Sea to Summit Full Sleep System Review - Cairngorm Treks
Posted by Cairngorm Treks on Mar 12, 2018
Extensively
tested and reviewed by Cairngorm Treks from May to September in the Cairngorms,
Glen Affric, and surrounding mountainous areas.Rest and recovery! An important factor for
anyone who spends a great deal of time in the outdoors. Whether your adventure
is on land, water, two wheels, or climbing a rock face - if you intend to spend
multiple days in the wilderness it is essential to pac
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UOG Review - Thermarest NeoAir All Season SV Sleeping Mat
Posted by Danny Pearson on Oct 23, 2017
Thermarest NeoAir All Season SV Sleeping Mat Review
You expect to encounter snow in Scotland in March so I wanted to be sure that whatever mat I took would provide excellent insulation. Thermarest launched a new version of the All Season mat for 2017 which has their new Speed Valve hence the SV. This clever innovation allows the user to blow up the mat much faster and more easily than a co
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Knowledgebase Page - Made in Ireland
Jul 17, 2017
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
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Exped Hyperlite and Winterlite Mat Review
Posted by Mark Richardson on Nov 07, 2016
UOG Review of Exped Hyperlite and Winterlite MatI've been using Exped sleeping mats for a number of years now and really like them, until now every one has been rectangular in shape, which is the obvious shape to make them. The new series of Exped mats break this mould and are 'mummy' shaped. Mummy shaped mats more closely match the human body shape, so the maximum width is at the shoulders and th
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UOG Review - Multimat Superlite L Closed Cell Foam Mat Review
Posted by Alex G on Jul 11, 2016
A very useful piece of kit to take trekking, weighing 175g and easily attached to the outside of a backpack there is no reason not to carry it. It offered great thermal protection, no matter what terrain I was sleeping on. The night when my tent was submerged in ice cold water I was very warm and didn’t even realise I was in water until the morning when I unzipped the tent door.A great design feat
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UOG Review - Exped Downmat Winterlite
Posted by Mark Richardson on Feb 15, 2016
Selection: There's never been any doubt in my mind that if I was going to camp on snow then I'd want an Exped Downmat with me, a mat with a high insulation value is essential for winter camping. Until recently the standard Exped Downmat was a relatively heavy option at 880grams for a Regular, then cam along a plethora of Exped Downmat 'Ultralight' mats which had lighter face fabric, no integrated
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