May 13th, 2008
All winter shell jackets and salopettes from marmot are now 30% off.
Save some money and be ready for next winter!

Marmot Shells 30% Off
Once you are on the shell jackets page, click women’s tab at the top to see the women’s selection. I know this sounds obvious but it’s a new navigational feature for our site and I just wanted to make it clear.
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May 12th, 2008
The last pieces of Mountain Equipment winter 07/08 insulated clothing are now 30% off SRP. Not much left but what’s there is a bargain.

Down Clothing

Synthetic Clothing
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May 12th, 2008
Mountain Equipment traditional shells from winter 07/08 are now on sale at 25% off SRP.
Some have only a couple of items left while others have a complete size spread. Follow the link below. Click on Women’s tab at the top to see the women’s specific collection.

Mountain Equipement Shells 25% OFF
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April 24th, 2008
In order to keep my ear close to the ground in the ski touring world, I am going on a ski touring trip! (It’s not a holiday, honest!) A week in the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland, in the company of Mountain Tracks guides Matt Dickinson and Olly Allen. Weather permitting there will be the chance to summit a 4000m peak and ski some pretty amazing decents without ever going below 2000m. I will of course be testing some new kit, mainly a new lightweight range of CAMP hardware that we thinking of stocking next winter plus the Compressor and Prolite Jackets from Mountain Equipment.
So nothing on the blog for the next 10 days or so but a full report on kit and experience when I return.
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April 24th, 2008
Lots of new summer clothing from Helly hansen including some bike specific products.
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April 24th, 2008
Current Vacancies at facewest.co.uk - last updated 24 April 2008
We currently have 2 vacancies:
Customer Services Rep. - Closing Date for applications 10 June 2008
We require a Customer Services assistant to work within the customer service operations of our busy sales office. You will use your excellent outdoor industry knowledge and customer service skills to ensure our customers receive the best service in the industry.
Details Here.
Customer Service Rep / Website Administrator - Closing Date for applications 10 June 2008
We require a Customer service rep / Website administrator to work within our busy sales office. You will use your excellent outdoor industry knowledge and customer service skills to ensure our customers receive the best service in the industry. You will also assist our website team in providing new and up to date content.
Details Here
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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 have to bear in mind that the down is rated using a different system in the US to Europe. I have pointed this out wherever possible but suffice it to say that the top bags use the top down from each manufacturer and so on down the ranges.
Marmot 850 Fill (US) Range
850 Fill (US Standard) Down Lightweight sleeping Bags. Superb warmth to weight & packability.
Prices £166.50 - 283.50

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Marmot 600 Fill (US) Range
600 Fill (US Standard) sleeping bags. Excellent value, warm & comfy bags for those who are not obsessed by size and weight.
£117 - 171

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Marmot Pounder Range
2 or 3 season Polarloft insulated bags. Comfortable, warm and east to care for.
Prices £90 - 108

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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.
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April 16th, 2008
The lightweight and excellent value DLP waterproofs from Mountain Equipment and the Precip jackets from Marmot are now on sale. Great summer weight rainwear.
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April 16th, 2008
No blog entry for 2 months, I should be shot! I was on holiday for 1 month and had planned a few entries from the chalet but the router was up the spout so no internet connection. As for the 2 weeks before I went and the 2 weeks since, I have no excuse.
Please be assured that postings have been resumed.
Stu
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