We’ve had some extremely good gear from Robens over the years. Great quality, lightweight, and innovative space-saving designs.

Now our youngest is a bit older, we’re also doing some more adventurous camping, […]

We’ve already featured one lightweight backpacking or bike-packing sleeping bag. Well, here’s another. Is the Robens Spur 250, and unlike the Robens Moraine I, the Robens Spur 250 is a 2-season sleeping […]

If you are planning any summer adventures, backpacking or bike packing with your kids, then you’ll want a summer sleeping bag that is light and compact. And that’s exactly what the Robens Moraine 1 is.

Robens […]

For most family camping, I would recommend getting a large and comfortable self-inflating mat, like the Outwell Dreamboat.

When your kids are young, getting away camping is a great adventure. And while they […]

Small backpacks have certainly come a long way. Now you can get features on them that used to be found on much larger hiking bags.

The good news for us parents is that we can have a more versatile backpack for […]

The Outwell Dreamboats are fantastic self-inflating mats for family car camping, which we’ve reviewed before.

Well, now the Outwell Dreamboat has a matching pillow: the Outwell Dreamboat Ergo Pillow. And […]

When we go out on long hikes with our dog, we take a water bottle and collapsible bowl for her to drink from.  The bowl is sometimes clipped to the outside of our backpacks after it’s been used.

Fortunately, […]

Outwell has been making fantastic looking collapsible lanterns, which look more like lamps you have in your home, for a number of years as part of the Outwell Collaps Range.

The Outwell Polaris Lux Lamp is […]

Unless you go camping where there are no camping facilities, you might think a portable shower isn’t necessary. And yes, the portable showers that have a bag hanging in a tree produce mixed results.

However, […]

A foldable dish rack may not be the most exciting camping gadget 😉

However, it can provide some much-needed practicality if you are washing up at your tent, in your caravan, or motor home, and you don’t have […]

For years we’ve used this large plastic water carrier.

It holds 10 litres of water, is very rugged, and has been to a great many campsites.

There’s one problem: it’s quite bulky to take.
Trying the new […]

I first saw this new Outwell Canella Supreme Sleeping Bag at Outwell’s 2020 launch event.

What really struck me about this sleeping bag, was that despite it being rated for three seasons (that is, OK to use […]

The Vango Helvellyn 300 is the same layout as the older Vango Mirage 300 we’ve been using.

It comes with a handy two-door porch, complete with optional groundsheet. We found this makes a great space to store […]

One of the great things many of us like about camping is the social aspect.

Without the usual distractions (TVs, Xboxes, etc.), there is more of an opportunity to sit around and chat. That might be with […]

leeping bags are designed to work within a temperature range. If you get too hot, you can unzip the sleeping bag a lttile. Too cold, and you fastening it up tighter. And that’s about as much as you can adjust it, […]