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Alpkit's 2012 PipeDream Sleeping Bag - Video
By Jon on 31/01/2012 13:00:26
AlpNick runs through the basics of the upgraded for 2012 lightweight PipeDream sleeping bag.
Alpkit's PipeDream was the original high-spec, lightweight, down sleeping bag for the budget-aware internet generation when it first arrived a few years back, since when it's won a reputation for being rather good and also popular enough that it
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AlpKit PipeDream 400 Sleeping Bag - First Look
By Jon on 17/05/2006 12:33:30
New from the guys at AlpKit is a pair of lightweight sleeping bags using Pertex Quantum fabric and high spec' goose down, so how did the 400 version stack up in a real world sleep test?
sleeping bags weregreat value, decent spec' all-round bags, the new PipeDream models -the 400 and 600 - takethings a stage further by using super-lightweight Pertex Quantumfabric and a snugger cut to reduce weight.As with the AD bags, the AlpKit guys have
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AlpKit Launches New Lightweight Sleeping Bag
By Jon on 15/02/2006 12:22:15
Those nice fellas over at Alpkit.com have done it again. The latest edition to their range of top kit is a lightweight sleeping bag dubbed the PipeDream and very nice it looks too.
big storage bag, a four-waycompression sac and a Quantum stuff bag - which is a nice touch.There are two PipeDreams in the range, the PipeDream 400which is comfort-rated at -3 C and the warmer PipeDream 600which should keep you happy down to -7 C
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Alpkit Pipedreams On Pre-order Now
By Jon on 02/02/2012 14:55:47
Awasrd-winning lightweight sleeping bag arriving soon and can be pre-ordered to make sure you get one...
Following on from our recent blog post video with Alpnick going through the details of the latest Pipedream sleeping bag, Aklpkit tells us that you can now pre-order the bags via their web site with stock due to arrive later this month.We reckon
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Happy Birthday AlpKit :-)
By Jon on 15/03/2006 14:17:41
It's around a year since AlpKit launched at the Outdoors Show, so how are things going, what's coming next and where can you win another AlpPod?
down by aworld shortage of carbon fibre...Sowhat's on the menu for the next 12 months? Just out now are the newPipedream sleeping bags, a follow-up to the successful AlpineDream bags. They use ultra-lightweight Pertex Quantum shell fabricalong with 90
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New From Alpkit Scoop!
By Jon on 23/11/2007 11:18:17
Updated sleeping bags, new down jackets and lots more coming soon from the Alpkitties...
sophisticated too. Anyway, here's what's new and in the pipelinefrom Alpkit.Sleeping BagsThe original Alpine Dream bags are no more, well sort of no more,they're coming back next year as full-on, super-warm expedition bags.In their place is the new Skye
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Alpkit SkyeHigh 400 - Tested
By Jon on 30/06/2008 18:24:07
A summer down bag for the price of a synthetic? Just how good can it be...
Alpkit SkyeHigh 400 - Tested Price: £65 Weight: 1020 grammes (stuffsack 100g) Features: Goose down sleeping bag with 400 grammes of 90/10 650+ European
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Weekly Newsletter
By Jon on 23/05/2007 16:49:44
We've gone competition crazy on OUTDOORSmagic this week...
.' Wayfayrer Boil-in-the-Bag Meals'Fundamentally it's the taste of the meals that wins through. It's probably best to carry one or two as a treat after a hard day on the mountain due to their weight.' Alpkit Pipedream 600 'Warm, soft and supremely
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How To... Wild Camping
By Dave Mycroft on 26/05/2009 12:57:19
The essentials of camping off the beaten track
Camping - there'snot a lot to it really is there? A tent, a sleeping bag and somethingto cook on, how hard can it get? Well if you base your idea of campingon what you see on an average camp site you'll be forgiven for thinkingit rquires a couple
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