Lightweight

Knife chat: the Swiss Classic Foldable Paring Knives

Victorinox have looked at their kitchen knife range and produced two folding parers that may suit some campers with culinary aspirations

knife

Knife chat: The Spyderco Bug- is this the perfect EDC knife?

Is this the perfect EDC knife? The Spyderco Bug is small enough to always be carried on either neck lanyard or keychain.

Trail talk

Trail talk: The Yorkshire Wolds Way

Three Points of the Compass backpacked the Yorkshire Wolds Way over a handful of days in summer 2021

Electronics

Gear chat: lightweight solar panels

Relying on solar panels while backpacking in the UK is ambitious. Three Points of the Compass looks at his three lightweight solar panel options from Lixada, Duragadget and Link Solar

Electronics

Gear talk: Quad Lock case and tripod adapter for the Samsung Galaxy S20+

Looking for ways to improve the tripod set up for a phone on trail, Three Points of the Compass has been looking at the Quad Lock options

art

Art on trail: a lightweight fountain pen

An easy alteration to create a good quality yet small and light fountain pen for use while backpacking

Gear

Gear talk: HydraPak flasks

Three Points of the Compass is looking at his hydration system- do the collapsible HydraPak Ultraflasks have anything to offer?

Cooking

Knife chat: Opinel knives

French manufactured Opinel knives have a long history- they celebrated their 130th birthday in 2020. These are ideal lightweight knives for backpacking

Gear

Knife chat: A ‘best-seller’ from Gerber- the Paraframe Mini

Gerber have released a number of different Paraframe models over […]

Gear

Knife Chat: is this the most practical minimalist knife on trail? The Deejo 15g

Not a lot is required of a knife for 99.9% […]

Cooking

Gear talk: the MSR Pocket Rocket 2

The Pocket Rocket 2 is one of MSR's most popular stoves, extremely suited to controlled simmering and rapid boiling of water while backpacking. It draws on the most successful design elements of two earlier products and has won both plaudits and fans.

Gear

Knife chat: Leatherman Skeletool KB

In June 2017 Leatherman released the Skeletool KB and KBX tools. The KB with straight blade and the KBX with combination straight/serrated blade. These were both developed within their existing […]

Gear

Knife chat: Gerber Dime and Dime Travel multi-tools

Gerber Legendary Blades introduced their first multi-tool in 1991 and […]

Gear

Knife chat: Nail clippers

Foot care for the hiker is all important. Part of that regime is ensuring that toenails are kept trimmed. If you don’t- bruising, split nails, ingrown nails, lost nails, blisters, […]

Gear

Knife chat: Gerber Vise and Splice, two affordable keychain multi-tools

Many hikers will simply rely on a small Swiss Army […]

Food

Gear talk: carrying a tin opener on trail

While it is doubtful that many backpackers would dream of packing such an item, Three Points of the Compass advocates carrying a tin opener while on trail, especially on a […]

Gear

Knife chat: Victorinox Pocket Pal- is this the best thin 58mm ever?

There is, quite literally, not a lot to this knife. […]

Gear

Knife chat: The Victorinox Executive

Victorinox has offered a huge range of knives and multi-tools over the decades. Traditionally these are roughly classified by their folded length. These are: 58mm, 74mm, 84mm, 91mm, 93mm, 100mm, […]

Gear

Gear talk: A few grams here, a few grams there… still looking at toothbrushes

Is it really worth shaving off a couple of grams […]

Gear

Gear talk: A few grams here, a few grams there… in search of the perfect pen- again!

Three Points of the Compass implores anyone venturing out […]

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