Recent content by Huweth

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Still totally agree with you, BUT, your dog is accustomed to it, mine isn't anymore. In the same way as it takes you a while to get used to the heat in a hot climate when you first arrive it's the same for cold - human or dog. It just means the difference between what is comfortable/acceptable...

I agree with that. George (the dog) lived outside on a farm for the first year of his life before I got him so should be used to it, but since then has been an indoor dog so isn't so hard anymore. Like I said, I only saw him shiver once after a few hours in the car outside at -12. I've been...

Thanks chaps. Have just been looking for dog igloo's with no success apart from rigid foam ones - hardly portable! Something the search made me think about was a lightweight single skin pop-up tent. Might see what's about later, but seems like it could be small/light enough to carry and...

Hi all, my lovely lady got me a HH explorer asym for my birthday and now I'm itching to take it out for a test sleep. Some of you may have read that I took a bunch of kids from the school I teach to Dartmoor to do some bivvying a few weeks ago and took my dog too. So the plan is to go to the...

I always just about half fill my pack with soft stuff, chuck anything hard/fragile in next, pack around the outside with more soft stuff, then fill the rest to the top with soft stuff. Just make your bag into a soft thing with hard things inside...

On one hand I like my green tent to be able to merge into the landscape at lower levels where it's less likely to get wild and I'm not going far from the tent. On the other hand I like my bright orange Trango 2 when high in the hills and using it as a base for longer treks where the weather...

I've been using a Mountain Equipment Dreamcatcher 500 for about 7 years now for most of my camping from French summer to Scottish Winter. It's warm in the summer but of course you can unzip it a bit, and it kept me just about warm enough with a silk liner in Scotland last December. Well made...

Yeah I want to go tentless this winter too. Might see if I can convince the kids from school to give it a go too, but to be honest it might be dangerous as their parents (and the kids) don't seem to have much understanding of kit. They think a -10 bag will keep them cozy to -10. Don't want to...

Thats funny about the Rab top bag. I'd often thought about getting one a few years back. What are your thoughts on using the thermaliner? Stick the whole Rab bag inside it or outside? I wouldn't consider the thermaliner warm by any standard if thats what your thinking, it's basically just...

Thankfully she doesn't! Just thought I'd inject a little fun. I hope she'd see the funny side if she did read it, but if she didn't I will just threaten to take all the warm cozy things I bought away from her. I'm sure she'd shut up then...:) The medium 4S arrived today and looks great...

Thought I should report back on using the 4S outer for the first time last Thursday night. I got it's first outing on Dartmoor in a wood where I had taken 7 boys from the school I teach at to introduce them to camping under tarp. We had set up a large tarp for us all to sit and cook under...

I used to have a Coleman Cobra 2. Think I paid about £80 for it. I know they don't do them anymore, but there are plenty of similar designs around today. I spent hundreds of nights in it and shared it with a friend when we walked for 5 weeks on the Appalachian trail. It also withstood...

Hi all, I think this is my first post here though I've been a reader for a while. After years of using synthetic and down bags I've picked up an old (with picture not writing) Buffalo 4S inner and outer on EBay for £62. At 5ft9 I allegedly need a medium, but only a large was available and my...