Synthetic insulation is an alternative to natural down feathers used in insulated jackets. It has several advantages over down feathers that we will go into below. Synthetic insulation has for […]
General
Mammut Airbag 3.0 System Safety Check
Mammut are committed to the safety of their products, as such they continually assess their products to find potential improvements and identify problems. Unfortunately they have identified an issue with […]
General
Safety Notice Reminder for Ortovox AVABAG Cartridges
Earlier this year Ortovox announced as precautionary safety notice on their AVABAG Carbon cartridges. They established that a small number of cartridges from a specific production period may lose pressure. […]
General
PIEPS DSP Sport & Pro Transceivers
There has been some online discussion in the US about the mode selection switch of some PIEPS Transcievers. PIEPS have addressed these concerns and engaged in further testing of their […]
Pro Reviews - Reviews - Staff Review
Rab VR Ridgeline Jacket Review
I’ve had my Ridgeline about a week now and used it for a couple of runs and bike rides. As a long time user of Vapour Rise I knew how […]
General - Trips & Events
Stanage Edge VS Challenge
The Where: Stanage Edge the spiritual home of UK climbing for people who haven’t been to Almscliff. The What: All 36 starred VS routes in the 1989 Stanage Edge guide […]
New Products
What is Rab Vapour-Rise
Rab Vapour-Rise clothing has been around for a number of years now, building a fanatical following in the outdoors community. If you are one of these fanatics, you know what […]
General - New Products
Patagonia – Fair Trade Certified sewn clothing
Patagonia have been pioneering responsibly made clothing for a number of years now. Our Winter 2020 range reflects this commitment with the largest range of Fair Trade Certified sewn clothing […]
General - New Products
Barryvox and Barryvox S Firmware upgrade 3.4
Mammut are constantly working on ways to improve their transceiver range so their firmware updates are a fairly common occurrence. They do not mean that there is a problem with […]