Buyers Guide to Helmets gives top tips and advice on fitting and choosing a helmet for safety and protection while rock climbing, mountaineering, alpine climbing, sport climbing, trad climbing and indoor climbing at a climbing wall.

Great advice on how to choose freeze dried meals for backpacking and expeditions.

Learn the difference between water filters, water purifiers, UV and chemical treatments so you can enjoy safe drinking and cooking water while travelling, hiking, backpacking, camping, trekking, and on expedition.

Top tips on how to buy baselayer garments and wicking underwear as part of your technical outdoor clothing system. Learn how to wash and care for them, what is the difference between synthetic and wool and how these fabrics perform while you are hiking, camping, climbing and mountaineering.

Advice on how to choose a rope for rock climbing and mountaineering either indoors at the climbing wall or outdoors on the mountain crags.

All you need to know about choosing carabiners for rock climbing indoors, outdoors, mountaineering and alpinism. We look at shapes, strengths, styles and even colour including some great tips.

Information and advice on what to think about when choosing a tent for camping, backpacking, fast and light adventures and mountaineering expeditions.

Great tips on what to look for when buying your ice axe and why there are so many different ones for winter walking, winter climbing, mountaineering, ski-touring and ice climbing.

All you need to know about down and synthetic insulated clothing and how to use it effectively to keep you warm while climbing, mountaineering, walking and camping.

Great questions to think about when you are buying a headtorch or lantern for hill walking, running, climbing or camping.

Great questions to think about when you are buying rock shoes, rock boots or climbing slippers either for climbing indoors at the wall, bouldering or outside on the crags and mountains.

What to think about before buying fabric or leather walking boots.

A description of the key items you need to start building your own rack for traditional or lead rock climbing, including karabiners, nuts, hex’s, cams and tips on how to use them.

Learn about how to layer gloves, how to fit gloves and how to keep your hands toasty warm.

There’s a lot of science involved in keeping you dry and like all technical equipment it’s important to know how water proofs work.