There’s always a competition for the lightest, cheapest and smallest – but as the saying goes you can choose 2 out of the 3. Well the Esbit Ultraligh Titanium stove, in our opinion provides all three of these, but does that make this the ultimate ultralight wild camping stove? The stove is manufactured from titanium […]
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If you’ve read our recent article on the Beauty of Bivvying, or better still got yourself a copy of Book of the Bivvy, then you’ll more than likely be after a bivvy bag. The Rab Survival Zone is the classic budget bag. You get the Rab name, and as always the high quality that goes
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With tents becoming so lightweight, it seems perverse to go out into the wilds with what’s basically a waterproof sleeping bag cover and with barely any weight benefit. Most of the cheaper ex-army type of bivvy bags are actually heavier than your typical 1kg lightweight tent. So why bother? Reducing the experience down to the
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You may be tempted to bivvy out by virtue of the romance of sleeping out under the stars, or by a more clinical need to pare weight to the bare minimum. Whatever your inspiration, or if you’re just a little bit curious as to wether this is for you, then you’ll benefit from reading the Book of
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The GoGo Ex is the VW camper vans of tents. You may be able to get something larger, lighter and more modern but not anywhere near as cool or quirky. Lets start with the down sides. This is not a tent, but rather a huge bivvy. There’s not a lot of space inside and you
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If the thought of summer nights spent out high on the summits is something you’re looking forward to then why not kip near a trig with a bivvy? Here are five of the best bivvy bags for under a ton. 1 – Alpkit Hunka – £30 and 420g. Available only online, this has to be the cheapest
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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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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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