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.

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.

The G5 boot beautifully showcases the best of what La Sportiva has to offer. That distinctive black, red and yellow colour palette shows the world that you have a high-quality boot on your foot. This ultra-technical, waterproof shoe is best suited for high altitude mountaineering and working outdoors in cold temperatures. The G5 is unbelievably weather-proof; it features a quick-drying and protective outer shell that consists of a Cordura stretch, a water-repellent, anti-abrasion stretch fabric with a waterproof membrane.

The Tethera boot has a beautiful, classic look about it, in a rugged brown leather. It is classified as a 3-Season hill walking boot, suitable for the Lakeland Fells and the Scottish Hills.

It’s that time of year again - BBQ season is fully upon us. Why would you bother cooking your sausages under the grill when you can take four hours to burn them to cinders on an BBQ whilst chocking on plumes of smoke and trying to keep the wasps out of your beer? Like most summer activities, the idea of a BBQ is often much better in theory than in practice, but that doesn’t stop us from having one every summer.

The Talon 33 is a versatile backpack designed specifically for mountain hiking and long days outdoors, but can be used for anything from the work commute to popping to the shops. It is available in four colours - Black, Ultramarine Blue, Spring Green and Martian Red - and features the new AirScape accordion foam back panel and a seamless lumbar-to-hipbelt body wrap to allow for as much air flow to the back as possible, whilst at the same time keeping the pack close to the body and spreading the weight evenly around the hips.

The Aether AG 70 from Osprey has been designed for multi-day backpacking and significant weight loads. It features the award-winning AG AntiGravity backsystem and the custom-mouldable fit of Osprey's next generation IsoForm hipbelt.

It is all well and good escaping to the countryside every now and then to recharge our batteries, but it’s a fact of modern life that most of the things we have become so reliant on need more than just some burnt sausages and warm beer to keep their batteries charged. If you want to share photos of your sun burn on social media or continue to annoy your friends by playing the same album over and over on your portable speaker, you will need something to fill your devices with juice.

We have lucked out with our summer this year - in between the usual rain and blustery winds we have had some wonderfully sunny days. Unfortunately, this has resulted in my partner’s usual dodgy sunglasses tan line along the right side of his face. Normally I would see the funny side of this, but with our wedding fast approaching I struggled to find it amusing. So, imagine my relief when the Maui Jim Breezeway Sunglasses turned up in the office with its super thin, anti-stupid-thick-tan-line frame.