-specific Wayfayerrange of meals - save weight by removing the outer plastic wrapper andcarry just the pouch -  but there are plenty of other optionsout there, most notably the Look What We Found range, which is cheaper than specialist outdoor meals andvery tasty

,freeze-dried camping food in a pouch, ingredients courced from mostrecent harvest, high energy values, vegetarian options, wide range ofmenus. What's ItFor?Travellunch is aimed squarely at lightweight backpackers, campers andadventure racers. It's been

album.Snowman, by Snowman!That's all for now. Keep the pictures coming - we love looking through them - but just a quick reminder that the Photo of the Month competition is a fairly light-hearted affair. We don't rank amongst the many serious

by the excessive amount of foam usedby many manufacturers for 'instant comfort' in the show room.We started by lacing the boots quite casually and found themimprecise and swimmy in a way that reminded us of giant teddy bearpaws or Salomon's Adventure Trek 7. Just

can change.What we'd say is that as an outdoors person, it's definitely something you should look at and consider, even if there are a lot of imponderables and technicalities in there. Mostly it's aimed at the industry, but the consumer guidelines make

jacket and we found that not only does it work brilliantly in alpine-type cold, dry conditions where the combination of breathibility and nigh on windproofness is spot on, but it also proved to be suprising good in wetter conditions.So what's changed

We caught up with the guys from Zamberlan last week for a look at what's coming down the pipeline and found an interesting mix of a new take on the traditional plus a growing range of lightweight footwear for 2011.Starting with the classic end

OM regulars might recall that we recently commented on thedifficulty of opening the battery compartment on Petzl's neat new Myohead torch.We found that the arrow on the battery box is aligned confusinglyand makes the lid of the box hard to open

, here are a couple of images that might look familiar. If you weren't, here's some of what was going on...Ice doesn't form in abundance in Birmingham, and certainly not indoors, so they had to make do with polystyrene instead.Or if rock is more your

the prototype garments, hence the difference in fit:“We have found some differences with the amount of tolerance in the stretch of this fabric and are currently seeking advice from Polartec. 8% Spandex is a good compromise between the amount of stretch