CheapTents Outdoor Gear Blog

As with many North Face products the Arctic Parka is a best seller, normally selling out within days of arrival at our shop. To find out why the Ladies Arctic Parka is such a huge seller we asked Sarah to take it for a test, just as she did with the North Face Womens Resolve Jacket a few weeks ago.

Looks and Feels Great

When I think of winter I think of the cold, wind and rain… and not forgetting snow. Luckily the Arctic Parka can deal with all the winter weather you can chuck at it, and you will still be nice and toasty. Add to this the jacket looks and feels great, and already I think we are on to a winner.

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Bicycle Touring is an exciting, healthy way to spend your free time, either on your own, with friends or even your family! In my previous article An Introduction to Bicyle Touring the main forms of touring were defined. For most Cycle Tours the gear needed will essentially the same, although it will depend upon how much each individual cyclist is prepared to carry, what they view as essential items, what level of comfort is required, what terrain and distance the tour will cover and whether there are any support vehicles to carry equipment.

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Looking for a 3/4 season down sleeping bag from The North Face?

A down sleeping bag with a comfort temperature -7°C at a great price!

A quick blog post to say that there’s a great price currently on in the CheapTents.com outdoor shop for the The North Face Blue Kazoo sleeping bag.

Reduced from £150, The North Face Blue Kazoo is exceptional value.  A down sleeping bag for £114.95 from The North Face – tell your friends!

Blue Kazoo Sleeping Bag Features:

• Min. Comfort Temp. = -7°C
• 600+ Eastern European goose down fill

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Reviewing Cumulus sleeping bags is quite a pleasure; each has there own specific purpose and each does it very well.  If you’re reading this post and you’re interested in researching the best down sleeping bags, it might also be worth you reading about the Cumulus Quantum 200 review and the Cumulus Ultralight 200 review.  Here we’ll be looking at the features in more detail and reviewing how the Mysterious Traveller performed in the tests.

Cumulus Mysterious Traveller 500 Features & Specification

Our cheapest large Cumulus sleeping bag. Very light, very warm, very small pack size. Fantastic warmth-to-weight ratio.

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To follow on from the Cumulus Ultralight 200 review, the following considers the performance of the Cumulus Quantum 200 sleeping bag, similar in many ways but quite different in many more.  If you are looking at an ultralight sleeping bag this would be an excellent comparison so do make sure you read the other tests and review.

Cumulus Quantum 200 Down Sleeping Bag Features

Firstly, let’s start with the technical specification of the Quantum 200, features include:

• Extremely lightweight without stinting on features.
• Tiny stuff sack
• 200gms of 96:4 Polish Goose Down insulation with 870 fill power;

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Gathering together various bits of results from Cumulus tests that we’ve carried out, we’ve compiled an overall review of their ability to discover why people like them so much…

Cumulus Ultralight 200 Sleeping Bag Review

Firstly, here’s the specification break-down for the Ultralight 200 features:

• Cumulus’ lightest down sleeping bag after the Quantum 200.
  Extremely light; warm; packs down to almost nothing.
• 200gms of 92:8 Polish Goose Down insulation with 680+ fill power;
• Fill Volume: >4533 cubic inches;
• Pertex Ripstop Microlight Shell – 46gms/m², with DWR+ treatment;
• Top side construction: Boxwall;

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There has been great interest in Cumulus Sleeping Bags in recent years.  if you’ve got one, good choice, if not, read on…

Why Do Cumulus Sleeping Bags Stand-Apart?

What stands Cumulus apart from the down sleeping bag crowd and the reason for us selling their sleeping bags, is their incredible warmth-to-weight ratio, and at a very affordable price.  To follow is some tests and reviews on the Cumulus sleeping bag range, but first a little bit about Cumulus:

About Cumulus Sleeping Bags

From their website, here is a little bit of blurb about cumulus sleeping bags:

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Insulated Jackets

Insulated clothing is designed to keep you warm. Simple. Down jackets are one great way of doing this, and are often considered as the ultimate means to stay warm whilst out enjoying the great outdoors.

How do insulated jackets keep you warm?

Insulated jackets help keep you warm by storing air that has been warmed by your body in the insulation in the jacket.  The transfer of heat is important when choosing an insulated jacket, because there are three forms to consider: radiation, conduction and convection.

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