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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Gram-Counter Gear Carbon Lite Trekking Poles Review - “I’m seriously impressed with their durability considering that they are so light.”
Posted by Danny Pearson on Oct 27, 2022
Over the past 6 months, the Carbon Lite Trekking Poles have
been through their paces in a variety of terrain and conditions from the English
Lakes to rocky alpine trails in Mallorca. They have performed faultlessly
throughout.
Available in 2 lengths – 110cm and 120cm, they will work for
a wide range of people but if you are particularly short or tall you might
struggle. I usually
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MSR pocket Rocket Deluxe Review - “Does everything you could possibly ask of a humble gas stove”
Posted by Mark Richardson on Oct 18, 2022
This is one
of the easiest reviews I’ve ever had to write,
MSR’s Pocket Rocket Deluxe stove
does everything you could possibly ask of a humble gas stove. I used it first
on a trip to Glen Shiel in Scotland and on the first night I camped on the
Kintail ridge, it was windy and exposed but the Pocket Rocket Deluxe coped with
it well, the concave burner head (while not an original
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Soto Fusion Stove and Montbell Pot Review - “A versatile stove and a great addition to the Soto line-up”
Posted by Trek Scotland on Oct 17, 2022
This is the third stove from Soto we have now had the
pleasure of using, the Windmaster being a firm favourite of ours for
lightweight solo adventures throughout the warmer months, whilst also spending
much of last winter using the
Stormbreaker; a truly versatile multifuel option
making for a reliable stove for group activities in remote and harsh
conditions.
The Fus
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Jetboil Stash Review - Ultralight Outdoor Gear
Posted by Andy Neil on Aug 02, 2022
I've never really got on with any of the stove systems I’ve
used in the past, I am constantly looking for something else to suit my style.
Recently I've been using the
MSR WindBurner 1.0L, which is brilliant, however,
for an upcoming two-week trip I had planned, I felt the WindBurner was
overkill, bulky and a tad on the heavy side, at over 650g (if you include
the 100g gas canis
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CNOC Vesica Collapsible Bottle & Vecto Water Container Review - Ultralight Outdoor Gear
Posted by Andy Neil on Aug 02, 2022
Cnoc water bottle, water container, and versa flow water
filtration set up
Cnoc water containers and collapsible water bottles have been
a mini-revolution in the outdoor world, since they were first brought to the
market. Strong, durable, lightweight,
and innovative, it’s easy to see why they have been adopted by so many hikers.
The Vesica 1L Collapsible Bottle comes in 2 main o
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Soto Fusion Trek Stove Review - Ultralight Outdoor Gear
Posted by Danny Pearson on Jul 05, 2022
We have long been fans of Soto stoves, especially the
innovative Windmaster stove. We love the Windmaster’s quality build, ability to
work in windy conditions and regulator allowing for consistent performance in
the cold or with a near-empty canister. It’s a ground-breaking design that the
competition has copied.
There are however a couple of potential problems with
canister stov
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Platypus Quickdraw Microfilter System Review - Trek Scotland
Posted by Trek Scotland on Jun 17, 2022
Making sure
we have safe drinking water is a key consideration for us. Especially when
looking at group activities over multiple days. Even a slight illness in the
group can lead to the disappointment of an early finish. So having a device
which you can trust to provide safe drinking water from most outdoor sources
cannot be overlooked.
Fortunately,
there are now many
water filtra
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Gram-counter Gear Thermo Pocket Review - Trek Scotland
Posted by Trek Scotland on May 19, 2022
If like us you like to keep the weight down and calorie
intake high, then you’ll most likely choose a dehydrated meal pouch as your
evening food choice. New brands are popping onto the market, with a wide range
of variety to suit mostly all dietary requirements and tastes.
What hasn’t changed though is the time it takes for your
meal to properly absorb the added water to give the meal
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Platypus Gravityworks Complete Kit Review - Ultralight Outdoor Gear
Posted by Mark Richardson on May 05, 2022
I was using a
Platypus 2.0L Hoser as my daily hydration
system so I decided to leave the clean side bladder at home and use the hoser
in its place, this brought the weight of the system down to 221g, which is
reasonable for piece of mind and ease of use. There are certainly pump action filters
that are lighter than this but they take quite a bit of effort to get the same
filtered res
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Petzl Irvis Hybrid Crampons Review - Ultralight Outdoor Gear
Posted by Mark Richardson on May 05, 2022
With
two glacier crossings on the Tour of the Matterhorn crampons came highly
recommended, but they would only be used for a few hours on two of the days and
both glaciers were at relatively shallow gradients, there was very little steep
terrain to cover.
Bearing
all this in mind we decided on the
Petzl Irvis Hybrid crampons which at
536grams for the pair weren’t too onerous beari
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Gram-counter Gear Ultra Carbon Trekking Poles Review - Ultralight Outdoor Gear
Posted by Mark Richardson on May 05, 2022
I was lucky enough to get a chance to review a
pre-production pair of the new Gram-counter Gear Ultra-Carbon Trekking poles,
amazingly light at just 125grams per pole, actually the lightest true trekking
pole we have available, and of all the products I tested on the Tour of the
Matterhorn these were the most remarkable.
Note the pre-production poles I had are identical to the
actual
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