It’s that time (again!) where I look at a replacement for my Kombat pack, the next one up in size from my Kifaru E+E pack.

This is to carry extra winter kit like my snow trousers, larger thicker jacket, hat and my yak trax. I do like my E+E when it can use MOLLE and clips to hook on to another pack, this is kinda a feature I need, not want.

Kifaru seems a logical choice and need to take another look, the build quality and customer service was second to none. I need something that lasts and Kifaru so far proved they are worth the dosh.

My problem with the Kombat pack is the material uses is hard wearing and that’s about it, the Zips broke after 3 months and the main pocket zip seems close to going. The plastic clips seem cheap but luckily the ladder locks are still intact.

Mental note – Some things are really get what you pay for

I shudder to disclose my next sentance, as it is filled with hate, lack of self respect and utter filth.

I own an iPhone.

Ah I feel better now but it gets worse.

I’m liking the iPhone.

Thats it, I feel for the time being that a sence of inner peace has been restored.

Now to cut along story short M Blue LTD who run htc-repair.co.uk, completly broke my phone. It went in for simple 40 quid fix, ending up being costing more and was returned to me with a mic that didnt work. Contacted them about the broken mic and the responce?

“Oh it must of been like that when it came in”

Now I can assure you that was not the case, but locked in stalemate relised that they where going to charge me to fix the mic that they broke. Off to another shop to look at it getting fixed, week later phone couldnt be fixed.

Gutted as I really really liked the HTC Desire HD.

In the shop I asked if they had any similar phones and trade in the broken phone (it could be striped for parts). Offered HTC Wildfire, owned this phone, never again even though now the tools to root and install custom roms are as easy as pie!

Then I clocked the iPhone. Then the shop guy clocked the iPhone…

It happend so fast! A penny or two was given (not a bad deal tbh ) and I was walking along the road with an iPhone. This gave off weird feelings like, what would friends of mine say, if they where still my friends, thoughts of buying a case to make my iPhone diffrent in an otherwise black and chrome filled world and other weird feelings of “it just works”.

Now after 2 weeks of having NO smartphone means any is better that nothing. I have had the iPhone 3GS for more than 24 hours with jailbroken iOS5 on it.

Its great. Im going to be happy with what I have got now. Also It does the jobs I need it to do so not complaining..