Here’s my packrafting essentials and what I carry in my packrafting day bag really depends on what I’m doing and what the weather is. Here is a general gear load out of what I carry and what I carry it in (or on). A 30L / 35L rucksack is undoubtedly sufficient for all your packrafting…
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The Stabilotherm Jägarstekpanna (Hunters Pan).
The Stabilotherms Jägarstekpanna (Hunters Pan) is a pan that I’ve been after for so long, I love this style of pan for over the fire cooking. This pan is the typical Scandinavian frying pan you see cooking freshly caught fish over an open fire. Manufactured in Sweden from carbon steel it is erfect for campfire…
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MRS Packrafting Nomad S1D | Test Paddle.
This model is the Nomad S1D, it is designed specifically for improved speed on flat water. The streamlined design makes the Nomad S1D a perfect inshore paddling packraft, great on calm water but will be limited on whitewater. Top speed of around 6kph due to the design and the large skeg the turning circle is…
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Overnighter at Dulyn Bothy, North Wales.
Whilst in the area I just had to have a overnighter at Dulyn Bothy. Originally the weekend was set aside to paddle the river Dee. Armed with a brand new MRS Nomad packraft supplied by Paqualife.co.uk I drove the 4.5 hours from the flatlands of Suffolk to the beautiful Snowdonia national park. The water levels…
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Packrafting In Glaskogen, Sweden. Day 1 to Day 3.
Packrafting In Glaskogen, Sweden. I had visited Glaskogen briefly when we where travelling through the area heading to Varmland for a Timber rafting expedition and thought I really need to come back. After all the time putting it off due to Covid and plenty of time spent planning the trip, finally we where there! If…
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Flameless Food Heater by Adventure Menu.
Flameless Heater by Adventure Menu. Heat up your food without a stove. Flameless heaters have been on the market for years, with various militaries using similar products for there MRE meals. This system is a great way to heat up either MRE meals or your freeze dried hiking meals. Having a Self Heating system means…
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Tentbox Cargo. Is this the best Roof Tent?
The Tentbox Cargo is an absolute workhorse of a roof tent. There is many different roof tents on the market with some costing as little as £500 and some costing way over the £3000 mark. The one thing (as with most items) is don’t get drawn in to false economy when it comes to buying…
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Rigged and ready smuggler 4 travel fishing rod.
Rigged and Ready Smuggler 4 travel fishing rod is a perfect fishing rod for those who want to fish from kayak, canoes or packrafts. Using the same concept of all of the Rigged and Ready travel rods, the Smuggler 4 offers and wide range of fishing styles all in one rod tube. Just like the…
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Bike Rafting with the Alpacka Caribou.
I’ve written about bike rafting with with the Alpacka Caribou previously but this year iv’e spent more time combining these two sports. Essentially you’re just biking to a place to launch your packraft and instead of heading out for a days paddling and then heading back, your taking your bike with you. This opens up…
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MRS Microraft Packraft Review.
The MRS Microraft has been supplied by Paqualife who are the U.K’s distributor for their products. MRS Packrafts MRS packrafts are based in Longquanyi, Chengdu city, Sichuan Province, China. Please don’t think that there packrafts are like some of these cheap Chinese packrafts, they are not. MRS have a dedicated factory specifically for building only their…
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