Quote: Originally posted by Carolella on 05/6/2011
Fotogen - re the kitchen unit being out of stock at JR Leisure: Were you looking to buy it online? We were there today, and they had stacks of them, so the website may not be giving out the correct information.
I had considered it but, a) don't really need it, and b) have no room. Might look at one when in Aldi though. Their website does seem to lag behind as I discovered when buying Freelander.
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Back in my younger day HiGear was a big brand, I still have a good HiGear sleeping bag. We bought a HiGear cooking stove for our Duke of Edinburgh's Award group, from an independent camping shop, about 5/6 years ago. After being sat on(!) the meths burner was cracked and useless so I tried to track down the number for HiGear to see if I could get a replacement. It was an awkward-sized hole in the stove and a Trangia burner was too large. The shop where we bought it had no leads but I phoned Tiso's in Glasgow who told me that HiGear was owned by Gelert. They got me a phone number for Gelert. I contacted them and gave the whole story. Unfortunately they were unable to help me at all. Eventually I found a Highlander meths burner from another independent shop, which fitted it perfectly.
So I was surprised to read that you can still buy stuff with the HiGear logo on it... maybe the brand has been resurrected?
Quote: Originally posted by SunnyBallynewry on 06/6/2011
About HiGear and Gelert...
Back in my younger day HiGear was a big brand, I still have a good HiGear sleeping bag. We bought a HiGear cooking stove for our Duke of Edinburgh's Award group, from an independent camping shop, about 5/6 years ago. After being sat on(!) the meths burner was cracked and useless so I tried to track down the number for HiGear to see if I could get a replacement. It was an awkward-sized hole in the stove and a Trangia burner was too large. The shop where we bought it had no leads but I phoned Tiso's in Glasgow who told me that HiGear was owned by Gelert. They got me a phone number for Gelert. I contacted them and gave the whole story. Unfortunately they were unable to help me at all. Eventually I found a Highlander meths burner from another independent shop, which fitted it perfectly.
So I was surprised to read that you can still buy stuff with the HiGear logo on it... maybe the brand has been resurrected?
Highlander and HiGear back in the day used to be part of the same company i believe so many of the parts were interchangeable to a degree.
I remember going down for trade shows at their depot and ordering both brands