Ultralight Outdoor Gear Awards 2023
Posted by Andy Neil on Dec 22, 2023
2023 was an excellent year for new ultralight equipment and clothing, and we wanted to highlight some of our favourite gear that hit the market this year. Some pieces, like the Montbell Plasma 1000, pushed the limits of what it means to be ultralight even further. Others, like the Nemo Tensor Extreme Conditions sleeping pad, showed real innovation by raising their R-value to an industry-leading 8.
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Enlightened Equipment Enigma 850FP 20F Down Quilt Review - ''The Enigma from Enlightened Equipment, will be my choice for 80% wild camp adventures''
Posted by Chris Futers on Sep 11, 2023
After a couple of days spent in the Lake District, I was
able to gain my first impressions of Enlightened Equipment’s Enigma Quilt
(20F).
My first impressions were that it seemed well made with an interesting
angular U-shaped baffle design and fully sewn in footbox. The 850 fill allowed
the bag to loft with ease and the bag packed down smaller than expected. Whilst
it comes with a stu
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Enlightened Equipment Torrid Apex Jacket Review - ''It has become one of our Top Picks because frankly it is so unbelievably good.''
Posted by Danny Pearson on Jul 17, 2023
Every so often a product arrives at the Ultralight office
that we all get excited about. That was definitely the case with the
Enlightened Equipment Torrid Apex jacket. When our first Torrid Apex jacket arrived, we took one look
and immediately knew that this jacket was something a bit special.
Using a ridiculously light 7D fabric this jacket weighs
about the same as a
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Andy’s 2023 TGO Kit List
Posted by Andy Neil on May 09, 2023
May means one thing here in the Ultralight office, The Great
Outdoors Challenge, or the TGO for short. We are incredibly proud to be a
sponsor of this communal coast-to-coast crossing of Scotland. Three of our team,
Danny, Chris and myself, are participating in this year’s TGO, so I thought I’d
give you an insight into what’s in my pack and some of the gear I’ll be taking
for this year’s chal
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Revelation 850FP 20F Down Quilt Review - “ It’s an amazingly lightweight option for camping”
Posted by Mark Richardson on Feb 27, 2023
850 Fill Power down / -6.6 Comfort rating / Regular
Length / Wide / 683 grams
Fill Weight (Regular Wide) 479g
In the right conditions
quilts are an amazing way of sleeping outdoors,
Enlightened Equipment specialise in quilts and are very good at it. When Summer camping you can sleep
under a quilt and feel really comfortable compared to the restrictions of lying
inside a co
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About Enlightened Equipment
Posted by Mark Richardson on Feb 06, 2023
Enlightened Equipment are experts in camping quilts; find out more about this relatively new brand on this page. ''We’re driven by a passion for making great gear that goes wherever you go. Our philosophy is to be smarter and lighter, eliminating useless extra features so you only carry what you need. We tirelessly test and update our designs to make them the best and lightest they can be''.
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