PHD Wafer Down Jacket Review Review of the PHD Wafer Down Jacket. An amazingly light and warm down jacket made in the UK. Last year I consciously made an effort to reduce my pack weight while wild camping on Mountain Leader training and assessment courses. Just by trimming the weight of a few key items I…
Hati’s Top Five Items of Gear in 2024 Your gear reflects your year right? The main outdoor events of my year occurred within a 6 week period… a big walling trip in Utah was followed (immediately) by the OMM (Original Mountain Marathon) in the Highlands with a sport climbing trip to Kalymnos to recover from…
Alex’s Top 5 Best Items of Gear in 2024. This years equipment choices have been based around a winter road trip to Utah and Arizona in the USA and lots of Mountain Leader training and assessment courses. Cold and dry conditions in the American South West deserts and then the usual mixed weather in the…
Our equipment reviews and tests have always been a very popular feature of our website. Everyone loves outdoor kit and here at Beyond the Edge we are all secret gear freaks and we get very excited by a new bit of equipment to try out. Our instructing and coaching team use their kit in the worlds…
A review of the Nortent Vern 1 Tent When I first saw the Nortent Vern 1 I was immediately intrigued, low and sleek, it just looked different. I’ve long been a fan of tents in which one sleeps side to the door. This design allows a bigger door and a better view of the outdoors…
Top Ten Gear and Equipment Reviews of 2022 Our blog and equipment reviews have been very popular over the last few months. Everyone loves outdoor kit and we love reading about the best equipment. Looking through the stats these are our most popular kit blogs of the year and our top ten gear and equipment…
Hati’s favourite gear of 2023 This was a year of attempted gear streamlining, which does not come naturally to my womble instincts. But alas, in a bid to minimise consuming, save a bit of money and instil some peace in my household, I have been most careful in what I acquire and where I acquire…
Rab Mythic Ultra Down Jacket First Impressions The timing of the arrival of this jacket couldn’t have been better. The forecasters had been warning of arctic weather arriving throughout the UK and as the temperature plummeted the Mythic Ultra down jacket was delivered by a chilly looking postman. My first thoughts were how light the…
Rab Solar Ultra 1 Sleeping Bag First Impressions The Rab Solar Ultra 1 Sleeping Bag is very well made lightweight and high performance synthetic sleeping bag. Perfect for spring and summer bivouacs, tarp camping and mountain wild camps. My first sleeping bag had a synthetic fill and I used it for all my early hill and mountain…
Klean Kanteen TKPro Flask Review The weather over the last few weeks has been typically wintery ie driving wind, rain and sleet or lovely crisp frosty days dry but very cold. Here at Beyond the Edge our outdoor courses will continue to run right up to Christmas. Then in January, February and March we will be…
Choosing Gloves and Clothing for Scottish Winter Walking and Mountaineering As we head out into the hills this winter either for trekking, walking, mountaineering or climbing we need to make important decisions that will impact both our enjoyment and safety. We will check the weather and the avalanche forecast. We will prepare our maps and…
The cold season is very much upon us, if last weeks weather is anything to go by. My transition from autumn to winter has been very much eased by the Rab Womens Xenair Alpine that I have been given to wear and review over the winter. I haven’t had it for long enough for an…