Handcrafted outdoor clothing from Scotland that combines three decades of tradition with modern performance. Trusted by adventurers worldwide, Hilltrek’s gear is designed and tested in the Cairngorms National Park.
A 22-year-old, a primus stove, a tea urn, and a flat in North London. That is how one of outdoor’s most principled brands began. Nikwax has been PFAS-free since 1977 — not as a trend, but as a founding value. Here is their story.
Born in a Warrington outdoor shop over 20 years ago, Criterion makes ultralight down sleeping bags that reviewers call the most packable in their tests. Polish goose down, Pertex shell, no dead weight.
A teenage founder. A solo winter hike across Britain. And gear so good that hikers worldwide now order it. Wild Sky Gear handmakes ultralight DCF accessories in the UK — small brand, serious kit.
Tom Gale hiked 5,000 miles in an ill-fitting pack, borrowed a sewing machine, and never looked back. Atom Packs builds fully custom ultralight backpacks on a farm in the English Lake District — configured by you, hand-sewn by hikers who know every trail.
One person, one sewing machine, one workshop in Scotland — Trekkertent builds ultralight shelters made to order for hikers who refuse to compromise. Designed for the brutal realities of British and Nordic weather, each tent is hand-sewn with the care that only a cottage maker can offer.
Founded in 1937 and still 100% manufactured at its own factory in Alfreton, Derbyshire, Grangers remains Britain’s original specialist in high-performance, environmentally-responsible clothing and footwear care.
Did you know that a simple handful of twigs can boil a litre of water in under five minutes, even in the windiest conditions? As