Sleeping Bag Ratings

Challenges, Hiking, Travel, Trekking, Trips

Selecting the right sleeping bag for your trip can be very confusing and expensive if you make a mistake. Labelling by sleeping bag manufacturers can be unclear and the rating identification system can be confusing ‘COMFORT RATING’ ‘LOWER LIMIT’ and ‘EXTREME RATING’ what do they all mean?. Shop staff also seem to get confused when giving advice; so we have produced a short and simple guide to selecting the right sleeping bag for your trip. Feel free to download and print it, to help you in making the right decision.

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Kilimanjaro Top Tips

Challenges, Hiking, Kilimanjaro, Trips

Advice on Training, Kit Bags, Dry Bags, Clothing, Packing, Drinking, Medical and the Summit Day.

Training – Spending time on your feet will help you get through get through your Kilimanjaro experience. Do at least one 4 hour walk every week to supplement your training and then build it up to 5 or 6 hours and use the boots you’re going to wear on your trek. Ideally get two long hikes in per week for the last four weeks.

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Exped Synmat

Camping, Challenges, Hiking, Travel, Trekking, Trips

At Outdoorhire we favour the Exped Synmat 7 Pump insulated sleeping mat which offers warmth, comfort, low weight and compact packed size.

We have used these mats on trips to Kilimanjaro, Toubkal and Greenland and found them to be easy to use and pack, but more importantly really comfortable, helping to get a good nights sleep, an important factor when your at altitude.

Here is a short video from EXPED which shows you how to inflate and deflate the mats using their built in pump and also how to pack them away.

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