New for review are the most serious gloves we've ever encountered, the Arc'teryx Alpha SV Glove – if they were a car, they'd be some sort of tubo-charged 911 with four-wheel drive and a terrifying price tag.As they're a glove, the price tag is still

One of the ace things about this job is that quite often I get to try new technologies and fabrics way before they actually hit the shops and one of the things I have on the go at the moment is something called Polartec Alpha.Breathable Synthetic

If you’re a CIA agent, apparently Arc’teryx is your brand of choice and their Alpha SV jacket (RRP £520) features in both the new Bourne Legacy film and this trailer.The Bourne Press Machine says:"Worn by Jason Bourne (Jeremy Renner) in many

the chance to use it properly before it's actually in the shops.Alpha Male...Polartec's Alpha 'fluffy' is one of those things. In fact we now have three Alpha items: a gilet from Polartec, an interesting hybrid affair from Marmot, which I've already talked

of gloves?When we'd recovered, we went looking for background on the Alpha SV and we came across this video of Dan Green from Arc'teryx describing the development of the glove. We're not going to tell you that you need to spend that much money on a

We've just got our paws on a very early example of a new Polartec technology called 'Alpha' which comes with the tag-line: 'New Territory for Puffy Insulation: Breathability'. And when we say 'very early' we mean it, Polartec Alpha isn't due on sale

in autumn 2013Polartec Alpha - puffy insulation that's reckoned to be breathable enough for active use.KEEN.CNX - lower profile and lighter footwear from KEEN (spring 2013)Jack Wolfskin FLEXSHIELD - super lightweight softshell jacket (spring 2013)Haglöfs

or pink camo. Then there's the Alpha Adventure tent fromVango, again in pink or blue in £35 two-person or £45three-person versions. It's a simple dome design and includes afire-retardant flysheet inner tent, mesh and bathtub innergroundsheet as well

, whichincludes shorts, shirts, tees, the Alpha urban jacket in new Paclitecomplete with mobile phone and Discman pockets and wiring channelsand, if you like naturals, new cotton and linen designs.For more details see the Spraywayweb site or for stockists call

to fit your finger sothey match your digital anatomy and feel comfortable and natural eithermoving or at rest. The two flagship models are the AlphaSV Glove and AlphaSV Mitt, which use fully-taped Gore-Tex Pro Shelltechnology for waterproofing. Both have