Sleeping Bags

The best camping pillow UK campers should buy depends less on brand hype and more on how you sleep: side sleepers need height, backpackers need low weight, and car campers…

It’s 2am, you’re lying in your tent in the Peak District, and you can see your breath. The sleeping bag that felt fine in the shop is doing nothing, your…

Your sleeping bag smells like a cross between a damp dog and a chip shop, and the loft has collapsed to the point where you are basically sleeping under a…

Your sleeping bag is rated to 2°C comfort but you are camping in April and the overnight temperature is forecast at -1°C. You could buy a warmer sleeping bag (£150+),…

DD Hammocks is the safest UK all-round choice, Hennessy suits integrated systems, and ultralight gathered-end hammocks work best for backpackers who already own tarp kit.

You’re scrolling through sleeping bags on Amazon and one says “comfort: 5°C, lower limit: 0°C, extreme: -15°C.” Another says “3-season.” A third just says “warm.” None of this means much…

It’s 2am on Dartmoor, the temperature has dropped to 4°C, and you’re lying in a sleeping bag rated for “three seasons” wondering which three seasons they meant — because autumn…

It’s midnight on Dartmoor, you’re lying in your tent on a thin foam mat, and every stone and root beneath you has become a personal enemy. Your hips ache, your…