The Simon King Ultimate Hide © Phil Pickin
In the latter part of 2016 we moved to a cottage that not only has a large garden on the edge of open countryside, but it also has a small area of woodland.You're not exactly going to get lost in these woods, but it's a great area to see a wide range of birds and animals such as badgers and foxes as they pass through. Despite the area not exactly being wilderness it did seem a good idea to find a way to observe and photograph the visitors to these woods without disturbing them. The answer is, of course, a hide so having looked into a lot of products on offer I decided to buy a Simon King Ultimate Wildlife Hide.
The hide arrived quickly but due to the weather, and work commitments, I wasn't able to try it out properly. But we are enjoying a decent spell of weather at the moment so I took the opportunity to try it out and I'm very impressed.
Externally the hide is well camouflaged and looks equally well made. Some of the other features include,
- Twin viewports on all 'windows' giving port-hole and wide cinematography options on all 4 sides
- Low/ground level dual-window camera port at rear
- Base corner flaps - can be weighted down with stones on either the inside or outside.
- Moveable camouflage scrim material on all window internals.
- Double-sided zip pulls allow opening/closing from inside or outside.
- Zips and guys color integrated with camouflage material.
- 'Silent' cord pulls on zip toggles.
- Strong pegs and robust frame.
- Extra strength material to prevent 'stitch-rip'
Now all I need to do is produce some half decent shots using it!
