Dave Roberts Reviews the Paramo Quito Jacket in glorious orange, with an update of how well the jacket is performing FIVE YEARS later. Having run all winter in a black Paramo Adventure Light Smock, in the dark may I add, I had to get hold of one that made me a bit more visible. While […]
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Dave Roberts checks out the Budget Posma W3 GPS watch and ponders whether it’ll persuade him to ditch the Garmin/Suunto and pocket the money saved. For around £40, depending on how generous Amazon and the sellers are feeling, you can be the proud owner of this dirt cheap Posma W3 running watch, sometimes branded as Trywin and
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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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Dave Roberts reviews the Rab Xenon X Vest, a PrimaLoft® synthetic insulated layer designed for fast and light activities. The Rab Xenon X Vest, gilet (or for those brought up in the 80’s – body warmer) is a lightweight ‘booster’ layer designed to be worn over other kit for when you need that little bit of extra
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Nia Jenkins reviews the Rab Quest Jacket. I’ve used this Rab Quest Jacket over the last few months whilst out in the hills of Snowdonia. We have had a pretty cold winter in Wales so it was much needed for the first few months of 2016! This is what I thought… This jacket is
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Salomon X Ultra Mid 2 GTX Review Our Salomon X Ultra Mid 2 GTX review comes after putting them through their paces out in the wilds over the past few months in rain, hail, wind, sun and mud such has been the unsettled weather. Before we get into the nitty gritty let’s just get the
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Dave Roberts reviews the Suunto Traverse GPS watch, which is an outdoor GPS watch that’s suitable for any sport you choose to throw at it. The Suunto Traverse GPS watch is a sturdy watch, as even if it was due for return after the review, we didn’t take any prisoners in use! We used it hill walking,
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We’ve used this Stretch Sportswool long sleeved base layer by True Mountain extensively for running over the winter months as well as a base-layer for full on winter conditions, and this is how it fared in our long term review. True Mountain are an outdoor clothing company who produce all their kit in the UK, which
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The wonderful guys and gals at True Mountain have sent us some of their kit to try out. So here’s a first look at the kit, before we really put them through their paces in the Welsh winter hills over the coming month! True Mountain are a new company that produce all their kit here
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We all love a bargain, and after the wife kept nicking my Kahtoola Microspikes during any spell of icy weather I decided to buy her a pair of these budget micro-crampons. For only £12.98 including postage, these Vtech Anti Slip Ice Cleats Shoe Boot Grips Crampon Chain Spike Sharp Snow Walker – hereby known as Vtech microcrampons – will
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On a recent wild camp, we decided to see if these 24 hour ration packs are any good or are you better off avoiding them altogether. We went for this one by Evaq8 that cost around £16 with postage. What’s in it? The ration pack arrived in a tidy brown box and contained a generous selection
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I’ve usually got a sweet tooth on a wild camp, and while instant custard with a lump of chocolate might be OK, you might want more variety on a longer trip. These dehydrated puddings by Trek’n Eat provide a choice of four puddings; Caramel-Amaretto, Blueberry Fruit Soup which sounded too healthy for us and the
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On long trips in the wild, I really miss bread. While baking your own is one option, or taking pita bread if it remains fresh. Another is to use these shelf stable (aka does not need refrigeration) breads initially developed for the US military. Thankfully you can buy them on-line, e.g. evaQ8. They come as
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Chafing fuels are cheap tins of ethanol gel that are used for keeping food warm during buffets and the like. They were so cheap to buy at not much more than a pound each by the dozen or so, or only a £5 for three when you don’t, this was something we had to try out. We
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Whilst looking for an inexpensive wild camping cooker and exploring different fuel options, we found these Swiss Army solid fuel ethanol stoves. For around £7, you get the stove and fuel to last around 2 hours, which has the potential to be both cheap to buy and cheaper to run. You even get some free matches, but
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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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The Vango 400 Storm Shelter is an essential bit of kit of you’re walking in a group in foul weather, especially if you’ve got any kids or even newbies in the group. These group shelters pack to nothing, well about the size of a honeydew melon (it’s always got to be comparable to a fruit for
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Karrimor is a well known brand and this microfleece stands up to their well-established standard. A no nonsense garment, with only simple features including a ¼ length zip collar, flatlock stitching, and an embroidered chest logo. Made from 100% polyester it provides a lightweight breathable layer for a brisk low level walk, or you could
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Tryfs Blog reviews the Bounce Protein Balls Click here for the full review.
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Some brands out there are almost synonymous with the item they create. Hoover, Google, iPod to name just a few. As close as you’ll get in the outdoors world is probably Teva, who produced the first and best known sport sandals. So we were intrigued when we were given the opportunity to review a pair
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We may all be out there for different reasons, be it mtbiking down the trickiest black route, running a muddy trail or just out for a walk but we’d probably all agree that we’d like to keep our feet dry while doing so. If you’re walking, then your boots should do the job, but it’s
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I’ve never been one for using these myself as I tend to run warm. So when we got our hands on a couple of these to review, and night time astrophotography being a blossoming new interest, we could finally see some use for them. First and foremost, I’m a firm believer in taking kit that’s
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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This is one of those items that we’re all told to carry in our day packs in case of emergency, a mountain essential that can be the difference between life and death. Although, we were amused with the picture of the guy floating in outer space on the packet. That’s probably outside the safety parameters
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