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  • Comparison of Lightweight Sleeping Bags

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    Lightweight Sleeping Bag Review This review compares all the lightest ultralight sleeping bags in the world. What’s the Lightest Sleeping Bag in the World? I believe this is the current Top 5 lightest sleeping bags in the world: Cumulus Magic 125 – 245g / 8.6oz Yeti Fever Zero – 280g / 9.9oz Z Packs 40…

  • Comparison of Gas Stoves

    Comparison of Gas Stoves

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    Review of over 50 of the best camping stoves. It includes ten of the lightest stoves in the world, various remote canister stoves and every all-in-one Jetboil-style stove on the market. There’s also an explanation of all the different types of gas canister along with adaptors so you can use all of them as well…

  • The Multi-Fuel Stove That Doesn’t Need Priming

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     The Soto Muka is a new multi-fuel stove that does not require priming before lighting. As such, it is quicker, easier and cleaner to use than any other liquid fuel camping stove. [divide] Quick Review The Soto Muka OD-1NP is a wonderfully innovative stove that is far easier to operate and maintain than other liquid…

  • The New Stove That Burns All Fuels Through a Single Jet

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     The Optimus ‘Polaris Optifuel’ is a new multi-fuel stove that can burn all liquid fuel types and butane/propane canisters through a single jet. [divide] Quick Review [one_half] Pros Burns all types of fuel Don’t ever need to change nozzles/jets Good build quality [/one_half] [one_half_last] Cons Expensive Bit heavier than some [/one_half_last] You should buy this…

  • The Kit You Need to Cross a Desert (without breaking the bank)

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    I looked down at my smart phone then ahead at the dirt track illuminated by the headlights of our Mazda. ‘It should be on our left any time now’, I reported to Laura at the steering wheel. It was late Wednesday night in Oman and we were driving through a tiny village in the dark,…

  • Review of Liquid Multi Fuel Stoves

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    A review of every liquid multi fuel camping stove on the market. 28 different multi-fuel stoves compared. Also, a guide to all the different types of fuel available and their various names. Updated February 2020 Contents Introduction Ultimate Comparison Table Best & Lighest Stoves Full Stove Reviews Guide to Different Types of Fuel INTRODUCTION What…

  • 15 Gift Ideas for the Adventurer in Your Life

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    Christmas is coming and it’s time to drain the bank account in pursuit of the annual present binge. If you have an adventurer type in your life, we have compiled a list of niche kit that we love – or would love to have – to help give you a bit of inspiration. If you’re…

  • Comparison of Mid Layers (insulating jackets)

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    Review of the best and warmest insulating jackets This article explains the various different types of insulating mid-layer jackets (like down, primaloft and Buffalo), compares the advantages and disadvantages of each, and offers some recommendations. First written in 2012. Updated March 2020. Recently overhauled in light of the popularity of my other comparison articles such…

  • Our Kit List for Cycling Around the World

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    This is a comprehensive list of pretty much every single item that Laura and I have with us, in our panniers, on our bikes and about our persons. We have written separately about particular areas of kit already e.g. wet weather gear, electronics and what we wore down to -20C. In the meantime, here is…

  • What We Wore When Cycling Around the World (and at -20°C)

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    Cycling 10,000 miles from England to Australia took us through a European summer, winter in the Caucasus, a hot India, spring in Korea and Japan, summer in South East Asia and a cold, wet Australia. We still have New Zealand and America to get across but, by now, we have a fairly good idea of…

  • Primus OmniLite Ti – Titanium Multi Fuel Stove Review

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    Swedish company Primus recently launched a new lightweight titanium multi-fuel stove called the OmniLite Ti. I’ve been using the OmniLite for over two years now, first in Patagonia then whilst cycling around the world. In my view, it is the best multi-fuel stove on the market. It is smaller and lighter than the competition and…

  • Review of Base Layer Materials

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    Base layer materials explained, compared and reviewed. Synthetic Base Layers | Merino Wool | Bamboo | Cotton ‘Base layer’ is the name given to an item of clothing worn next to the skin during sport or activity. A variety of materials are used for such garments, each with different pros and cons. Below I have set out to…