Expert Camping Gear Reviews & Guides
Right, be honest with yourself for a second: how many times have you turned up at a campsite, tent bag under one arm, and started scanning the ground for “a decent rock”? It’s a rite of passage, and it’s also completely unnecessary. A proper camping mallet buying guide exists precisely because most of us treat … Read more
Let’s be honest. When you’re obsessing over pack weight — scrutinising every gram from your sleeping bag to your titanium spork — the mallet is the last thing you optimise. It’s usually that battered plastic lump at the bottom of your kit bag that you inherited from a parent or grabbed off a supermarket shelf … Read more
Picture the scene. You’ve driven three hours to the Lake District, it’s half past six in the evening, a grey drizzle is doing what it does best, and your tent pegs are bouncing off the ground like you’re trying to nail soup. You brought the flimsy plastic mallet that came with your tent. Of course … Read more
If you’ve ever hammered a tent peg into soggy British soil at 9pm in the Lake District while the rain starts — you’ll know exactly why choosing the right rubber mallet for tent pegs matters more than it has any right to. Use the wrong tool, and you’re bent pegs, bruised fingers, and a very … Read more
There you are. It’s half seven in the evening, the light is fading, a fine drizzle is settling in — because of course it is, this is Britain — and you’re on your knees trying to wrestle a tent peg into ground that’s apparently been hardened to the consistency of car park tarmac. In one … Read more