This December we’re going to go all out on our popular staff picks feature and have articles on what we’d pick from Facewest if we were to kit ourselves out […]
Staff Picks – Lightweight Petzl Crampons
This year Petzl have released a range of super light crampons for ski touring and general use. We stock the Irvis Hybrid and Leopard LLFs. You may have seen them, […]
Customer Review – Suunto Traverse Alpha
One of our customers has kindly done an excellent and detailed review of the Suunto Traverse Alpha for us. The review: When I took delivery of a Suunto Traverse Alpha […]
Staff Picks – Arc’teryx Atom AR Hoody
The Atom AR Hoody, I think, is a great bit of kit. I use mine as a belay jacket, so it spends most of its time stuffed into the bottom […]
Staff Picks – Black Diamond Moji
This ‘Staff Picks’ is all about the handy little lights Black Diamond do – the most basic of which is the Moji. The Moji doesn’t seem like much it is […]
Staff Picks – Deuter Guide Lite 32+
I love this pack, I use it for just about everything because it’s a genuinely good pack for all mountain activities, at least the ones I take part in anyway! […]
Staff Picks – Julbo Aerospace Goggle
For this weeks Staff Picks I’ve gone with the Julbo Aerospace Goggle. The major selling point is what Julbo call the SuperFlow System. This system allows you to pop the […]
Pro Review – Grivel Air Tech Evo Axe
Pro Reviewer: I have been using the Grivel Air Tech Evo Axe for almost one year now for everything from Winter Skills sessions and guiding in Scotland to ski mountaineering […]
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 […]