Facewest Adventure Sports

Helly Hansen Sale

stu — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:29:40 +0000

Some of our Helly Hansen baselayer is now on sale, all at about 25% Off. Mainly summer styles and colours that aren’t continued into the winter. Check out the details below.

Helly Hansen Trailwizard Long Sleeve
~~£40~~ Now £30.00
Long sleeve top for warm environments

Helly Hansen Trailwizard Short Sleeve
~~£35~~ Now £25.00
Multi panel top for warm environments.

Helly Hansen Womens Trailwizard Long Sleeve
~~£40~~ Now £30.00
Long sleeve technical top for warm environments.

Helly Hansen Womens Trailwizard Short Sleeve
~~£35~~ Now £25.00
Technical multi panel top for warm environments.

Helly Hansen Transporter Short Sleeve
~~£20~~ Now £15.00
Relaxed synthetic T for warm environments.

Helly Hansen Womens Move T
~~£20~~ Now £15.00
Relaxed fit T to keep you cool and dry.

Helly Hansen Gaupe MTB Short Sleeve
~~£40~~ Now £30.00
Classic cycle jersey with 3 pockets.

Leatherman Anniversary Wave

stu — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:43:30 +0000

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.

ME Free T Shirts with Sleeping Bags

stu — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:29:50 +0000

For a while now Facewest and Mountain Equipment have been giving you a free Logo T shirt when you bought a Mountain Equipment jacket costing £100 or more. Now that offer has been extended to cover sleeping bags costing £100 or more, which is basically every down bag made by ME.

Click here to see all the Mountain Equipment Sleeping Bags.

Trangia Stoves from Facewest

stu — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:17:21 +0000

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 have a great super light option and are popular the world over. Omission is now corrected.

Trangia Stoves

Faster Boil Times and Fuel Economy

stu — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:40:42 +0000

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. By using a pot with a heat exchanger plus a wind shield this can be improved by up to 50%.

To save money on fuel, carry less fuel and have your tea ready sooner please see our range of efficiency improving cookware products.

Fuel efficient cookware and efficiency products

Water Filters and Purifiers

stu — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:52:09 +0000

I have just revamped our water filter and purifier offering. In comes the Steripen Adventurer and the MSR Sweetwater Filters. Discontinued is the MSR WaterWorks. All the images and descriptions for all the filters and purifiers have been improved and updated, which in some cases was long over due. We were never actually doing the Aquapure products justice but we are now!
To help you get the right product for your needs I have written an article

How to Choose the right water filter or purifier

Hope it helps, if it doesn’t please send me an email.

Stu at facewest.co.uk

Safe drinking.

More Therm-a-Rests

stu — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:01:47 +0000

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 car campers out there who would be better off with a more comfortable nights sleep. If you walk as much as car camp then the trek travel series is more for you. And if you never camp anywhere near your car then go fast and light. Or if you can have a fast and light plus a Camp Comfort for the best of both worlds.

Thermarest Camp Comfort Series

Thermarest Trek Travel Series

Thermarest Fast & Light Series

Hydration, Hydration, Hydration

stu — Wed, 28 May 2008 14:38:23 +0000

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 Zip SL

MSR Hydromedary Bags

Platypus Bottles

Platypus Water Tanks

Drink System Spares and Accessories

Edelrid Ropes ON SALE 20% Off

stu — Thu, 22 May 2008 11:24:20 +0000

To make way for the updated models, we have put all the Edelrid ropes on sale at 20% Off. Just as good as they ever were, only now even better value.

Click here to see the ropes

Suunto X9mi in use

stu — Tue, 20 May 2008 14:55:14 +0000

I have added a bit of a review and some screen shots to the X9i page so that you can get a bit more of a feel for what it can do before you part with your £300 quid. I reckon I pretty much know the ins and outs of the thing now so if you have any other questions before you buy one then please give me a ring on the usual Facewest number 0870 755 7555

Suunto X9i Page (review at bottom of page)