Posted by Ashley Cawley
Last week I enjoyed a weeks stay in a beautiful forest at the BushcraftUK Bushmoot, feeling tired but relaxed we set off for home:Cornwall. On the way home Justin picked up a couple of energy drinks to keep him going, not your normal can of Red Bull, but these new smaller "shot" sized bottles. I've not tried them myself but Justin said they're like cough-medicine! Anyhow, beneath the label this looked like a small, convenient bottle and we pondered it's uses for camping.
As you can see beneath the label this little bottle is a handy size, it's fairly durable & has a nice air-tight screw seal. In the photograph I have filled it with cotton-balls covered in Vasaline (Petroleum Jelly) for fire-lighting with a spark. I managed to fit over 10 cotton-balls into one bottle, bearing in mind you could easily start a fire with just one half of these cotton-balls, that means you've got tinder for over 20 fire's in something small that weighs just 24g.
You could also uses these bottles for transporting handy liquids into the wilderness;
- Cooking Oil
- Washing up liquid
- Meths
- .....
If you want something larger try ASDA's chocolate powder conatainer almost a mini BDH bottle. The new plastic conatainer for Horlicks are good too.
Sorry. I see something like this and my imagination runs away with me...
Pete
It's good to have alternatives :o)
Big Dave