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Leatherman Anniversary Wave

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

The Limited Edition 25th Anniversary Leatherman Wave is now in stock.
Same great features and construction as the standard wave but the stainless steel is polished to a mirror finish and the Wave is packaged in this great metal gift tin. An ideal present.

Trangia Stoves from Facewest

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

Classic lightweight aluminium burners and cooksets that run on methylated spirits. Trangia stoves have been around for years and have always been popular with outdoor groups and families. No moving parts at all so very reliable and excellent value. Not sure why it has taken so long to add them to the site as they […]

Faster Boil Times and Fuel Economy

Monday, June 9th, 2008

In the pursuit of more fuel economy and faster boil times it has become apparent that the greatest gains are to be had by improving the heat absorbed by the cookware rather than the energy chucked out by the stove.
A standard unshielded pot only gets about 40% of the energy put out by the stove. […]

More Therm-a-Rests

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

We thought we could broaden our Thermarest offering as we seemed to offer all the fast and light mats and the Trek Travel ones but were missing all the super comfortable Camp Comfort ones. I know you would be mad to walk anywhere we one of these monster mats but there are a lot of […]

Hydration, Hydration, Hydration

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

To protect you all from the searing heat of summer we have revamped our hydration selection and navigation, so not only do we have more great products to help you drink enough but hopefully they should be easier to find.
The main Hydration page is HERE
Some of the new products we have added are below

 Platypus Big […]

New Helly Hansen

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

Lots of new summer clothing from Helly hansen including some bike specific products.

Helly Hansen SLX Seamless Top £35.00
Super comfortable & light performance top

Helly Hansen Seamless Mens Boxer £17.00
Synthetic underwear for a complete clothing system.

Helly Hansen Transporter Short Sleeve […]

Marmot Sleeping Bags come to Facewest

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

New to us at Facewest this season are Marmot sleeping bags, both Down and Synthetic. We have always known how good they are but until we expanded our camping and trekking product lines we just didn’t have the space for them, but now we do! When comparing the Marmot to Mountain Equipment bags you do […]

New Larger Tent Range

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

To go along with all the sleeping bags and sleeping mats that we have been selling we thought that we should offer a greater range of tents. None of your fall down in a puff of wind supermarket tents these are, as always, well designed and well made from respected brands.

Marmot Earlylight Tent […]

New Pieps Freeride Avalanche Transceiver

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

The new Pieps Freeride is a single antenna digital avalanche transceiver that weighs only 110g and costs only £109
Please read the full story HERE

NEW Leatherman Skeletool - IN STOCK

Friday, February 8th, 2008

It’s finally arrived. The new pared down and stripped out lightweight Leatherman Skeletool. £59.95
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Stainless Steel Blade, pliers, bit holder with 4 bits, bottle opener and belt clip are the main points of the Skeletool. Ideal for those that want a multi tool without the bulk.
Coming in about 4 weeks is the Skeletool CX, which is […]