Pro Adventure have been stocking Woolpower for a few years now but more importantly we’ve been using it! Our Green Star Brands are the brands that we love the most. The Woolpower range of base layers, thermal underwear and merino midlayers are high on our list of favourites.
Everything we sell is a piece of kit we would happily use ourselves. There are however some brands that we really love, our ‘Green Star Brands.’
I have owned a Paramo Helki jacket for a few years now and find I wear it most days.
Before I got the Helki I had a lightweight Paramo jacket and found that while it was great, the lightweight fabric was not really durable enough for me. I tend to subject my kit to quite a bit of abuse and after a fair amount of winter climbing the lightweight fabric was showing some wear. So, I got a Helki (my son inherited my old jacket), seeing in it a good compromise of features, durability and price.
Continue reading Paramo Helki Waterproof Jacket ReviewParamo has been around since the 1980s and until recently you could tell. Heavily criticised for looking “old fashioned” the Paramo range has changed drastically since the introduction of the Paramo Enduro in 2013.
Continue reading Paramo myth Busting!Thanks to Andy Lees of Go Kayaking Northwest there is a full selection of current Pyranha Demo Kayaks at River Active in Llangollen. As I paddle the site two or three times a week my interest was peaked when asked which boats I would be trying. In return for the loan of the boat I was asked to write a Pyranha 12R Review.
The 12R wasn’t on my list until I turned up on a bright and cold Sunday in February in the mood to paddle a loop, down the River Dee to town, then up the canal and drop back into the river for the return to Mile End mill. I paddle a Jackson Mixmaster mostly, so not ideal for the paddle up the canal, and there above the door was a brand new, unscratched Pyranha 12r just waiting for me to demo.
Continue reading Pyranha 12R Kayak Review – First ImpressionsI love coffee almost as much as I love the outdoors. So when I saw the Nanopresso I had to get my hands on one. I didn’t, however, expect it to become a part of my daily routine.
Continue reading Nanopresso ReviewAt ProAdventure we aim to provide you, the Adventurer, with some of the best kit available. Some of these products are unsung heroes and we need help and honest assessments to spread the word. We have picked people with vast experience of leading and instructing in the Outdoor Industry to check out and review selected products for us.
Continue reading Get a Fix and Get Woolpower – Expert ReviewKnives can be dangerous weapons. They can cause serious injury and knife crime is rising, but knives are also the most commonly used tools we humans have. Show me a chef that doesn’t have a selection or a farmer, woodworker, sailor, fisherman, rock climber, canoeist, scout or bushcrafter who doesn’t own at least one knife specific to his or her craft.
Continue reading Knives for Children – Bushcraft, Crafting, Food Prep and Sloyd
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Firepot Foods are a company from Dorset which began just three years ago. They found it so difficult to find a lightweight meal that was delicious, nutritional and natural so they decided to make their own. And they did. In a barn… Three years on and they have a full range of tasty meals which offer great nutritional benefits.
Continue reading Leave No Trace – Compostable Camping and Expedition food from Firepot Foods
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Hennessy Hammock are one of the most highly regarded hammock brands in the world, and they come with a price tag to match. Or so I thought?
As a climber/mountaineer, kayaker and mountain biker working as an outdoor instructor and part time retail assistant money is not in abundance. 5k on a bike? Acceptable. A few hundred quid on climbing gear here and there? Absolutely! £450 on a set of Lettmann Ergonom Pro paddles? Best £450 I’ve ever spent!! £200? For a Hammock? Your kidding right?
When Pete, co-owner of ProAdventure, took a Hennessy Hammock out of stock and told me to give it a try, I thought great, luxury for free. Little did I know that two weeks later I would be totally sold and in love with Hennessy Hammocks!!
Continue reading Hennessy Hammock Review – Super Shelter or Overpriced?
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