Repair - don't replace!
This time of credit crunch / recession is seeing a surge in the sales of Walk and Travel repair products for outdoor gear.
McNett are leading the way in products that you can use to repair your old outdoor gear, rather than replacing it. McNett make Gore Tex Repair Patches, ideal for covering up small holes and tears where the water may be getting in, which you don't want for a UK winter walking season. McNett also make the wonderful Seamgrip. Seamgrip is a rubberised solution that you can squeeze out of the tube to hold together tears, replace worn out seam seal tape and fill small holes in everything from outdoor clothing to tents to rucksacks. Always keep a handy tube of Seamgrip with your outdoor gear... just in case.
The last product the Walk and Travel sell from McNett is Freesole, a flexible, water resistant repair adhesive, ideal for sticking the rand or sole back onto your walking boots, trainers or walking shoes.
So, save money during the credit crunch and repair your outdoor gear with Walk and Travels outdoor gear repair products and keep warm and dry out walking this winter. (Saving a few extra pounds for the pub at the end of the walking trail - lovely!)
Come and read my blog about travel accessories, walking gear, tips on outdoor gear, info and reviews. There is a smattering of advice posts on what outdoor gear you may want and outdoor gear you need. Hey, I sell outdoor gear, 'course I'll blog about it!. Will couple this with other interesting snippets on the outdoors as and when it pops up. Keep checking back and thanks for looking at the Walk and Travel Blog. Gareth Sear
Saturday, 22 November 2008
Mosquito Repellent
I've just seen an article on the One Show - on BBC1 - that relates to insect repellent, where they stated that DEET insect repellent is the best you can get. Developed in the 50's by the US Army, it really does work, much better than all the other 'natural' types.
They also mentioned that mosquitoes are attracted to sweat (nice - unlike people I think!) and it is the female mosquitoes at that. However some people don't get bitten as much as they have a natural repellent in their sweat. There is a clever bod in a university who is trying to separate this natural insect repellent so that it can be used as a commercial insect repellent, that doesn't have the disadvantages of DEET.
Interesting eh? So we may soon be rubbing extract of sweat into ourselves instead of DEET.
Watch this space....!
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