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Big Agnes's Scout Plus UL2 is a large single skin tent that pitches with trekking poles suitable for two people. It is completely bug proof and weighs in at just 876grams. There are other tents on the market that weigh less, even some two skin, two person tents that weigh less than this, but the big advantage you get with the Scout Plus is space.All the weight is in the tent itself so Big Agnes ha …

Lightwave Fastpack 30 ReviewI used the Lightwave Fastpack 30 for a two day backpacking trip to the Lakes recently, I wanted a small capacity backpacking rucksack with a good hipbelt and a 'proper' lid – the Fastpack 30 did the job very well indeed.There are a lot of 30 litre packs out there but the Fastpack stands out for a number of reasons, durability, virtually waterproof and a really good …

Design room to manufacturing floorTherm-a-Rest started out by making camping mattresses in their hometown of Seattle in 1972 and have always stuck by their philosophy 'to make what we sell'. They embodied this philosophy by acquiring their own manufacturing facilities and even built their own machines to create some of the worlds most comfortable camping mattresses.But when you create high quality …

Leki Thermolite XL Trekking Poles ReviewI’ll be honest I had never used trekking poles before as I thought that I didn’t need them. After this trip I’m total trekking pole convert! The Leki 2017 Thermolite XL poles that I took to Knoydart were the perfect pole for this trip. I didn’t want to go too light because I knew there were some potentially tricky river crossings and rocky descents where a s …