Dave Roberts reviews the Lowepro Powder Backpack We’ve all been there. We try to squeeze extra photo kit into our packs, usually to no avail. More so once we factor some protection for the kit such as lens and camera cases. Usually something has to give, and for safety reasons that compromise is often […]
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Part of an award winning series of packs, Rik Henderson brings us his Lowe Alpine Altus 52-57 pack review Lowe Alpine sent us their latest backpack, the Altus 52-57, an award-winning four-season pack that that claims to service several outdoor activities including mountaineering, ski touring and overnight trips. We tested it over the Easter bank
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Montane release a new range focused on ‘fastpacking’ for spring / summer 2019, and so local expert Rik Henderson brings us his review of their Trailblazer 30 Rucksack. Montane Trailblazer 30 Rucksack Review It’s no secret that I am a big fan of the Montane brand. A UK designed outfit who are at the forefront
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Dave Roberts has been grabbing day walks where he can over the last few months, and brings us his Montane Halogen 25 pack review. What is it? The Montane Halogen pack provides 25 litres in capacity, which makes it as expected a day pack. With an ice axe attachment system as well as claiming to
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Nia Jenkins gives us her Vango Force 10 Caldera 80L Duffle Review . . . Built tough, with multiple carrying options and attachment points, the Caldera 80L Duffle from Force Ten is a must have for any outdoor enthusiast I’ve been using the Vango Force 10 Caldera Duffle mainly for expeditions or mini adventures and here’s
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Ascendancy Apparel Duffle Bag Review After extensive use Nia bring’s us here Ascendancy Apparel Duffle Bag Review This is a slightly different review to what I’d usually do because Ascendancy Apparel’s products are designed primarily for casual use; whilst many people do where them during adventures they aren’t technical items and therefore would not be
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Howies Broad Haven Rucksack Review After gear testing over the summer months, Tryfan Williams brings us his Howies Broad Haven Rucksack review The Howies Broad Haven rucksack is a mid sized pack that boasts a multitude of features, it screams commute pack, but it seemed versatile enough for me to venture out with it on day walks to the
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The North Face Vault 28 Litre Padded Daypack Review Nia Jenkins has been out and about on day walks, cycles to work and climbing sessions and brings us the North Face Vault 28 Litre Padded Daypack Review. Lighweight, durable and incredibly comfortable, this versatile daypack has got you covered for a busy day at school,
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The Osprey brand is synonymous with quality in the world of backpacks. Osprey have recently developed a range of packs squarely aimed at the trail runner. The range includes a waist belt style Rev Solo Bottle Pack (£25), the Rev 6l pack (£60) and the smaller, but feature packed, Rev 1.5l pack (£50). It was the
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The North Face Banchee 35 litre pack is an all-round pack – that’s suitable for summer wild camps as much as it is for winter walking. With a capacity of 35 litres, it’s also useful if you need to carry extra kit on a day walks such as camera kit or if you’re the nominated
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Carrying a small compact camera in the hills is a doddle, whack it in a drybag and then your pocket. Sorted. Not so with a DSLR, especially once you couple it with a serious wide angle lens such as the Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 DX Lens – or any serious telephoto lens. Offerings from the likes
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One of the things we’re proud of at Mud and Routes is that our kit is tested in proper mountain conditions. Photographs on the grass verge in a Midlands’ car park doesn’t quite cut it for us. So we were in a bit of a quandary as to how to review this commuting pack from
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As a response to our fast changing mobile lifestyles the well established back pack makers Osprey have launched the Portal series. The series includes a myriad of pack solutions, including the Cyber, Cyber Port, Pixel, Pixel Port, Beta and Beta Port. As you can gather from the blog headline we’ll be taking a closer look at
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As most running shorts lack pockets, and being in possession of the huge Xperia phone, I needed something to carry all this in without being a fully blown waistpack (I’ve already got two of those!) Even if some shorts have pockets, thhey may not be secure, and a zipped pouch provides piece of mind if
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Exped have long been the first port of call for reliable drybags, with many alternative offerings not quite good enough. The Airloks from direct sellers Alpkit however go some way to redressing that balance. The Alpkit Airloks are a lightweight drybag, which means they’re not designed to be as durable as your typical drybag, and
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Some kit is essential, yet un-glamorous. Socks are typically so. They serve a purpose, but will always be functional rather than desirable. Dry bags are in the same league. Hardly exciting bits of kit, but utterly essential if you’re out in all weather. You’ll only really notice them by their absence, whenever they fail or
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Having recently reviewed and raved about the new Montane backpacks, we tried out the baby of the family; the Batpack 6 waist pack. The Batpack is well built and constructed from tough Raptor fabric. You wouldn’t need to worry about this getting some knocks and bumps along the way. There’s a useful secure pocket for keys
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Montane are well known for their quality range of outdoor clothing, but do their recent range of rucsacks come up to the same high standard? We review their Medusa 32 and Hydra 25 packs and see whether they should stick to the garments or if they’ll have other pack manufacturers quaking in their frames. There
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Compared to a few other 20l packs I’ve used, the Gourdon is cavernous. There’s just no way that this pack and the 20l sea to summit sil pack for instance are the same internal volume. It is also very basic in design, which means that Alpkit have eschewed all the unnecessary toggles, cordage and what-nots that nobody
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The Laser 20 is Terra Nova’s most fully featured yet still fast and light adventure racing packs. It is designed for those who want to travel fast and light, or just slow and light if you so choose. It can bee seen as a runner’s pack, or one for the lightweight enthusiast who still wants the pack to have
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If you’re running, you don’t usually need much for those safe urban runs, but when you’re heading further afield you probably need to carry some odds and ends, especially if your route takes you over any high ground. You can go for a small pack or a waist pack such as the OMM Ultra Waist Pouch.
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A small pack is all well and good for a day or two in the summer, but if you want to avoid the inevitable squeezing, pushing and forcing when trying to fit four or five days’ kit and supplies into a 35litre pack you’ll probably need to go larger. The Golite Pinnacle pack seeks to
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If you think it just looks like a drybag with a strap, then you’re spot on. Designed to be minimal in its design, there are no pockets just one cavernous, waterproof main compartment. The smaller Gourdon 20 or Stealthy Gourdon both come with external bungees if you really need them. There’s a clear panel (to
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Ok, this is old news by now, but searching online for this piece of kit sees a few reviews that deride this as an impractical gimmick. Just search for the pack on Google Images and see how many people have actually taken a pic of this pack in the field! The nearest is on page
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