Our editor puts this affordable, well-ventilated daypack to the test on some hikes through the Welsh mountains.

Looking for a shell that delivers on both light weight and weather protection? The TNF Summit Papsura might just be the ...

I’ve tested a whole range of hiking fleeces for women and here are my favourites so far. Including options from Patagonia, Cotopaxi, Arc’teryx and more - these fleeces are built for all kinds of ...

Answer The name is Gear, Richard ‘High Maintenance’ Gear and believe me, I feel for your peeling seam tape, who wouldn’t? You really have a choice here, either use a professional outdoor clothing ...

Outdoor writer James Forrest shares his highlightsThis might just be the best short walk in the Lake District. Climbing Latrigg from Keswick is a classic outing that can be fitted into just a few ...

The Nortik Trekraft. Photo: Mark Waring Model: Nortik Trekraft (with deck) Price: £700 Weight: 3.5kg (including all accessories) Nortik is a label by Out-Trade GmbH in Germany but is built by Triton ...

The Patagonia Super Alpine Jacket goes way back over a decade. Now we have the Super Free Alpine. This carries on the core essence of that original jacket while also bringing a very modern new fabric ...

The North Face have added FutureLight to what you see here, their pinnacle mountaineering and climbing jacket called the Summit Series L5. The nanospinning process has allowed the North Face to ...

Carningli Mountain isn’t actually a mountain, far from it actually if you consider the fact it’s 264m off meeting the 609m qualifier. It’s still fair to say, however, that this hill has the look and ...

To Cattanach, NeoShell isn’t really about breathability. To him, there’s more to it than that. It’s about air flow. “We have true air flow through the waterproof membrane, that’s why people are more ...