The brand new Suunto Spartan Sport wrist HR watch has just landed at Facewest. This is the first time that Suunto have added an optical heart rate monitor to one […]
New Products - Pro Reviews - Staff Review
Rab Kinetic Plus Jacket
The new Kinetic Plus Jacket is a superlight stretchy softshell jacket that Rab claim is waterproof. I have been using one for a couple of weeks that Rab have kindly […]
New Products
New Thermarest Mats
Thermarest have been updating their mats in a rolling process by category over the past couple of years. This year it’s the turn of their Trek and Travel series. The […]
Reviews - Staff Review
Staff Picks – Mammut’s new 3.0 airbag easy testing
Mammut’s new 3.0 Airbag system has several advantages over the old system. All the obvious ones such as weight, pack size, new hi vis airbag are gone into in great […]
Reviews - Staff Review
Staff Picks – Earn your Beers
Lately I have been tinkering around with the Suunto Ambit 3 Vertical, in particular the Community created apps that are available through Movescount. These apps really give Suunto an edge […]
How To
Suunto FAQs
With the popularity of the Suunto Ambits 3s and Traverse a few customers have been calling for help with some issues they are having setting up their watch and figuring out […]
General - How To
Choosing A Climbing Helmet
Helmets are an increasingly common sight as the prevailing opinion on aesthetics changes. They used to only be associated with trad climbing on loose mountain crags but thankfully this is […]
New Products
Suunto Traverse Alpha
The Suunto Traverse Alpha is Suunto’s latest addition to the Traverse range. It features all the same features of the traverse, GPS/GLONASS, Bluetooth connectivity with HR belts and smartphones but […]
Articles - Trips & Events
Winter climbing – South of France style
This years really wet winter had been getting me pretty down about the lack of actual rock climbing when an invitation arrived in my inbox, from a friend who lives […]