Expert Camping Gear Reviews & Guides
Two people, one tent, and a single sleeping bag that only fits one of you — anyone who has actually done this knows the particular misery of a 3am elbow to the ribs. Zip-together sleeping bags solve that problem in the cleverest way possible: buy two compatible bags, click the zips, and you have a … Read more
There’s a very specific kind of misery that comes from camping with someone you love in two separate sleeping bags. You’re an arm’s length away, the tent’s condensation is doing its own thing on the flysheet above you, and every time you shuffle closer for warmth, a zip digs into someone’s ribs. A double sleeping … Read more
Somewhere around 2am, on a damp hillside in the Brecon Beacons, you will discover exactly which camp you belong to: the mummy sleeping bag campers, who sleep like sealed parcels and stay roasty regardless of the wind chill, or the rectangular sleeping bag campers, who’d rather starfish across a duvet-like expanse even if it costs … Read more
There’s a very specific kind of misery reserved for campers who got the sleeping bag decision wrong. Either you’re lying awake at 2am in June, damp with sweat inside a bag rated for Arctic bivvies, or you’re shivering through a September night in Snowdonia wrapped in what was basically a glorified bedsheet with a zip. … Read more
There’s a particular kind of misery reserved for the camper who brought the wrong sleeping bag. You know the one — lying rigid at 3am in a bag built for the Cairngorms in January, sweating through a balmy July night in a Cornish field, wondering why you didn’t just bring a duvet. A summer sleeping … Read more
There’s a very specific kind of misery reserved for campers who underestimate a British winter. It isn’t the rain, and it isn’t even the wind — it’s the moment at 2am when you realise your “cosy” summer bag has about as much thermal ambition as a bath towel, and the frost on the inside of … Read more
There’s a particular kind of misery reserved for campers who trusted the word “summer” on a sleeping bag label a little too much. A sleeping bag under £100 can genuinely keep you warm through a British spring, summer, and early autumn — but only if you understand what the numbers on the label actually mean, … Read more
Picture this: you’ve pitched your tent beneath a star-studded Lake District sky, the campfire’s crackling gently, and you’re ready for a brilliant night’s sleep. Then reality hits—literally—as you feel every stone, root, and frozen patch of ground through your pathetic excuse for a camping mattress. We’ve all been there, haven’t we? A proper camping mattress … Read more