My Berghaus E-case died at the weekend. Somewhere in the midst of a landscape consisting mainly of snow lying on top of a layer of molten sludge and unfrozen turf, its zip-puller finally said enough and threw off this mortal coil. It is, on other

You might remember the tragic demise of my faithful Berghaus E-case last week - a heart-breaking tale of faithful service ended by a fatal zip failure. Anyway, the good news is that I bought, yes, bought with my own money, a replacement in the shape

Berghaus Paclite Smock Tested Price: £120.00 Weight: 275 grammes (men's large) mesh stuff sac: 23 grammes

real life test that wouldgive a better idea of how the three allegedly most breathable fabricson the market performed in the real world, under the same conditions,on the same day.The TestWe took Gore's New Paclite, Lowe Alpine's pre-production eVENT and

lightweight shells, ...' FullAnswer Q: How do own brand water proof fabrics -Hyvent for north face and Aquafoil for Berghaus for example - performagainst Gore-tex or eVent? A: The name

Want to buy outdoor gear on the web with the minimum hassle? Hmmm,might not be as easy as you think. We've taken a look at the basicsof e-commerce then, to save you the trouble, we field tested some ofthe main outdoors e-commerce sites to find out

rucksac'. It does smell a bit rubbery though...• Plus: EverestBase Camp trek in detail with pics and Simon Kirwan's guide totravelphotography.September• We brought you another scoop with firstimpressions of Berghaus's brilliant new 2003 lightweight range

's verybreathable and very light and aimed squarely at fast movers andpotentially soft shell users who need something packable to ward offevil showers.There's a lot of of it about. Stuff we like includes the BerghausSmock and jacket variants, Haglöfs ultra-lite LIM

Is More, though not,presumably in Swedish, and that pretty much tells you 90 per-cent ofwhat you need to know about the LIM Ultimate jacket. It's light, verylight, lighter than the minimalist 270-gramme Berghaus Paclite Smockfor example and almost as light

- to first eVENT and then Gore-Tex forits waterproof shell clothing, which means that a company which onceaggressively marketed itself as the alternative to Gore-Tex is now'just another' Gore-Tex using brand.There have been big changes behind the scenes too