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• Rab Vapour-Rise Summit Quick Look - 07th Dec
  When Rab told us there would be 3 jackets in the new Vapour Rise range I knew I would have to try them all. So here is my take on the VR Summit. The VR Summit is the warmest piece in the new VR Range. A reasonably well insulated…
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• Green Friday: Hills 2 Oceans litter picking. - 25th Nov
  This year we have teamed up with the British Mountaineering Council's Hills 2 Oceans litter picking campaign to offer an alternative Black Friday for our customers. The Hills 2 Oceans campaign is an initiative to clean up our mountains, hills and crags in an effort to keep plastic…
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• Rab Women’s Elevation Pants Review - 16th Nov
  Why do walking trousers for ladies never fit? Let me tell you reader, I have had endless battles with walking trousers over the years. It's just like jeans, impossible to find the right fit. Who thought those ridiculously small pockets with zips that dig into your hips were a good idea? Or those baggy,…
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• Why Choose Synthetic Insulation? - 11th Nov
  Synthetic insulation is an alternative to natural down feathers used in insulated jackets. It has several advantages over down feathers that we will go into below. Synthetic insulation has for many years been considered inferior to down due to its weight and larger pack size, this year however…
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• Mammut Airbag 3.0 System Safety Check - 09th Nov
  Mammut are committed to the safety of their products, as such they continually assess their products to find potential improvements and identify problems. Unfortunately they have identified an issue with a portion of their Removable Airbag System 3.0 manufactured for the Winter 2020 season. They have found that…
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• Safety Notice Reminder for Ortovox AVABAG Cartridges - 02nd Nov
  Earlier this year Ortovox announced as precautionary safety notice on their AVABAG Carbon cartridges. They established that a small number of cartridges from a specific production period may lose pressure. The reason for this is a faulty cartridge adapter. You can perform a quick check of your…
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