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MSR Windburner Duo

I was plonked down on a little patch of grass, my back resting comfortably on an old log. The Windburner Duo was set up next to me with its accompanying 1.8 litre pot full of water and a packet of pasta. My role was to boil water for dinner while my friend Marleen filled up bottles from the creek.
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Fjällräven: Abisko Trousers & Keb Shorts

For some fortuitous outdoor brands—through a combination of innovative product design, good marketing, and other ‘mysterious’ forces (which sometimes includes just good’ ol luck)—a particular product transforms from being a product designed for the outdoors to being a genuine mainstream fashion accessory. When I was a kid it was Oakley Frogskins. If you didn’t own a pair, you just weren’t cool.
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Patagonia Launches Recycled Nylon Range

For more than twenty years, Patagonia have been leading the way in the outdoor industry in ensuring its gear incorporated recycled products as part of their manufacturing process. In 1993, Patagonia were the first outdoor clothing company to use recycled plastics from soft drink bottles (PET) into the manufacture of their fleece products. Unfortunately, not all plastics are the same.

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Marmot Eco Featherless Insulation

For years the gold standard in apparel and gear insulation has been the down of ducks and geese. As far as the lightness, warmth and compression offered by down, for many years there has simply been no alternative. Back in 2014, global manufacturing brand, 3M announced the launch of its Thinsulate Featherless Insulation. A leader Read More
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The Kathmandu XT Exmoor Jacket: Field Test

Kathmandu’s “XT” series is starting to gain a name in the competitive space of high-end adventure clothing and equipment. Kathmandu’s visible focus these days is skewered towards outdoors-stylised street-wear fashion (teenagers are now wearing Kathmandu tops to the shopping mall, and when that happens you know it must be cool). This begs the question as Read More
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Panda Child Carrier

The Panda Child Carrier is a re-branded baby carrier from Czech company “Corazon”. Panda don’t try to hide this, as the Corazon logo is emblazoned across the back of the carrier. To be honest, I know very little about Corazon, other than what is available on their website, which isn’t a lot. Further, I know Read More

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