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The Antarctica Shirt from Arktis |
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Written by Stuart
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Sunday, 24 February 2008 |
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Warm even when damp, hardwearing, fire retardant, quiet and dependable, it is these qualities which have endeared wool clothing to the backwoodsmen for centuries. Even today it is a difficult material to beat; modern synthetic clothing scorches, melts, tears and disintegrates under conditions in which wool clothing performs unfailingly. Few would push through brambles and sleep next to the sparks of a fire in a synthetic jacket for fear of tearing or melting a hole in it and it is difficult to feel part of nature when accompanied by the constant rustling of petrochemicals. |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 03 March 2008 )
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Written by Stuart
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Saturday, 23 February 2008 |
Lumileds Ltd unveiled its new Luxeon LEDs a few years ago and revolutionised Light Emitting Diode technology, since then many people including myself have been waiting in anticipation for a well established company like Petzl to take advantage of this new technology.
Now, finally the wait is over and Petzl has not disappointed us. |
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 23 February 2008 )
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5.11 Tactical, Shirt and Trousers |
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Written by Stuart
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Saturday, 23 February 2008 |
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Wearing the same set of clothes day after day whilst slogging through a jungle is about the harshest treatment a set of clothing is ever likely to endure, rattan tendrils armed with rows of backward facing fishhook spines tear at you as you try to pass and a constant barrage of rain and mud results in your clothes literally rotting off your back, for a set of clothing a single month in the jungle equates to an entire lifetime of abuse under normal conditions. So naturally when Edgar Brothers sent us their 5.11 tactical range of clothing and asked us to test them we took them on expedition to the jungles of Borneo for two months! |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 03 March 2008 )
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POLAR PURE, 2000ltrs of clean water from an 88ml bottle? |
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Written by Stuart
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Sunday, 17 February 2008 |
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In the years that I have possessed this little 3oz bottle of unremarkable appearance, it has been used to treat almost 1000 litres of water, some of it decidedly foul. Yet the presence of a small pile of glinting metallic crystals trapped inside assures me that it will treat 1000 more.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 03 March 2008 )
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