Kevlar Swiss Socks that Rock!

Mark Pawlak    ash, Travel Gear     Adventure gear, adventure travel gear, Kevlar Swiss Socks, kitesurfing gear, Swiss Barefoot Sock, Swiss Protection Sock, travel gear

After years spent and millions invested, we thought we’d designed running shoes for every situation, sport and pronation. Then all of a sudden someone came up with barefoot running…

Climbing in Swiss Barefoot Socks.

Selling running shoes to help barefoot running? Makes no sense. Yet there’s a lot of support for the claim that we’re better running off the front of our feet, rather than striking hard on the heel each time – and barefoot shoes just aid this.

Now whether you go for it or not, there’s definitely a role in the adventure sports for this new barefoot influenced product, the Swiss Barefoot Sock.

Barefoot Sock? Just sounds ridiculous, but it’s not… and we’ve pairs you can win!

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Protect Your Laptop When Travelling: 5 Ways to Keep Your Tech Safe

Mark Pawlak    ash, Travel Gear     adventure travel gear, Laptop, laptops, Sell my macbook pro, travel gear, travel laptop, travel laptops, travel tech, travelling

Packing your laptop into the hold is just never going to happen. You’re going to need to watch movies, play games, even – don’t say it – work while you are on the plane.

Cool, until you drop it! Image: Flickr/ Giorgio Montersino

But if like us you wince when taking it on longer trips, you are likely to be wanting to protect your laptop on anything other than a walk around the block.

There’s a few ways to look after your most prized piece of tech, here’s what we say to would be travellers hoping they’ll have room for their laptop.

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Best Travel Speaker: Mobile Boomers Reviewed

David Wells    ash, Travel Gear     adventure holidays, Apple, Horn Stand, iHome Ip57, Jawbone Jambox, Small Group Holidays, SoundScience QSB, travel gadgets, travel gear, travel speakers, Travel Speakers Review, Veho 360, X-Mini II Capsule

We all need to bring our music with us when we travel. The best travel speaker needs to blast out some anthems for an impromptu mini-beach party and provide some volume when you review a YouTube clip on your mobile.

SoundScience QSB, USB-powered.

In recent years electronics manufacturers have really upped their game when it comes to portable speakers, and now the market is saturated with top quality devices. While that is great news for choice, it’s now harder to choose a pair.

Having great travel speakers can make a big difference to small group holidays as they help provide the party. But of course everyone’s needs are different, so let’s get some reviewed and look at all of the options that are available.

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Best Travelling Camera: Rugged and Regular Options

Tom Sykes    ash, Travel Gear     adventure holidays, Adventure Travel, Nikon D7000, Olympus XZ-1, Panasonic Lumix DMC-TS3, Photography, Sony Cyber-shot HX200V, travel photography, Travelling Camera

One important question that travellers ask themselves is, ‘How do I preserve the greatest moments of my trip?’ Your memory won’t do justice to that picture-perfect iceberg, that heart-stopping mountain pass, that impossibly deep pit-cave.

It can be a tough life for an adventure travel camera! Image: Flickr/ BadSwan

So you’ll want the best travelling camera you can get, one that’ll be durable, reliable and technically up to the task. Whether you want to go rugged or take it easy on your travels, it’s vital to find the right kit and bag it up before you set off.

Can’t tell your dSLR from your compact? Your GPS set up from your whitebalance settings? Read on and we’ll help.

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Bigger, Better and Blacker: GoPro Hero3 Reviewed

Mark Pawlak    ash, Travel Gear     Adventure gear, camera, extreme sports, GoPro, GoPro Hero3, Photography, travel gear

Technology jumps. Most of the time it’s not worth making the leap, instead saving your effort, and money, for the real game-changing moves. The GoPro Hero3 promises enough to tempt an upgrade, and as shown here, it’s black – sort of.

High-tech with a touch of old Kodak

Just in case you’ve had your head in the sand for the last three years, GoPro has taken a massive chunk of POV camera market.

And thanks to its compact design, range of mounts and dedication to building products tailored to the adventure sports world, it’s the deserved market leader.

So what’s new this time?

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Holiday Sunglasses: Buy cheap or buy quality?

Fay    ash, Travel Gear     adventure travel gear, Holiday Sunglasses, Oakley Sunglasses, Ray Ban, sunglasses, Sunglasses Shop, Travel

Plastic or metal, fairly lightweight, can make you look cool – or naff – are coveted as fashion items and can range in price from pennies to hundreds of pounds. To what do we refer?

Super models cost, so is cheaper better? Pic:Flickr/ planetc1

Why, holiday sunglasses of course. The one fashion accessory we all own.

Whether your style is Jacky O’, John Lennon, retro-winged, sporty Oakley’s, traditional wayfarers or Top Gun aviators, the choice is vast.

So, pay good money to help protect your eyes or buy cheap ones to match your outfit? And if on holiday you always lose them, is it still worth splashing out at the sunglasses shop? Read on before you decide.

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SIGG Active Top Reviewed

Mark Pawlak    ash, Travel Gear     Adventure gear, adventure sports gear, Drinking bottles, SIGG, Travel, travel gear

Ever take mineral water with you when walking or trekking? I do all the time. Mix it with apple juice, add a dash of salt and you’ve the cheapest energy drink ever! With this in mind SIGG has devised the Active Top and I’ve reviewed to see if it can handle the fizz.

SIGG Active Top fights the fizz

SIGG, if you didn’t know, make the aluminium bottles favoured by explorers. Easily identified by their ‘loop’ cap and high-shouldered shape, they are seen in the sleds on polar expeditions as well as found in the side pouches of many a weekend wanderer.

But putting any fizzy drink into a drink’s bottle always creates the same problem: the fizz. So let’s see what the company has done with the Active Top.

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