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Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Boot Bags Available Again
Boot bags are available again! Both black and olive DPM are available. They were out of stock for ages and they are one of our favourite products too.
So if you feel the need to keep your muddy boots off the car upholstery or the carpet at home, you're in luck. Beat sticking your precious boots in a manky old carrier bag. Well, we think so anyway. http://www.outdoorscotland.co.uk/shop/ta14_boot_bag.htm Posted by bigcrags @
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 Postal Strike Service
Aye, it's postal strike time again and it's going to be causing delays to our orders that go by Royal Mail. We've added Courier delivery as an option in the shopping basket. If you're in a hurry to get your gear Courier is the delivery option to use. Orders posted in this way will come flying to you by DHL in 2-3 days from when they are despatched.
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Thursday, October 15, 2009 We're now on Twitter
Are you a twitter user? Please login and follow us at http://twitter.com/outdoorscotland
We'll be updating it with all site news and then some! Posted by bigcrags @
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Thursday, October 01, 2009 Get on Your Bike at the Hairy Coo
It's just over two weeks until this years Hairy Coo Mountain Bike Challenge at Comrie Croft near Crieff. It's running on 17th October 2009. This year's race has been altered quite a bit from last year with a new start/finish further up the hill and different rules on finishing in the Big Race. There are races for kids and inexperienced riders too and a great atmosphere. There are still plenty of places available click here for more.
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October 1st Newsletter
This is an online archive of our newsletter that was sent out today:
 In this month's newsletter: Subscriber Only Discount! Autumn Camping! Item You Can't Do Without! Subscriber Discount Week! As a Subscriber to the Outdoorscotland Newsletter you are entitled to 10% off EVERYTHING in our online shop. Just enter the code **only for email subscribers** in the promotional code box when you checkout, valid from 1st October until 8th October 2009. Have You Tried Autumn Camping? We are well and truly in the throes of Autumn now. Darker, colder nights mean that it is vital that you are more prepared than ever if you have a taste for latter year camping. It's heartening to know that so many more people are getting into camping nowadays. Now you've had a taste of camping during the Summer, why not give it a shot now that the cooler weather is here? Nothing quite compares to the crystal skies you get of an Autumn evening. Let's face it, camping isn't as popular once the mercury drops, but the upside of that is that campsites are quieter (not as many in the queue for the showers in the morning) and you're more likely to have that trail all to yourself or be the only soul on the mountain top. Here are some ideas that will make it a more pleasurable experience.  Headtorches give you light wherever you are looking and our Cybalite Sport LED headtorch is a lightweight (75g) and affordable (£17) choice.http://www.outdoorscotland.co.uk/shop/ring-cyba-lite-sport.htm  Our Echo 400 sleeping bag is our most popular product and the spec on it shows why - it has an extreme rating of down to -15ºC yet has an inconsiderable price tag of just £42. Why not take a look at our tester's review: http://www.outdoorscotland.co.uk/shop/sb112_echo_400_sleeping_bag.htm Most important is a tent that won't collapse the moment the wind picks up. A new addition to our product range that ticks this box (and many more besides) is the Coleman Avior X3 back packing tent. It is stable and yet at 2.95 kilograms is incredibly lightweight. You can read up on the Avior here: http://www.outdoorscotland.co.uk/shop/coleman-avior-x3.htmWhy not write and tell us your favourite camping spot and why, and we'll publish the best stories online. Send us a photo too! Item You Can't Do Without!  I am loving the Ring Cybalite Eco Wind-Up torch (£12.50) and have got one in my car's glove box. With 3 virtually indestructible LEDs it is bright and I never need to worry about running out of batteries again. There is also something incredibly satisfying about creating your own light. Find it here: http://www.outdoorscotland.co.uk/shop/ring-rt5124.htmSo who's up for a weekend at the shops? Nah, didn't think so! Why not shop online now and free up your weekend to have some proper fun? Labels: newsletter Posted by bigcrags @
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009 International Delivery
Delighted to be able to tell you that OutdoorScotland.co.uk now ships to USA, Canada, Europe, Australia and New Zealand as well as the UK of course. Please select your country in the shopping basket to see the shipping charge to your country.
