshift bipod, and a big manuka stick for general use/ river crossings

[MB]

Ditto on the walking/mustering stick. I bagged the hell out of a mate years ago when he suggested getting a walking stick. A few years later and observing some fit old farts using them, I gave them ago.
What. a. difference.
Especially long descents with weight and just all-round stability.

I made one out of a broom stick to try out. Useful where I hunt as steep slopes covered in loose shit. My boy managed to break it somehow(?!) and I haven't got around to replacing it. Took a serious tumble on my last outing, just knee, elbow and pride scraped, but could have been a lot worse. The stick would have probably saved the day.

[dannyb]

I made one out of a broom stick to try out. Useful where I hunt as steep slopes covered in loose shit. My boy managed to break it somehow(?!) and I haven't got around to replacing it. Took a serious tumble on my last outing, just knee, elbow and pride scraped, but could have been a lot worse. The stick would have probably saved the day.

Go cut a couple straight manuka poles and let them season, then a quick sand and some boiled linseed oil and they are good to go, much much stronger than any broom stick (and more asthetically pleasing).
I usually drill a hole near the top for a paracord hand loop.
Always got a couple in service as shit happens and nothing is indestructible, they are definitely a game changer.

[imaca]

Go cut a couple straight manuka poles and let them season, then a quick sand and some boiled linseed oil and they are good to go, much much stronger than any broom stick (and more asthetically pleasing).
I usually drill a hole near the top for a paracord hand loop.
Always got a couple in service as shit happens and nothing is indestructible, they are definitely a game changer.

Exactly what I am doing.

[Ned]

Go cut a couple straight manuka poles and let them season, then a quick sand and some boiled linseed oil and they are good to go, much much stronger than any broom stick (and more asthetically pleasing).
I usually drill a hole near the top for a paracord hand loop.
Always got a couple in service as shit happens and nothing is indestructible, they are definitely a game changer.

I think I'm about to move to one of these over the 2 walking poles I've been using. The amount of control and leverage I experienced using 2 hands facing in opposite directions on a single staff is a lot more reassuring that one hand at the top of a walking stick.

[16Tontovarish]

I think I'm about to move to one of these over the 2 walking poles I've been using. The amount of control and leverage I experienced using 2 hands facing in opposite directions on a single staff is a lot more reassuring that one hand at the top of a walking stick.

yeah, for me a pole has to reach to about eye height on level ground, that way I can hold it in both hands like an oar on the descent.

[imaca]

I think I'm about to move to one of these over the 2 walking poles I've been using. The amount of control and leverage I experienced using 2 hands facing in opposite directions on a single staff is a lot more reassuring that one hand at the top of a walking stick.

We are still talking about walking sticks right?

[Poko]

New big three has been a game changer:
SouthernLite 65 litre pack
Kiwiultralight quilt + their fitted sheet
Durston xmid pro 2 tent.

[ANTSMAN]

New big three has been a game changer:
SouthernLite 65 litre pack
Kiwiultralight quilt + their fitted sheet
Durston xmid pro 2 tent.

I have Durston also, and keen on the Kiwi UL quilt, how do you like the quilt? Any issues?

[Moa Hunter]

Truck tire tube scope cover. Cut to make a 75 mm wide rubber band out of a 825/16 - 900/20 tube depending on scope length. Will keep lenses completely dry and protect the entire scope from scratches and impacts

[Micky Duck]

Bobba...thats like the old saying "a man without a knife is like a dog without a dick"

taking that further..what is a dog that doesnt have a dick???
thats right a bitch
and I dont want to be anyones bitch LOL.

[Ryan_Songhurst]

Things I like that I currently use, have used heaps of shit and I actually like this stuff..

RAB Siltarp 2, excellent bit of kit and only shelter I use now

Cactus Hector pack, bombproof

La Sportiva Trango TRX GTX boots, all the support of any heavy leather boot I've had at half the weight

Pocket shortwave radio, great for rainy days at camp can pick up something literally anywhere, listen to the news etc

Garmin Alpha200i, topo maps, birdseye maps, inreach, sos, track the hound. One unit covers plenty of features.

Delta Titanium 15-45 spotter. Can't get over how good these are for the money.

[Sideshow]

My original Huntech gaiters. Yep I’ve changed out the zip but these things are just great.
Over 25 years old and still going!!

[kotuku]

ive fgot a stick made of mahogany with my owncarved mallard head on top -that goes everwhere when im duckshooting -bloody good for probing benath rushes etc water for holes etc and occasionally i hang gear off it!helps me bloody walk too !especially in stinky muddy crap where im prone to arseups .ive another smaller one from a cedar branch bark stripped and oiled with vege oil.its used for closing curtains at night or me bedroom door . Ihad a couple of manukas but some b......d got down on em .my other manuka pole made a bloody ecellent shovel handle. imalso keeping eyes peeled for a length of la ncewood which i reckon properly treated would be the bucks nuts.