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Live Competitions and Previous Winners

Mar 03, 2025

Live Competitions Enter our Competition to Win a Montane Cetus Jacket The winner will win either a Men’s or Women’s Montane Cetus Petrichor Jacket in the size and colour of their choosing. Enter Here!   Previous Winners  Congratulations to Craig! The Winner of our Men's Montane Alpine 850 Nano Hoodie Competition! “I was over the moon to open …
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Montane Cetus Petrichor Jacket

Mar 03, 2025

Montane’s Cetus Petrichor Jacket is a lightweight, high-performance waterproof designed for fast-moving days in the mountains. Weighing around 398g in a men's medium or 370g in a women's UK12, it balances weather protection with excellent breathability, making it a solid choice for hillwalkers and those tackling changeable conditions. The jacket is built with Montane’s PETRICHOR 3 …
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Sea to Summit Spark & Spark Pro Series Explained

Mar 03, 2025

Sea to Summit have redesigned its renowned Spark sleeping bag line. The Spark series continues to be made with high-quality materials, using 850+ ethically sourced down treated with Sea to Summit's Dry Down coating. This coating enhances the down's ability to loft effectively in moist conditions, repel water, and dry rapidly. The baffle configuration remains the same, featuring vertical baffl …
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Which MSR Tent is Best for You?

Feb 26, 2025

For decades, Mountain Safety Research (MSR) has been a leader in outdoor innovation, designing high-performance gear trusted by adventurers, mountaineers, and ultralight backpackers worldwide. Known for their meticulous engineering, MSR tents perfectly balance durability, weight savings, and all-weather protection. From minimalist tarp shelters tailored for fast-and-light alpine missions to b …
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Time-Saver Guide to Water Purification

Posted by Andy Neil on Feb 24, 2025

Why Water Purification Matters Carrying large amounts of water is impractical and adds unnecessary weight to your pack. Instead, purifying water from natural sources ensures safe drinking water without excessive burden. Contaminated water can cause serious illnesses, making proper purification essential. Common Water Contaminants Even in the UK, seemingly clean water can harbour harmful pathogens …
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The Ultimate Guide to Water Treatment and Purification

Posted by Andy Neil on Feb 24, 2025

Access to safe drinking water is essential when exploring the outdoors. Carrying large amounts of water is impractical, adding unnecessary weight and making hikes more strenuous. While bringing enough water for a short day hike isn’t a major concern, multi-day hikes or wild camping trips require water for more than just drinking—it’s also needed for cooking, cleaning, and making …
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Time-Saver Guide to Choosing a Rucksack

Posted by Andy Neil on Feb 20, 2025

A good rucksack should feel like an extension of your body—distributing weight efficiently, keeping you comfortable, and ensuring easy access to essentials. Here’s how to choose the right one quickly and effectively.   1. Fit and Sizing A well-fitting rucksack makes all the difference. Measure your torso length (C7 vertebra to iliac crest) to find the right size. For more informa …
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Montane Petrichor Technology Explained

Feb 17, 2025

Unlike traditional waterproof technology, Petrichor’s hydrophilic membrane actively breathes to physically transport moisture away from damp layers and skin, and out into the air. The membrane manages your own microclimate to enable you to move fast and light while staying dry - the harder you work, the harder it works. This technology excels even when your baselayer is slightly wet, th …
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The Ultimate Guide to Ultralight Tents

Posted by Andy Neil on Feb 17, 2025

Choosing a lightweight tent can be difficult given the wide range available; we have a wide variety of tents, and we want to ensure you get the right tent for whatever adventures you have. So here are some of the things to consider when you are in the market for a new tent. Here at Ultralight outdoor gear, we weigh every tent ourselves; the manufacturer’s weight can sometimes be inaccurate, …
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Silva Aluminium Cork Trekking Poles Review - ''A workhorse piece of equipment, not the lightest, but strong and highly reliable and offer very good value for money.''

Posted by Lois Fife on Feb 13, 2025

I have been rigorously testing these Silva Trekking Poles Aluminium Cork over the past 12 months. They have joined me on numerous multi-day hikes in the Lake District, Yorkshire Dales, Peak District, Scotland and whilst on regular long day walks on the North York Moors. They have never let me down, adding confidence to steep descents, taken the load off the body when packed up and provided stabil …
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Scarpa Rapid XT GTX Review - ''They have maintained the quality, sturdy build quality that you come to expect from a leather Scarpa shoe whilst making them lighter''

Posted by Nick Brown on Feb 12, 2025

With the autumn and winter weather bringing wetter ground underfoot it was time to give the new Scarpa Rapid XT GTX hiking shoes a go out. Having used them on a mixture of terrain on my local walks for a few weeks now, from slightly boggy sheep fields to good but uneven paths they have performed very well. As with most new leather shoes they were initially quite unforgiving but have now bedded in …
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Whisperlite Universal Multifuel Stove with Fuel Bottle Review - ''It really was impressively quick.''

Posted by Lois Fife on Feb 12, 2025

  My first MSR Whisperlite was purchased around 25 years ago whilst on a bike-packing trip to Austria, where access to fuel canisters proved impossible outside of major towns. This hybrid-fuel stove has many familiar features to my original stove but with the added capability to connect a gas canister as well as burning white gas, Kerosene and unleaded fuel. On my recent outing the temperatu …
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