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Outdoor Gear Reviews
Outdoor Walking and Camping Gear Reviews
Read all the latest Mud and Routes outdoor gear reviews, both walking and camping, split into handy sub categories for your convenience.
Our outdoor gear reviews include almost anything that has an outdoor slant, from waterproof jacket reviews and boot reviews, to outdoor tech and walking pack reviews, we’ve got you covered.
We always review outdoor gear honestly and we strongly believe in testing in proper conditions, on the hill, usually in Snowdonia, not on the side of some grassy car park. We prefer to review fewer items, in more detail, with the exception of anything edible.
Icebreaker Aspiring Hood Review
Following on from last week’s review of the Icebreaker Mondo Zip, you’ll know how impressed we are with both merino wool and the ethical approach of Icebreaker, so we won’t bore you further on that one. The Aspiring hood is a heavier grade of Realfleece merino at 320 that’s roughly the equivalent of a heavy duty
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Paramo Velez Adventure Light Smock – Long Term Review
If you’re looking for a balance of lightweight and breathability – the Paramo Velez Adventure Light Smock is one option. Perhaps it isn’t a lightweight option once you consider that it weighs in about 600g, but it’s certainly breathable. Constructed from Nikwax Analogy Light, this offers the same performance as the rest of the Paramo
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Super Hill Food 4 – Nairn’s Rough Oatcakes
The staple of multiday walkers. If you can’t re-stock for lunches, this is one of the only cold options. Pastries and sandwiches will become highly dodgy on day 2 of any walk, and who wants to stop and cook during the day? Some do, and that must be the tastiest option. Personally I can’t be bothered. It’s
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Icebreaker Mondo Zip Merino Baselayer Review
There’s little doubt that one of the best materials available for baselayers is merino wool. Comfortable and stink-proof, this ideal fabric for multiday trips or those of you who’re just too skanky to wash your gear after use. Merino wool originates in New Zealand and on the Icebreraker website you can even identify from which
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Mountain House Dehydrated Chicken Breast
We recently reviewed the Mountain House dehydrated meals and while we like the choice, it would be great to be able to cook an even wider variety of meals on the hill. This is where the Mountain House dehydrated chicken breast comes in handy. I’ve looked at this on American sites with envy in the past as
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New Trent iCruiser IMP1000 External Battery Pack Review
If you’ve read my disappointing review of solar chargers, or rather the poor summer that made them rather redundant, you’d know that I’m on the lookout for a different option. While I’d considered spare batteries for my phone, you’re still in the position where you need to leave your phone unattended if you manage to
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Mountain House Meals Review – Lasagnae
My first brush with dehydrated food was way back when, with a brand called Raven. I’m not sure to this day if it was off, or there was too much of one ingredient, but it was truly inedible. It tasted of bad parmesan, and a lot of it. I had much more success with the
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Backpacker’s Handbook
I’ve taken to buying old books on ebay, and I recently got one called Backpacker”s Handbook by Derrick Booth. Ok, the cover”s good for a laugh. It even has them posing in jeans on the front (which he does, to be fair, say is not recommended wear for the hills). Originally published in the early
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Black Diamond Ion Torch Review
The Black Diamond Ion head-torch has to be one of the tiniest and lightest headtorches on the market Used on our recent superlightweight challenge, this has found its way into our emergency bag as a spare torch, many a wild camp and into small short pockets for those twilight runs you hope you can complete before it
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Sealskinz Versatility Gloves Review
With the impending winter and the already fierce autumn fully with us, you’ll need to start layering up again. I find that gloves have always been a little problematic at this time of year as the thinner gloves tend not to be waterproof and bulky winter gloves are overkill. The Sealskinz Versatility glove doesn’t appear
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Light my Fire Spork Review
If you’re looking to kit out lightly and cheaply, then you can’t go far wrong with a Light my Fire spork. It’s a spoon one end and a fork, with a cutting edge, on the other. Ideal for those meals when a spoon alone isn’t enough. Not only is it highly functional in exactly the
