winter climbing – Climbing Gear Reviews

Jottnar Floyen HS Review

Jottnar have produced a number of synthetic insulation mid-layers over the past few years. The original Alfar was a hybrid

I reviewed Rab’s previous synthetic belay jacket the Photon X back in 2019 and gave it 5 stars so the

Grivel’s latest helmet the Duetto follows suite with their unique aesthetic first seen in their Stealth helmets. The angular faceted

Reviewing base layers is rarely a favourite task for gear reviewers, after all they are ‘just’ base layers and it

Edelrid have been nailing the harness game in recent years across the board from value for money basic rock climbing,

Grivel are the originators of the modern front-point crampon and justifiably proud of their heritage. The Grivel G20 Plus is

Macpac have a long history and a great reputation for building bombproof rucksacs – the Pursuit 40 V3 is their

The Smith Flywheel is one of their new range of ‘oversize’ sports sunglasses. Whether it is for fashion (most likely)

The Elvar is Jöttnar’s first fully synthetic fill jacket as opposed to the Alfar ‘hybrid’ primaloft and powerstretch midlayer and

With Scottish Winter climbing finally getting into some sort of condition we’ve had the chance to put the Mountain Hardwear