We have been writing (and shooting video of) outdoor gear reviews for over 10 years now. It started off as an act of anger and protest (“this piece of cr*p doesn’t deserve to exist blah blah blah…“), but grew into something we were doing regularly and with much pride in our integrity.
In these pages you will find our gear reviews. We don’t have an agenda (nobody is paying us to write a good review) and we will always choose honesty over ‘brand relationship’ (if you send us something terrible then we will tell the world it’s terrible).
We are lucky enough that we have a large enough audience that brands will send us items to try for free, but our primary concern when writing a review is “is this thing any good?”. If you want to submit an item for review then please get in touch – but be warned that we will be honest about it.
Gear Review Hikvision Lynx L15 Thermal Monocular 26th April 2021 Thermal imaging monocular that’s (relatively) affordable and worth a closer look It wasn’t THAT long ago that a thermal imaging device was a rare and elusive object. If you were…
Gear Review Olight M2R Pro Warrior Torch 13th September 2020 Rechargeable 1800 lumen LED flashlight with multiple modes Olight are starting to really make a name for themselves in the SAR, tactical and outdoor professional world – so when they…
Gear Review Grisport Gamekeeper Boots 14th June 2020 High-ankle leather walking boots from an Italian manufacturer Normally I would write out about 1,000 words for a gear review – but as we have a bit more time on our hands…
When wearing, the changing robe doesn’t seem particularly bulky- it isn’t a down jacket after all- once off the wearer it does become a slightly bulky item if piled in a corner purely because of it’s size. However, I have…
I think that it’s safe to say, from my point of view, this top can do no wrong. It offers me everything that I want from a Merino base layer, it is warm, comfortable against the skin, easy to care…
Gear Review Helikon EDC Side Bag 19th November 2019 Tactical shoulder bag with MOLLE/PALS webbing Shoulder bags are often the unloved stepchild of tactical and utilitarian outdoor gear. They have to function well in that narrow range between “just put…
Review of the Boreal Ordesa Boot for UKHillwalking.com - a light-ish weight pair of leather walking boots that try something new.
Gear Review Mountain Equipment Firefly Sleeping Bag :: A lightweight 2-3 season down sleeping bag from Mountain Equipment reviewed for UKHillwalking.com :: 22nd May 2019 https://youtu.be/cCE4eFAPZVU 360.00 Comfort: 4°C Comfort Limit: -1°C Extreme: -16°C 560g Plasma 10D fabrics are DWR…
The Grayl Ultralight purifier bottle is a bit of a hybrid between a filtration bottle and something that can be used to transfer that cleaned water to another container – something that dedicated water filter/purifier bottles often struggle with. I…