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Classic Gear Review 6 – Montane Windproof Featherlite Smock
Of all the bits of gear I’ll carry on a day walk or longer trip, there’s not a single item that outperforms this gram for gram. At only 100g or so, the Montane Windproof packs down to barely the size of an apple and is perfect on breezy days when you’re working hard, but need
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Freeloader Globetrotter Solar Charger Review
This is a combo pack that combines the Freeloader Solar Charger, Super Charger solar panel, carrying pouch and various charging tips (though curiously no new micro usb!). The Freeloader Solar Charger is a compact battery pack (capacity) that comes complete with a pair of built in solar panels that you can use to recharge the unit
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Aquapac iPad Waterproof Case Review
If you’ve invested in one of these expensive bits of kit, then you’ll want to protect it if you take it outside or just want to read in the bath. The Aquapac iPad waterproof fits the iPad or any similarly sized 10″ screen tablet, the Asus eee Transformer fits perfectly, even if you include the
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Classic Gear Review 5 – Alpkit Pipedream 400
One of the big three bits of camping gear, you need to choose carefully. If you’ve got money to burn, then you’ll have no problem choosing the best bag, but expect little change from £400. If you’re a little more budget conscious then you’ll have your eye out for a bargain. Something that’ll keep you
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Adventure Medical Kits Thermo Lite 2 Bivvy Review
Used on our recent Ultralight Challenge, this is more of an emergency bivvy than a full on mountain bivvy, but can still be useful. Made of shiny shiny Thermolite fabric it reflects a significant proportion of warmth back, 80% according to the specifications, and could conceivably be used as a very warm weather sleeping bag,
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Classic Gear Review 4 – MSR Pocket Rocket
Just like the Titan kettle, the MSR Pocket Rocket is another classic piece of kit by this company. After over five years use, this hasn’t worn in but instead has developed a patina from the heat. When first released, it set the standard for lightweight stoves and acheived the holy grail of lightweight. It essentially
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Classic Gear Review 3 – MSR Titan Kettle
The least glamorous piece of gear you’ve got, bar a pair of Paramo Long Johns, is more than likely your cooking pot. Couple that with the fact that the MSR Titan Kettle is very limited in what you can cook with it and you’ll be asking why I’m raving about it as a classic piece
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Golite Poncho Tarp Review
Not only but also, the Golite Poncho Tarp is primarily a light weight tarp shelter made from SiLite fabric that doubles up as a poncho, though is more of a Tarp Poncho than the other way around. Tarp – The main problem with tarps is working out how to pitch them. The second problem, once you know
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Superfoods 2 – The Hob Nob Chocolate Flapjack.
Moist and edible…. Like the union of Jelly Baby and caffeine, the union of chocolate and slow release carb is the holy grail of hill foods. Most flapjacks I’ve tried, i cannot finish. Starts off well, especially the bakewell flapjack i can get in my local Spar, but halfway you start to struggle and it
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Classic Gear Review 2 – Terra Nova Laser Tent
When the Terra Nova Laser Competition was released many moons ago, it changed the definition of a lightweight tent. Weighing in at just over a kilo, it was revolutionary for a two skin tent. At the same time the less glamorous, frumpier older sibling was released, simply called the Laser at a whopping 1.3 kilos.
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Sea to Summit Mosquito Headnet Review
Anyone who’s considered a trip to the Scottish Highlands during the summer, aka – “the midge season”, will be aware of the reputation this little blighter has. Anyone who’s actually been out there camping will still bear the scars. Even south of the border, while not as large, ravenous or numerous as their Scottish bretheren,
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Klymit Inertia X Frame Sleeping Pad Review
The Klymit Inertia X Frame pad is the worlds lightest full size inflatable sleeping mat, measuring over 180cm in length and under 260g in weight. It packs down into a tiny package, invariably described as smaller than a “soda can” and takes up virtually no room in the pack. It’s also claimed to be one
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