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SOTO Micro Regulator Stove 2011

£75.00

Clicking the ignition on the SOTO Micro Regulator Stove in the dark of our bothy, the first thing that struck us was the width of the flame that it generates, when running at full throttle. Canister stoves are light and deliver fast boil times but they don’t always sustain power output, because the gas in the canister cools as it’s ...

  • LFTO.com rating rating is 4
  • Owners' rating rating is 0
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Barigo 52 2009

£120.00

The Barigo 52 is smaller than the 45SB, but just as easy to read. On the main Time Mode screen you can select from a range of additional data: altitude, barometric pressure or weather conditions. The combination of time and altitude works very well for navigation. The compass offers scrolling compass points rather like the Momentum VS-1, which I quite ...

  • LFTO.com rating rating is 4
  • Owners' rating rating is 0
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Origo Rendezvous Peak 2009

£119.00

Light, comfy the Origo Rendezvous Peak is a great watch that’s a cinch to find your way around. You can scroll different modes or use the hot buttons to take you directly to either Compass or Altitude: a great feature that required far less faffing. The weather indicator is an easy-to-read symbol, and the buttons work very well with gloves. ...

  • LFTO.com rating rating is 5
  • Owners' rating rating is 0
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Barigo 45 SB 2009

£95.00

The Barigo 45 SB is a gimmick-free watch with a superbly large display and easy-to-use buttons. Despite its size, it is comfortable on the wrist and surprisingly light. It’s very intuitive to find your way around the basic functions (compass, altimeter, barometer etc) and that’s exactly what you want from a watch when you need information clearly and quickly. But ...

  • LFTO.com rating rating is 3
  • Owners' rating rating is 0
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Timex e Compass 2009

£95.00

While most of the analogue mountain watches we looked at do little more than tell the time and possibly offer a stopwatch facility, the Timex e Compass also features a built-in compass. It requires careful calibration but it proved to be pretty accurate as long as it was away from electronic equipment. It’s comfortable on the wrist, waterproof to 100m ...

  • LFTO.com rating rating is 4
  • Owners' rating rating is 0
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Deuter Act Trail 28 SL

£70.00

Incredibly comfortable, even when fully loaded. The shoulder straps are narrow, close-set and perfectly shaped to fit round the bust, and the well-padded hip fins move as you walk. There’s plenty of length in the chest strap and hip belt. Back system allows a decent flow of air, and maximum comfort and stability. Double compression straps keep contents secure. It’s ...

  • LFTO.com rating rating is 5
  • Owners' rating rating is 0
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Primus Eta Express

£60.00

The Eta Express is the one-person version of the Eta Power stove, and both are superbly efficient thanks to their use of a heat exchanger on the base of the pan. In fact, the burner on the Eta Express is identical to the Primus Express with ignition unit, so it’s the pans that are key and they manage to deliver ...

  • LFTO.com rating rating is 4
  • Owners' rating rating is 4.5
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Markill Peak Ignition

£50.00

This stove weighs 94g (+ gas); boil time 3 min to 6 min 20 sec; 12cm diameter pan supports; folding pan supports for compact packing; piezo electric ignition; titanium materials reduce weight. But not as stable as lower-profile stoves; best boil time is only available with fresh gas canister; higher price due to piezo ignition.

  • LFTO.com rating rating is 3
  • Owners' rating rating is 4
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Optimus Crux

£50.00

This stove weighs 88g (+ gas); boil time 2 min 50 sec to 4 min 23 sec; 11cm diameter pan supports; folding pan supports for compact packing; ball joint allows head to fold down. But head tends to wobble under the load of a boiling pan due to folding design; less stable than lower-profile stoves; boil times hinge on full ...

  • LFTO.com rating rating is 2
  • Owners' rating rating is 0
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Casio PRG-40-3VUR

£140.00

This is a well-proven mountain watch that is built for performance and functionality rather than style and a low price. It weighs 70g, which is reasonable. The design is very ‘military’ in style. But it is the features that really set it apart. You get an altimeter to 10,000m, and there’s a barometer and digital compass. But what I like ...

  • LFTO.com rating rating is 5
  • Owners' rating rating is 4
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Timex Expedition Adventure Tech

£75.00

This is half the price of the best mountain watch we tested and, while it does not have quite so many features, it offers what most walkers will actually use. It’s reasonably light too at 66g, and not too ‘military’ in style. The strap is synthetic, so it will dry quickly once wet. I particularly liked the chunky buckle on ...

  • LFTO.com rating rating is 5
  • Owners' rating rating is 0
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Stormshield Latitude

£60.00

Like all the best mountain watches, this has a bearable weight (72g). The strap is synthetic, so it is fast-drying and there’s a chunky metal buckle that looks capable of taking lots of abuse. The face is ringed with a metal on the front and it has a steel backplate too, making it highly durable. The screen is sunk into ...

  • LFTO.com rating rating is 4
  • Owners' rating rating is 0
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Techtrail Axis

£120.00

This is one of the lighter mountain watches at just 48g, and the pale strap and housing give it the appearance of being smaller in size too, even though the screen is actually the same diameter as many other watches and the strap is the same width too. The strap is synthetic with a metal buckle and the housing is ...

  • LFTO.com rating rating is 3
  • Owners' rating rating is 0
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Techtrail Altitech 2

£100.00

This is a mountain watch that you will either love or hate. It attaches to your shoulder strap of your rucksack and hangs down so that you can read it while walking. It only weighs 70g despite looking far heavier due to its size. The clock face is huge at 33m in diameter, making this very easy to read. The ...

  • LFTO.com rating rating is 3
  • Owners' rating rating is 0
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Origo Trail

£90.00

This mountain watch weighs 72g; large, easy-to-use buttons; lots of helpful graphics on screen; barometer; altimeter; stopwatch; water-resistant to 50m; data memory of altitude and barometric pressure; digital compass; clear screen. But this is a rebranded Stormshield Latitude (it says Origo on the side, but it is higher in price).

  • LFTO.com rating rating is 3
  • Owners' rating rating is 0
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Timex Expedition Adventure Tech Digital Watch

£55.00

This mountain watch weighs 44g; digital compass with levelling bubble for increased accuracy; 3 alarms; water-resistant to 100m; 3 time zones; 15 preset occasional reminders; traditional styling. But no thermometer or altimeter.

  • LFTO.com rating rating is 2
  • Owners' rating rating is 0
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MSR MIOX Purifier

£100.00

This purifier weighs 99g; no pumping required; water tastes good; effective against viruses; allows water to be treated away from collection point. But requires 43g of salt for 200 litres, 2 x lithium batteries and 50 test strips (replacement kit of salt and test strips is £15); takes 30 minutes to treat water; complicated to use; high running costs.

  • LFTO.com rating rating is 2
  • Owners' rating rating is 4
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Optimus Crux

£50.00

This camping stove is simplicity itself; tiny; extremely light; beautifully engineered; packs almost flat; good flame control; excellent stuffsack holds stove and canister; big, wide burner; fast boil time. But it’s expensive. Boil time: 3min 7sec Weight: 88g

  • LFTO.com rating rating is 3
  • Owners' rating rating is 0

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