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009 Now Accepting Paypal & Protx
We've recently added the ability for our customers to pay by Paypal as well as our established merchant account with Protx. It's not a big change but if you prefer paying by Paypal, then we've done it just for you! :-)
In the checkout process you will be given the option of either Paypal or Protx, both are secure, just choose the one that you prefer. Posted by bigcrags @
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Thursday, June 25, 2009 Coleman Lightweight Stove  This is the latest Coleman stove to come into the shop. It's the Coleman F1 Lite. It's a pretty stripped down stove and weighs just 77g excluding the gas bottle. Tricks like making the valve control key out of wire rather than a more solid material definitely shave off the weight. It folds into a tiny little pouch and to be honest is probably rather easy to loose. It fits the standard self-sealing gas cartridges that come in a variety of sizes and can be found in almost all campsite and outdoors shops. Coleman claim that it can boil a litre of water on a windless day in 3 minutes. That's rapid! Would be interested to know if anyone has one of these stoves and if they have timed it? Please leave a comment if you have. Buy the Coleman F1 Lite Here Labels: Coleman, lightweight, stoves Posted by bigcrags @
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Thursday, June 11, 2009 New Coleman Folding Camping Stove
We've got a bunch of new Coleman stuff on the shelves waiting to go on the website. The first is the new Coleman Fold'N Go (that's Coleman's spelling) propane double burner.
 It really looks great. Opened out it gives you a 60cm cooking surface under the two rings and it's easy to close up and throw in the boot of the car. It runs off Coleman propane cartridges which cost around £6 each but use every gram of gas until they are empty, supposedly getting more value from each cartridge. The cartridges are widely available so there should be no problem finding them. See the Coleman Folding Stove here Posted by bigcrags @
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Tuesday, February 03, 2009 DPM Boot Bags
We've now got boot bags in olive DPM as well as black. Perfect if you want to hide your boots so you can't find them again!
Boot bags might seem like an extravagance when you could just use a poly-bag to keep your car from getting muddy but once you use one I'm sure you wont be disappointed. The mesh top means that your boots can breathe and dry out, even before you get home and clean and dry them properly. Perfect too if you keep a pair of shoes or boots in your cupboard but don't clean them every time you go out. With one of these boot bags you'll save the bottom of your cupboard and other shoes from getting mucky. Posted by bigcrags @
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Wednesday, November 26, 2008 Sleeping Bag for Kids  I remember as a kid going camping and sleeping in what seemed to me at the time to be an enormous adults rectangular sleeping bag. It was big, draughty and red. My feet didn't reach anywhere near the end and I was cold in it. Well times have changed and kids sleeping bags are now available from a lot of manufacturers. Given those early experiences, it's probably been a bit remiss of us to ignore kids all this time, but we've finally added a kids sleeping bag to the stock list. It's 2-3 season and is a good value sleeping bag. We know it's good - our kid's got one, and two of his mates do too. Posted by bigcrags @
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Wednesday, October 15, 2008 Hairy Coo Mountain Bike Challenge
As part of this year's Drovers Tryst in Crieff, the Hairy Coo Mountain Bike Challenge is running this saturday (18th Oct 08) at Comrie Croft between Crieff and Comrie. I'm riding it, and I'm mentioning it as it's my first bike race ever.
It looks like they've got loads of places left through the website, so if you fancy a saturday biking round the perthshire woods, I'll see you there. http://www.droverstryst.co.uk/hairycoo.htm Posted by bigcrags @
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Thursday, September 25, 2008 Choosing a Camping Stove What kind of stove should I buy for backpacking?This is something we get asked from time to time at outdoorscotland.co.uk. There are loads of different camping stoves on the market and choosing one can sometimes be a tricky task for the first time buyer. Decisions should be based not just on weight but on fuel availability, ease of use and in some cases cooking speed. Posted by bigcrags @
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Wednesday, August 27, 2008 Make ANY Item 100% Waterproof
That's the claim from Plasma Product Innovations (P2i) who are busy applying their new technology to Hi-tech footwear amongst other things.
Their treatment process involves coating the item in an ion-mask plasma. Sounds complicated. The resultant waterproof item is then fully waterproof and it won't wear off either, apparently. It almost sounds too good to be true, but time will tell. Read all about it here. Posted by bigcrags @
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Tuesday, August 05, 2008 Choosing Synthetic or Down Sleeping Bags  New article - choosing a sleeping bag. Describes the advantages and disadvantages of both down and synthetic sleeping bags. Posted by bigcrags @
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