Lab Notes

Bought this for my girlfriend. Passed the ultimate test - keeping her warm (off the water) on a sea kayaking expedition. Packs very small. Brilliant.

Hi, bought a bleat a few months ago. Use it for whitewater and sea kayaking as base layer. Very good. Sleeves are too tight. Might be good to do a thicker version for colder weather.

Bought a bleat a couple of months ago and have loved it, its been great walking, biking and climbing in the lakes, wales and the peaks although after a rather harsh laundry session in Mexico its a little tight!  I lead expeditions and have found your sleeping mats and poles are fantastic and great value. I always have a stash of clippers to fix straps, attach bottles to donkeys, hold chalk bags etc. I’m looking forward to the Bivi bag…
If you need any gear testing in the field, i’ll be in a field in the San Bernadino mountians for the next 10 months.

Hi guys,

Just want to thank you for an awesome service, ordered an Aeric and a head torch on Sunday evening, they arrived Tuesday morning, in plenty of time for my weekend in the Peak District, starting today!!

Fabulous, keep it up!!

Hi groovy Geeza’s

A friend and I were up on Lynn Fan Fawr in minus 5deg conditions in March.

We were discussing your range of down clothing. We would be keen to see a modular system explored by yourselves.

For example:

A Fantom with detatchable Hood = Filo
and detatchable arms = Filet

and an additional matching pair of down trousers = FOTON .

I reckon I can stretch to £250 for a down outer system that gives me 4 options in one product. Oh and of course In bright “Alpkit red” with Black reinforcements on high wear and tear area’s

i’ll Just leave you guys with that thought…

Drew

Colab is a great idea, the bivi also sounds interesting but I’ve been unable to find info on it on the site and when I emailed to ask I recieved no reply.

As a long term buyer/user of Alpkit gear I’ve been impressed by everything except the Tifoon - and that was because it wasn’t easy to eat my breakfast muesli with it! Last purchase was a Gourdon which is brilliant as a motorcycling backpack - no worries about the contents getting damp in our great British weather. I’ve recommended a lot of the gear to fellow members of my MR team. I’m certainly interested in the bivvi bag, I always carry my (expensive) goretex one when out with the team - so something that could get trashed without worrying too much about it would be great. Might look at a bulk purchase for the team.

Thats a good point by Adam, I also do a fair bit of MTB, just for fun, and quite a bit of kit I also use for walking, because its windproof and lightweight. I have bought one or too windshirts in the past and found them all to be too “flappy” both cycling and walking, so a good, clean cut close fitting windproof smock or jacket would be great. The only decent ones on the market are really far too expensive for what they are!!

Whilst I undertake a great deal of walking and climbing - I also cycle (MTB) alot too. The mtb kit market seems ridiculously expensive for what you gat compared to the ‘walking’ market. I appreciate that not all of the alpkit stuff is directly related to cycling, but I use my HH merino bade layer when cycling as its got a long back.

When we do Polaris events, we have to carry all our camping gear with us, so lightweight and packable stuff is important.

When we’ve been to the Cairngorms, many of the walks we do are accessed by bike, so again, ensuring certain products are suitable for carrying on a bike might be useful.

I’d be quite happy to try things when we’re out in the peaks/dales on the bikes for you - just drop me line.

Have you thought about doing any more cycling directed stuff?

Just bought one of the filium smocks and found it to be really good.Also one of the daysacs cum drybags a great idea.Being in the forces i’m sure i’ll be testing these 2 pieces of kit to their limits so will keep you informed.If you want anything else tested or reviewed drop me a line