Nordisk is Coming to CheapTents!

We are proud to announce that we will soon be stocking camping tents from Nordisk. Based in Denmark and Germany, they have been making high quality camping equipment for many years, their roots can be traced back to 1901 when they were founded as Nordisk Fjer (Northern Feather) in Denmark. Due to their Scandinavian history, … Continue reading Nordisk is Coming to CheapTents! →

Camping and Hiking on Catalina Island, USA

If you ever happen to be in Los Angeles and need to get away from the hustle and bustle of the city, an outdoor sanctuary is close at hand: only 22 miles off the coast is Catalina Island. This small island is 22 miles in length and 8 miles across at its widest point. Mostly … Continue reading Camping and Hiking on Catalina Island, USA →

UK Campsite Website Review

This is the fifth post in our series reviewing the best place to find a campingsite. This time we have visited http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk to find out if they can help us find a suitable place to pitch our tent. http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk This website has a distinctive yellow background with yellow and red buttons. Its a bit garish … Continue reading UK Campsite Website Review →

Pitchup Campsite Finder Review

Welcome to the fourth post in our series of reviews of campsite finder websites. This review features the website http://www.pitchup.com. For details of our review criteria and links to the other reviews in this series please visit our how to find a campsite blog post. http://www.pitchup.com The design of http://www.pitchup.com is attractive and easy on … Continue reading Pitchup Campsite Finder Review →

UK Campsite Finder Review

At the beginning of the month we posted an introductory post about our best place to find a campsite feature, which is a series of reviews about websites that help you to find a campsite. This, our third post in the series, is a review of camping site finder http://www.ukcampsitefinder.co.uk http://www.ukcampsitefinder.co.uk The http://www.ukcampsitefinder.co.uk website has … Continue reading UK Campsite Finder Review →

Review of the Camping Ninja

Following our introductory post about the best place to find a campsite and review of the website http://www.find-a-campsite.co.uk, our second post in the series is a review of camping site finder http://www.campingninja.com. http://www.campingninja.com The design is fun with the camping ninja character appearing across the website. Since I was not sure what the connection with … Continue reading Review of the Camping Ninja →

Best Place To Find A Campsite

What is the best way to find a campsite? If you're thinking about going camping and do a search online for campsites + location you will invariably be faced with a selection of search results for websites aimed at helping you to find a camping site. Given that there can be a vast array of … Continue reading Best Place To Find A Campsite →

MSR Fast Stash Tent Review

Outdoor gear specialists MSR have a great range of ultralight shelters, known as their Essential Series. One of their more interesting new designs is the Fast Stash Tent. What is a Fast Stash and is it any good? In summary, its a 2/3 season, single-walled, ultralight tent that sleeps two people. The design is somewhat … Continue reading MSR Fast Stash Tent Review →

Adventurer Andrew Skurka on his latest expedition

When you're talking about long distance adventurers one of the first names that springs to mind is Andrew Skurka. Named as "Adventurer of the Year" 2007 by National Geographic Adventure's and "Person of the Year" 2005 by Backpacker Magazine. Andrew has trekked over 25,000 miles since 2002, when Andrew turned his hobby into an occupation, … Continue reading Adventurer Andrew Skurka on his latest expedition →

The North Face Mica 12 Review

Update: We no longer stock The North Face Mica 12. Instead we recommend The North Face O2 which has enough internal space to sleep 2 people and a lower weight of just 1.02 kg. The North Face Mica 12 is a 3 season one man, ultra lightweight tent perfect for mountain marathons or solo hikes … Continue reading The North Face Mica 12 Review →