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Warm Up This Winter With The Jack Wolfskin Composite Action Jacket
The cold months ahead demand a warm selection of clothes – thicker socks, winter-lined boots, a highly insulated jacket and more. A lot of people forget that insulting themselves underneath the top layer is also very important – after all, in most situations you’d be better off with an extra layer than a slightly thicker coat.
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Craghoppers Piero Shell Jacket – A Copy And Paste
If you were asked to name a Craghoppers jacket that costs around £70, has an AquaDry membrane, is made of 100% polyester and weighs in at roughly 460 grams, you could be forgiven for thinking it was the Terrain Lite Shell Jacket; only you’d be wrong. Today we’re reviewing the very familiar and virtually identical Craghoppers Piero Shell Jacket.
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The Ultra-Lightweight Jack Wolfskin Ascent Pack 26l
Two weeks ago, I spent 24 hours walking a mammoth 54 miles across the West Highland Way in Scotland, accompanied by the Jack Wolfskin Ascent Pack 26l. So, how did it fare? Read on to find out.
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Craghoppers Terrain Lite Shell Jacket – A Split Personality
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been putting the Craghoppers Terrain Lite Shell Jacket through its paces. It’s been thoroughly rained on, used on a number of long hikes and it also worked very well with everyday clothing. But there’s a bit more to it than that.
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Testing A Softshell – The Jack Wolfskin Impulse Jacket
Jack Wolfskin, a worldwide, high quality German outdoor clothing and equipment company got in touch with Opinionated World a few weeks ago and asked us if we’d like to test out some of their kit.
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Vivobarefoot Breatho Trail – First Impressions
I ordered my sixth pair of Vivobarefoot shoes a couple of weeks ago – the Breatho Trail. I ordered these more for the looks and the idea that I’ll do my first every off-road, trail run with them rather than anything else. They don’t disappoint. Without doubt, they’re the nicest pair of shoes I own. I love the fit, comfort and build of lots of my other shoes but the style of these simply blows them all away. Whether the function is as good as […]
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Reviewing The Karrimor Elite Alpiniste eVent Jacket
I’d been weighing up my options on which jacket I should buy to protect me from the 2012 style British summer for the past few weeks. Ideally, I’d have stuck with the Bear Grylls range of clothing and waited a month or so to get the new Mountain Jacket.
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