If you are into travelling, camping or general adventures, chances are you have had some bad experiences trying to get to sleep. Perhaps you were lying in a freezing cold sleeping bag, or had bugs landing on your skin when it was too hot to be in one, or you’ve cringed at the thought of climbing in between some questionable bedsheets in a budget hostel.
The Trango Tower from La Sportiva is a lightweight, Gore-Tex boot designed for mountain hiking, via ferrata and backpacking, even with heavy loads. As we have come to expect from this brand, these boots are beautifully designed. We were lucky enough to test out the women’s version in emerald, also available in light grey and berry (thankfully there is not a pink detail in sight). In the Men’s version these come in that classic La Sportiva red/yellow, black/yellow and ocean/sulphur.
It’s not much fun trying to get a sweat on with cables tangling you up or dancing around to your tunes whilst tethered to a device. The Harlem Wireless Headphones from KitSound are fully wireless, connecting via Bluetooth to free up your movement.
When Kelly Moore from Louisiana, USA couldn’t find a camera bag that was equal parts beauty and practicality, she did what any frustrated consumer would do and decided to create her own. Thus, the Kelly Moore Bag collection was born. The Pilot Backpack is named in honour of Kelly’s husband, so don’t be fooled into thinking it is some specially designed airline bag. That’s not to say you can’t take it on a plane, but you might prefer something with more padding or a hard shell.
As someone whose hair is naturally poker straight, anything that promises to give it some volume and curls is always of interest to me. This thick 32mm iron aims to create large, bouncy and long-lasting curls. This iron has a clipless design that provides a consistent, even heat without causing dents or crimps in the hair or snagging inside the mechanism. It also reduces heat at the end of the iron to protect the hair’s most delicate area, the tips, from heat damage.
The Geko Whistle is the world’s first Smart Whistle. It comes with GPS tracking and Bluetooth technology, and it can be used to alert your loved ones instantly in an emergency. It works alongside the WISO app, which needs to be downloaded onto your smartphone and paired with your Whistle. You then need to select your emergency contacts on the app - these are the people that will be notified when you need assistance, so choose wisely.
With our ever-unpredictable weather, you never quite know how long you will be able to enjoy your garden before an inevitable summer shower. The Garden Igloo 360 might well be the answer to this irritating issue. The Garden Igloo is fully weatherproof, rust resistant and can be left in your garden all year round. The Igloo easy to assemble and comes with clear instructions.
If you love to explore the great outdoors, chances are you will also be keen to preserve it as much as possible. The newest innovation from the Columbia Sportswear Company is the first high-performance, environmentally friendly rain jacket with no PFCs intentionally used (may contain trace amounts). As well as that, the fabric used is dye-free, which saves over a whopping 13 gallons of water per jacket in the manufacturing process.
Some (extremely strange) people will hear their alarm go off in the morning, wake up instantly and spring out of bed. Normal people like me will have a minimum of three alarms on their phone, all set up to snooze multiple times before they finally drag themselves out of the warm clutches of their bed. Worse still, some morning I not only sleep through my alarms, but somehow manage turn them off in a semi-conscious state. It’s like my bed and my brain are in cahoots to make mornings as difficult as possible.
There’s nothing quite like the smell of an electric fan or heater - the burning smell of collected dust being blown at you whilst you try to work at your desk, then switching to an equally musty smelling fan in the summer time. The BEEM Air Joy takes the hassle out of regulating your room temperature by merging both heater and fan into one device without the use of grates or blades that collect dust over time.