Expert Camping Gear Reviews & Guides
You know that sinking feeling. You unzip the bag after months in the loft and you’re hit with a smell like a wet dog that’s been locked in a cupboard since March. That’s the smell of a tent that wasn’t stored properly, and it’s almost always avoidable. Knowing how to store tent long term properly … Read more
Picture this. It’s late May. The sun has finally shown up for a whole three consecutive days, and you’re ready to celebrate by dragging the tent out of the garage. You unzip the bag — and something genuinely unpleasant hits you in the face. That musty, faintly ammonia-tinged smell. The kind that, if you’re unlucky, … Read more
There’s a particular kind of suffering that every British camper knows intimately. You’ve just arrived at Glastonbury, or a muddy field near the Peak District, or some wind-battered coastal campsite in Pembrokeshire — and there you are, hunched over like a Victorian chimney sweep, dragging a 12 kg family tent across 400 metres of rutted … Read more
There’s a moment every backpacker knows all too well. You’ve had a brilliant weekend in the Lakes, the sun even made a brief appearance on Sunday morning, and now you’re standing in a muddy car park trying to stuff your tent back into its original bag. The original bag that, somehow, was clearly packed by … Read more
Ask any seasoned British camper what kills a tent faster than bad weather, and they’ll probably say this: poor storage. Not the Lake District drizzle. Not the Glastonbury mud. The culprit is almost always an ill-fitting bag, a ripped carry sack, or worse — no bag at all, leaving a damp tent stuffed into a … Read more