Carinthia's Defence 4 Sleeping Bag Preface The following assumes the use of a tent or hooped bivvy (hammock and or tarp / non-hooped bivvy users will need to decide whether such a system may benefit [...] Read more

This product has been discontinued / toppled Click on the image above or here to see its replacement. Preface The following assumes the use of a tent / hooped bivvy or a tarp and bivvy in warmer [...] Read more

3 Layer Thermal Tent Boot Ensemble Preface As always, we're looking at this tent boot ensemble from the point of view of long distance trekking over tough terrain. Test subject: Foot Size = 9, Foot [...] Read more

This product has been toppled Click on the image above or here to see its replacement. Scramble have modified what was really a tent footprint and have turned it into an ultralight tarp, eliminating [...] Read more

Snow Peak's Titanium Trek Bowl Preface As always, we're looking at the Snow Peak Trek Bowl from the point of view of long distance trekking over tough terrain. Test item: Trek Bowl Kit Tests: Winter, [...] Read more

Darn Tough's Mountaineering Socks Preface As always, we're looking at the Darn Tough Mountaineering Socks from the point of view of long distance trekking over tough terrain. Test subject: Foot Size: [...] Read more

Mountain Equipment's Plain Knitted Beanie Preface As always, we're looking at the Mountain Equipment Plain Knitted Beanie from the point of view of long distance trekking over tough terrain. Test [...] Read more

We're not big fans of social media in general, as it has long been established, that in the forms of Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, it's really a mass carnival of corporate data-mining and [...] Read more

Kovea's Spider Remote Canister Stove Preface Kovea are a Korean company that specialise in manufacturing outdoor equipment and are predominantly known for their stoves, but they aren't nearly as well [...] Read more

This product category has been redefined * Click on the image above or here to see its replacement. * We've decided to tighten up our criteria for what we demand from a distance trekking mountain [...] Read more