We have recently described our frustrations with the zippers on our Hilleberg failing in this blog post. There are plenty of features we do like about the Hilleberg, however, and if they could only get the zippers problem sorted, we think it would be the perfect tent.
Fabric strength: It has take...
UPdate: (07.08.2013) This issue has now been solved.
Since we first wrote this post we have received comment on this blog, via email and other online forums about our honest post about our experience with Hilleberg. Hilleberg have come back to us offering to fit new zippers on our tent, so we'll u...
Since I wrote the below updated review of the Showers Pass Elite 2.1 jacket (quick summary: thumbs up!) we've had another visit to the Showers Pass offices in Portland. My replacement jacket was a lovely electric blue colour, but while cycling down the Pacific Coast I felt a little invisible, so won...
When we researched our tent which would be our home from home for 18 months we didn't hear anyone complaining about the zips. So in good faith we settled for a Hilleberg Kaitum 3GT.
We have now been on the road and living in our tent since January. In that time we've talked to two other Hilleber...
Review of Showers Pass Women’s Elite 2.0 eVent jacket 314 USD (approx. £195) including postage plus £65 customs charge
**UPDATE : Click here to read the updated review of Showers Pass new version of the Elite 2.0 and our second visit to their HQ **
**UPDATE following visit on 25 May 2012 to Sh...
Our beloved Exped DownMat 7 Pump DLX has started to spit feathers out the deflation valve.
At first it was just a little bit and I blamed our Alpkit down sleeping bags since they were losing some feathers slowly too. But since the job of packing down the beds often falls to Peli, she was more in...
We may not have used this tent for long, but with one week on Exmoor and two weeks in Tierra del Fuego, it's already been through quite a lot of what nature is able to throw at it weather-wise.
We set about choosing a new tent carefully, as we wanted to invest in something really excellent which w...
This post is in homage to our friend Emily who is making her way from London eastwards around the world. The last time I heard she was cycling her way through Iran, mostly staring glumly at her morning porridge, since she has lost her trusty friend, the Spork.
A Spork, for you who are not in the...
We hung around in Buenos Aires in the afternoon, keeping out of the sun and making preparations for our journey to the airport. We explained in vain to the very laid-back staff at the hostel that we would need a taxi which could take a LARGE bike box. The taxi that arrived was, as expected, too smal...
"Overnatning i det fri" is a guide book in Danish about nearly free campsites in Denmark. Denmark don't have the "Allemannsretten", freedom to roam, like other Scandinavian countries. Since the normal campsites have become rather expensive and more like a family holiday theme park. Which off cou...
