bad kit cautionary tales

BRACES of Bristol - Sauer 100 XTA Stainless Package
Have to say deer hunter RAM Jacket and trousers. Stiching is useless and waterproofing a joke. The jacket weighs 3 ton after shower of rain.

Never again
 
huntsman said:
In my large bucket of sh*te are:
le chameau mouflon boots noisy and uncomfortable.
Never again.
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Ahh Yes!
Le 'Squeaky' Mouflons!
I have a pair which I thankfully got fo less than half price new but they are only good for dog walking! Comfortable enough but squeak no matter what goes on the leather. :(
MS:)
 
Nice thread this one, a lot of items do seem to get bigged up on here but after all these are built on personal experience. However it is worth remembering that expensive does not necessarily equate to quality and fitness of purpose, just extra profit and as someone who has worked in retail for years I understand the profit margins that are worked on in the rag trade. They are considerable. I have a few friends in the beating line who take this line and it seems to work for them. They buy a couple of dirt cheap jackets at a game fair for the season or maybe two if they are real good cheapies then throw them away when they leak, is this not more sensible than paying out £300 for a jacket or trousers that will generaly dissapoint.

John.
 
Bought the loden roe sack it fell apart after about ten roe went in it sent it back and got a nice letter saying this normally dosnt happen got a nice new one and it didnt last more than five trips with roe deer .So it was time for a change.:mad:
 
Monkey Spanker said:
Ahh Yes!
Le 'Squeaky' Mouflons!
I have a pair which I thankfully got fo less than half price new but they are only good for dog walking! Comfortable enough but squeak no matter what goes on the leather. :(
MS:)
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Try waxing the laces (Yes THE LACES) on squeaky noisy boots. It is normally the laces moving in the lugs as the foot bends. I know it sounds like the tongue but try it.

And yes Le Chameau are not my kind of footware

And Lightforce lamps wiring and cigarette fittings are a joke for what you pay for them.

Most things we buy in gunshops are due to the markups that the retailer gets, so you get very popular expensive shite. IMHO of course :-)
 
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When I bought my rifle I wanted a bore guide to fit it. I ummed and arrhhed between a plastic one for a tenner and the one size fits all, fur lined, ocean going, metal one at almost £40. I decided that nothing was too good for my new baby and bought the expensive one.

When I got it home I found that the movable collar that locks into the Receiver (in the same way as the bolt) is too wide to fit through the gap that the bolt slides through at the back of action. I have to use it without, which means I have to hold it in place when pulling the cleaning rod back.

I could get the collar skimmed on a lathe, but its a kerfuffle just to get it to fit my rifle.

Wish I'd bought the cheaper one.

Bob
 
dovebob:- I'm in tamworth if you're not to far away bring your bore guide, there's a lathe in the workshop and you're welcome to use it, or I'll do it for you, am in most of the time(retired), if you do call bring your "baby", easier to fit that way!....callie
 
Le Chameau Mouflons, after suffering the agony of running them in 3-4 weeks during which they acted as a mobile fox call, squeaking like crazy, I traced it to the laces, changed them and all was well. Better now they don't crucify my heels but wouldn't bother again.
 
Old Landrover Discoveries Well the one I had, after the first week I found out why they were called Discoveries because every day you (discover) something else has gone wrong.
 
fella's it seems like we all fall for it, see a good name, lightforce, deben, etc, perhaps a little dearer than other stuff and you think better quality, you get it home and after a few uses it falls apart, you have a very close look and somewhere on it, it says in tiny writing- made in china - and even if doesn't say it probably was, only 2 things from china, 1) takeaway food 2) sh1te or sh1te ripoffs.....callie
 
sikadog said:
Old Landrover Discoveries Well the one I had, after the first week I found out why they were called Discoveries because every day you (discover) something else has gone wrong.
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Very true - i spent more weekends under it covered in oil than actually driving it.
 
scotspine said:
My worst two offenders are:-


Sealskin Hunter Gloves - Not waterproof plus the liner pulls out when damp (most outings) and takes ages to poke back in.Good on coldish dry days though.
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+1 Sealskinz are cr*p. Cold and clammy and about as waterproof as kitchen paper.

A ventile smock from Survival Aids. "Is it guaranteed waterproof?" I asked. "Oh its so good it does not need a guarentee!" the reply. Well a typical day on the West Coast soon proved just how much it needed a guarentee!
 
Although ventile is not waterproof, it is great for a shell layer, I wear a smock at work while climbing (as a tree surgeon) and its breathability and softness against the skin make it worth putting up with the water ingress.It is very hard wearing and quite thorn proof too.

I do think its wrong to sell it as waterproof though.
 
Callie,

That's a very kind offer which I'll take you up on at some point. I'm a bit busy next few weekends (CLA) etc. but will find some time and will drop you a PM. I live in Barton so very near to Tamworth - much appreciated.

There's an idea for a new thread here "Stuff You've Bought That's Been Rubbish But Other Forum Members Have Fixed"

Cheers,

Bob
 
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my la crosse boots £185 and leaked but the company who sold them to me replaced them however whilst out on Saturday they i.e the new ones leaked again.

doh doh.

moe dont say a word....

i now have to send them back again £15 at my expense
 
Lightforce (wiring) just horrid.
Le Shitemeau = expensive dissapointment on a grand scale, and they are French.
Just about all insect repellant....
New Swanndri, absolutely not the same as the original NZ kit.
Swazi Thar - tight cuffs and was a "boil in the bag" experience for me ( i run very hot when active; not actually the jackets fault)
Every single pack lunch i ever make.
 
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