The Withings Activité Steel is an activity tracker that does not look like an activity tracker. Its simple and stylish design will compliment any outfit, tracking your daily activity without getting in the way. The Steel will happily track when you run, walk, swim or dance without needing your phone connected to it. Instead, it will automatically measure everything via the patented Connected Movement Technology and can be synced to your phone later with the Health Mate app for a more detailed look at your results.

The Web Coach Prime by Terraillon is a set of Bluetooth smart scales that will measure your weight, BMI and body composition to provide a more detailed insight into your overall body weight, and works in conjunction with the Terraillon Wellness Coach. These scales break down your body composition into weight, your body mass index (BMI) and body fat, muscle mass, body water and bone mass.

The Activi-T Band by Terraillon is an activity tracker that monitors your daily physical activity by counting steps, calculating your distance travelled and calories burned, and will also monitor your activity whilst you sleep to give you an insight into your sleep patterns, duration and quality of sleep.

In 1979, tennis enthusiast Thierry Maissant developed an ambition to provide any tennis player with a product that could be adapted to his level. From here he co-created the brand with Hermano Da Silva Ramos, a former French Formula 1 racing driver. Tecnifibre when on to create their first strings with a brand-new technology: the polyurethane.

Health and safety doesn’t have a particularly cool reputation, especially when it comes to sports, but there is a reason safety devices exist, and one day they could get you out of some deadly situations. The Palm Glide is a compact waist belt PFD (personal floatation device) that conceals a 100 N floatation bladder which instantly inflates at a pull of the cord. It is designed with stand-up paddle boarding in mind, but is also suitable for kayaking, body boarding or any sport where extra precautions are a good idea.

These premium salopettes are designed for big days out‚ made from breathable XP three-layer fabric with tough four-layer 320D reinforced wear panels. The XP three-layer is flexible, tough, highly waterproof and breathable, constructed from supplex nylon six woven face fabric with a DWR (Durable Water Repellent) treatment that prevents the fabric from becoming waterlogged. The pores in the DWR material are too small to allow water droplets to pass through, but large enough to allow water vapour to escape, helping to regulate body temperature.

OMsignal, based in Montreal, creates smart apparel to help enhance the workout experience of people who live fit and active lives. The OMbra is the world’s smartest sports bra, its ometric technology powering the OMrun app to gain a detailed insight into you exercise.

In the world of wetsuits, you could be forgiven for thinking that because they all look similar, they must all be the same, but it is important to understand that not all wetsuits are created equally. Gul have been crafting technical water sports apparel for 50 years. The company was founded in 1967 in Cornwall, when keen surfer Dennis Cross set about designing the first purpose-built surfing wetsuit that could withstand the cold conditions of the North Atlantic Ocean. Since then, Gul have gone on to become one of the market leader in wetsuits.

Five Ten was established in California, 1985, and focus on creating footwear and apparel for mountain biking, rock climbing, slack lining - basically anything dangerous and exciting!

The Darwin Ski Jacket produced by Faction is a durable, technical outer shell that will protect you even on the harshest of slopes. It features a 20,000mm/20,000gm Toray Dermizax three-layer fabric, Stunner Stretch material technology, sealed seams and a helmet-compatible hood, to name a few. Available in four colours - Colbalt Blue, Field Green, Rosso Red and Russet Brown - and in sizes S-XL, we received the Field Green variety to look in to in more detail.