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Hi-Tec V-Lite Altitude Ultra Luxe WPi

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Published on 20-11-2011 19:28 Number of Views: 4134

These boots were made for walking, and that's just what they'll do! These boots were made for walking and they'll walk all over... a fair part of the Falklands (Not as if there's anything else to do there!) to find out just how comfortable the Hi-Tec V-Lite Altitude Ultra Luxe WPi boots actually are.

Turns out that the answer is 'very'. ...

Brynje of Norway Super Thermo Shirt With Windcover Front

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MrBane

Published on 20-11-2011 19:25 Number of Views: 4366

Anyone that's ever bought a bit of civilian kit to take on Ops or Exercise with them will be more than aware of the cross-over between tactical and civilian kit. What works well in Afghan might work equally well in some agricultural forest in the UK and what works well in the Arctic might work just as well at 2am on Salisbury Plains during a chanking cluster of an exercise!

Brynje of Norway is a company that specialises in arctic warm kit for adventurers, explorers, athletes and all of that means that their gear is potentially well suited to a military adaptation as well. With a broad selection of base layers, underwear and other garments you can stick on under your kit Brynje have potentially found the holy grail of warm kit that doesn't make you sweat buckets when it gets, well, warm! ...

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Brynje of Norway Super Thermo Longs with Knee Inlay

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MrBane

Published on 20-11-2011 18:58 Number of Views: 2934

As those of you that have already experienced the Brynje Super Thermo range or read the reviews on this site you'll know by now that there does appear to be an alternative solution to those solid offerings from the likes of Helly Hansen and Under Armour. It appears that the more holes you have in your clothing the warmer and drier it'll keep you. Having said that, looking at the state of some of my socks after exercise I don't think it necessarily applies to everything! ...

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Brynje Of Norway Super Thermo Super Sock

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MrBane

Published on 20-11-2011 18:56 Number of Views: 1969

Feet are a bit of a pain in the backside at times. Whilst they're handy for walking on and stablising you when you stand up, they're also a great way to pass ten minutes by picking the fluff from between the toes or picking (Or biting if you're so inclined and capable) at the nails. From a soldiers point of view they're also a great way to go man down on Operations or Exercise thanks to the fun and giggles brought on by trench foot, frostbite or numerous other conditions an ailments that can befall a soldier in the field. ...

Brynje of Norway Arctic Double Hat

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MrBane

Published on 20-11-2011 18:51 Number of Views: 2165

Everyone apart from Paras love hats. From hats we got beanies. Everyone loves beanies apart from officers suffering from OCD when they insist that it doesn't matter how cold and non-tactical the situation is, you must be in a beret or helmet and ya boo-sucks to anyone that goes down with hypothermia because the majority of body heat is lost via your napper.

Beanies come in all manner of styles with the most ubiquitous being the standard green wool beanie that your grannie could knit for you in thirty minutes of hard needlework (That's provided your granny is from a day and age where the only clothing available was what she and Aunty Flo could conjure from the shavings of a sheep during a harsh winter). Since the wool take on things though we've never really seen a quantum leap forward in the process of manufacturing a beanie. Some companies use modern fabrics to try and create a better layer of insulation but there's never really been a massive rethink in the overall design, I mean, how far can you really take such a simple concept? ...

Brynje Sprint Shirt

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Bad CO

Published on 15-11-2011 23:34 Number of Views: 1825

I doubt many people in the UK have heard of ‘Brynje of Norway’ and I certainly thought that I’d never come across them before. It wasn’t until I had a look at their website that I realised that I had actually seen some of their kit before. It was during a particularly cold exercise, worn by a member of the RM Arctic Mountain Warfare Cadre who was probably one of the few people who could carry off the knitted string underwear look without creating mass laughter. ...

Magnum Sidewinder HPi Multicam Boots

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wedge_cadman

Published on 15-11-2011 22:39 Number of Views: 2131

Magnum released two boot styles in July 2011 that are guaranteed to generate the most buzz amongst end users and observers alike, they are the 'All MultiCam' boots, the Sidewinder HPi and the Spider 8.1 HPi.

According to Magnum these boots, which took more than a year in development with the aid of American, British and Southern Hemisphere Special Forces personnel around the globe and for over 14 months in Afghanistan, are also the first solid MultiCam boots to be wear-tested in Afghanistan by actual military personnel. This is not the UK issue Multi Terrain Pattern (MTP). The comparisons between the two can be found elsewhere on this site and have been already covered. ...

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Magnum V-Lite Intrepid HPi H4H Trainers

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BuggerAll

Published on 15-11-2011 21:21 Number of Views: 940

The V-Lite Intrepid HPi H4H is a special edition version of the Hi-Tec V-Lite Inifinity Pro HPi in Help For Heroes tri-service colours. I think most of us will thank Magnum for supporting H4H and will be happy that they are giving 10% of the sale price to H4H. That wouldn't be a good enough reason to buy them if they were not up to job so I'm happy to report that they are. ...

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