Sorry there have been no blog posts in January, we have a couple of staff members on leave and have been really busy. Our experience and from what I can […]
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Hope Vision 4 tested on Winter BG
I supported Eddie’s round on Leg 2 and 3. All of Leg 2 was in the dark and the start of Leg 3 (clockwise). For my torch I used the […]
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Eddie Winslow Completes Winter BGR
Congratulations to Eddie Winslow who completed his mid-winter Bob Graham Round in 23h56:39! An amazing acheivement considering Legs 1 & 2 had 50mph winds. Leg 3 was in good conditions. […]
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James Goes to Plas Y Brenin
Towards the end of October I was lucky enough to be invited for a weekend in Snowdonia with Mountain Equipment. Along with sales reps from Mountain Equipment and Gore fabrics […]
New Products
Petzl Myo RXP In Stock
The New Petzl Myo RXP which is the regulated version of the existing Myo XP is now in stock. Pretty much the same lamp but now with regulated output. A […]
New Products
Hope Technologies
Bike part legends Hope Technologies are the latest addition to the Facewest site. We are not getting into disc brakes and headsets but we can’t resist a fanatstic lighting system […]
New Products
Silva comes to Facewest
Silva becomes the latest brand to come to Facewest, continuing our policy to only have equipment from tried and tested brands. When it comes to Compasses and Lighting Silva have […]
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VAT Special Update
Yesterday the government announced that from Monday 1st December the VAT rate will be cut from 17.5% to 15%. Not only will Facewest be passing the full 2.5% VAT cut […]
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Petzl Ultra Belt – Latest news
The Latest news on the Petzl Ultra Belt is that the ACCU 4 battery will no longer be produced. We had thought it was delayed so Petzl were going to […]