Accessories
Robens’ Double Rock
Thursday, February 26th, 2009
It’s the heaviest of the six and the grey is a bit boring, but at least it won’t frighten the wildlife…
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Blacks Octane 2
Thursday, February 26th, 2009
Once up, it’s a comfortable tent with a large-ish porch, semi-flyscreen door and OK headroom at the front…
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Eurohike Backpacker
Thursday, February 26th, 2009
This is Millets’ house brand and for four tenners you get a tapering tunnel-design, two-person tent…
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Highlander Ten 07 Force 2
Thursday, February 26th, 2009
A Geodesic shape design, it is generous in the headroom department and once pegged down remains stable even in high winds…
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Vango TBS Spirit 200+
Thursday, February 26th, 2009
This is a good quality four-season tent (non-high altitude) lightweight tunnel tent but with some niggling features…
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Lichfield Apache 2
Thursday, February 26th, 2009
A simple idea means many of the problems encountered with the Blacks’ tent are avoided…
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Vango Ultralite 30 daypack
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
At only 700g, this pack is the lightest and most compact of the three I tested. I squeezed it into bike panniers on a cycling trip to Norway where it came in handy for day hikes…
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Vango Airvent 35 daypack
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
Another of the new breed of packs designed to let your back breathe with a semi-rigid curved frame. It is comfortable, with most weight supported well through the hips…
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Robens Tacoma daypack
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
Tacoma’s body-hugging shape was comfortable to wear over all sorts of walking terrain and the rigid curved spine kept my back dry…
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Osprey Stratos 32 daypack
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
An extremely light pack, the Stratos’ Aircore suspension system is comfortable and gives great ventilation, although the fibreglass struts do impinge a little on interior space…
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