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Is it the quality of the insulation that is the issue? Insulation is a fairly well-known science and sleeping bags have been made and used for a very long time.

Thanks, but I'll risk it

Their bags presumably do not measure up very well to the EN/ISO standard.

For context: I'm a 46 year old male, in good health. I am lean and fit, having far less fat than the typical UK male. I possibly feel the cold more than I did at 21. I was using a Decathlon "therma-rest" type mat. I have camped and bivvied a fair amount over the years. The bag was bought...

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I have a Snugpak Elite 3 sleeping bag. "Comfort temperature rating -5DegC"? I used it in August and it did not feel as warm as I might have expected. I used it for camping this weekend. It was around 1-2Deg and damp, then down to 0DegC on the first night, and slightly warmer, but more...

I have been wearing the home-made wool blanket bush shirt regularly, but it was excellent this weekend. A cold weekend scout camp, the temperature was between 0 and 4DegC, but with the UK standard rain and damp/humidity it felt much colder, penetratingly so. The bush shirt with a couple of...

The axe was put to good use this weekend on a winter scout camp. It is a felling axe, but it is also very effective for splitting logs, including some very large sections of tree trunk. It holds an edge well too.

I tested the axe at the weekend. We needed to move this fallen tree by hand and the chainsaw was out of action, so I cut it in half with the axe. The wood was surprisingly hard, so I didn't quite cut the nice, neat wedge that I would have liked to have produced. The axe worked well (it was...

I like trying to make something good/better. I also have a smaller boys/forest axe that was originally from Aldi. I did something similar with that one, but also replaced the damaged original handle with a nicer hickory one. It now has a good profile and edge. It works well -I have felled...

This started off as a very cheap hickory handled Silverline felling axe. I have improved the blade profile and put a better edge on it, sanded and oiled the handle and made a simple leather handle protector. I will be making a leather blade cover for it. It will be interesting to find out...

Very often, if somebody knows a bit about the subject of a news story, they will notice significant factual errors. Journalists are rarely experts.

I have a Velez Adventure Light smock too. It must be around 12-13 years old now. I also use it for wet cycle commuting (with panniers, not rucksack), walking etc. I rate it very highly. It is a very versatile jacket that has been more hard wearing than I expected it to be. I would not expect...

There was more in the news today about a campaign to ban the sale of "Zombie knives and machetes". I'm not sure if their idea is to try to make it illegal to own one, but our reactive government, may well introduce some clumsy, ill-thought-out, legislation about it... I was using a(n 80 year...

This forum is almost dead these days?

I bought a Craghoppers Waverley Thermic Jacket that I am pleased with

I have been wearing my thick EDZ boiled wool gloves with army goretex mitts over them for cycling to work this week. It was -3DegC with freezing fog yesterday morning. It was -2DegC and clear this morning. My hands were warm and comfortable on both mornings and the still frosty evenings...

Exactly

I wore my Velez Adventure Light for my half hour cycle commute in heavy rain this morning. It worked brilliantly. I was comfortable and dry (no condensation inside either) on arrival.

I remember my Dad buying a few C&S mags, the first two issues came together.