Festival trinkets...

[beards]

Yo. I thought I'd bring something else to the table, since the speculation seems to be exhausted/ going round in circles. Is there anything you can recommend for your fellow festival goers to spend their hard earned on which will help them see out the festival in style or comfort? Something that can help carry all your stuff from the car, or to keep you amused while you're chilling at your tent?

I'll start off with this sweet little speaker I got last summer; http://www.amazon.co.uk/Altec-Lansing-iNMotion-iMT237-Speaker/dp/B001GQZ77I/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1300396398&sr=8-1

The speaker is quality, kicks out a nice amount of sound for it's size, never seems to distort and works with all music players with a standard jack socket. Highly recommended.

One thing I wouldn't recommend is this trolley/ truck...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Silverline-675213-100-Platform-Truck/dp/B000NBYK0C/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&qid=1300396924&sr=8-14

I used it for Glasto and Reading last year, it wasn't too bad at Glasto cos it was dry, but in the mud at Reading it was a nightmare. The small wheels made it easy to sink into the soft ground, and when you did get it moving it was at the right height to hit you in the ankles... More of a hindrance than a help.

Any suggestions?

[jump]

I had a combat vest 1 year so I could keep all my stuff on me which my jean pockets wouldn't other wise let me do and it worked in that sense but it backfired though as a couple came upto me and asked if I was a model for video game and another guy came up to me because he thought I looked like Schwarzenegger.

[mrtourette]

How about a stylish bum bag?

[jump]

How about a stylish bum bag?

[Clemo]

How about a stylish bum bag?

[beards]

How about a stylish bum bag?

[ar1]

How about a stylish bum bag?

[FiestaDave]

the "twat with a rucksack" that noone wanted to stand behind last year!

[Dave The Hedgehog]

Don't take a combat vest or a bum bag. Just don't. Combat vest makes you look like Chuck Norris and a bum bag makes you look like a tourist.

Take combat trousers or combat 3/4 lengths. Attach your wallet to a heavy dog chain and then attach the other end up to the belt rings at the top. Put anything else in the other pockets - camera, batteries, etc.

Don't take a trolley. Some people think they're useful but I'd feel more inclined to just take less stuff to carry. A bigger trinket to take would be a car so that you can carry things in, and store them. Then you can go back and forth to your car to get what you need and take it through the gate as and when you need it. Either that or spread the load over more people.

I spent something like £60 on 2 trolleys last year and they were the shittest and most depressing thing about wednesday - the fact they didn't work. They were these luggage ones with massive wheels and I thought that would be enough to get over the hills and so forth but everything kept falling out of the side. With the grass as long as it was it felt like I was dragging the trolley more than pulling it along, and it was a nightmare. Even if I had wrapped it up entirely in cling film to make sure nothing fell out, it would have still been a shit idea.

I can't really suggest anything for entertainment back at camp because anything remotely interesting (radio, Twister mat) will probably get nicked. It's not entertaining but something I'll be taking with me to every festival I go to this year will be disposable toilet seat covers.

[Bisque]

I always take my boom box & use an old iPod & trip for the tunes. If you make a playlist beforehand you can save loads of battery. Really helps kill time during the day between bands & gets you going before hitting the arena.

One year we listened to the Ashes on it.

[chappiepunk]

I always take my boom box & use an old iPod & trip for the tunes. If you make a playlist beforehand you can save loads of battery. Really helps kill time during the day between bands & gets you going before hitting the arena.

One year we listened to the Ashes on it.

[jump]

Don't take a combat vest or a bum bag. Just don't. Combat vest makes you look like Chuck Norris and a bum bag makes you look like a tourist.

Take combat trousers or combat 3/4 lengths. Attach your wallet to a heavy dog chain and then attach the other end up to the belt rings at the top. Put anything else in the other pockets - camera, batteries, etc.

Don't take a trolley. Some people think they're useful but I'd feel more inclined to just take less stuff to carry. A bigger trinket to take would be a car so that you can carry things in, and store them. Then you can go back and forth to your car to get what you need and take it through the gate as and when you need it. Either that or spread the load over more people.

I spent something like £60 on 2 trolleys last year and they were the shittest and most depressing thing about wednesday - the fact they didn't work. They were these luggage ones with massive wheels and I thought that would be enough to get over the hills and so forth but everything kept falling out of the side. With the grass as long as it was it felt like I was dragging the trolley more than pulling it along, and it was a nightmare. Even if I had wrapped it up entirely in cling film to make sure nothing fell out, it would have still been a shit idea.

I can't really suggest anything for entertainment back at camp because anything remotely interesting (radio, Twister mat) will probably get nicked. It's not entertaining but something I'll be taking with me to every festival I go to this year will be disposable toilet seat covers.

[chappiepunk]

Very true, a birthday banner was stolen from my camp one year and my general thoughts were "why the f**k would they want that for?" when there was bags & booze that could of been pinched instead.

[Bisque]

Someone stole our tent that we used to go to the toilet in when we couldn't be bothered to go to the long drops.

EDIT- They even took the box of poo.

Edited March 18, 2011 by Couchy

[chappiepunk]

Someone stole our tent that we used to go to the toilet in when we couldn't be bothered to go to the long drops.

EDIT- They even took the box of poo.

[Bisque]

You kept a box of poo in a tent? Thats rough....

[SuddenElite]

Shitbox http://www.thebrowncorporation.com/

Don't know how sturdy they are. They're only made from cardboard so don't fill me with hope. And the last thing you want is to fall into your own shit.

This website has loads of random cool stuff

I took a cool box on wheels last year, filled it with ice and ice blocks, and replenished the beer everytime i took one out. I had cool-ish beer till like Friday. It was good for carrying stuff from the car as well cos i could bang stuff on it.

[Dave The Hedgehog]

random cool stuff

Edited March 18, 2011 by Dave The Hedgehog

[mrtourette]

I've done some downright disgusting things at a festival but I can't imagine going to take a shit in a tent that's had a box of shit festering in there over a long hot weekend. I can't begin to image the suffocating smell that there must have been in there.

[Dave The Hedgehog]

I've done some downright disgusting things at a festival but I can't imagine going to take a shit in a tent that's had a box of shit festering in there over a long hot weekend. I can't begin to image the suffocating smell that there must have been in there.

[chappiepunk]

FREE random cool stuff:

Freecycle

Basically, it's like classifieds where people who are trying to get rid of stuff they don't want give away what they don't want for nothing.

[Dave The Hedgehog]

Unless you want to take a washing machine or an old wardrobe to a festival, that sites not very relevant.

[beards]

I found somebody selling a vibrator in Dudley on that site just from browsing before. I imagine if you sit on a washing machine you'll get the same sort of titillation.

Don't be so judgemental in future. It's a good site for finding random crap -- not just furniture and kitchen appliances.

[Dave The Hedgehog]

Who in their right mind would buy a second hand vibrator?! I know there's a financial crisis but that's just down right filthy.

[Bisque]

I've done some downright disgusting things at a festival but I can't imagine going to take a shit in a tent that's had a box of shit festering in there over a long hot weekend. I can't begin to image the suffocating smell that there must have been in there.