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We are a small family run company with a wealth of practical experience in the great outdoors going back almost 30 years. Our aim is to offer you a selection of quality, well researched, value for money products combined with a first class service to help you lighten the load and get even more from your outdoor experience. ‘minimum weight - maximum fun’!

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We are a small family run company and between us we have tackled most things the average person might seek advice on regarding equipment and clothing, be it camping, trekking, cycling, horse riding, world travel and D of E.

Our aim is to provide a first class service, making it as easy as we can to browse, purchase and exchange any items we sell. We also want to make the whole experience fun and informative as well, so we hope you enjoy the podcasts, video and additional media.

Out motto is ‘minimum weight - maximum fun’. The aim is to bring you a range of carefully selected, well researched, value for money products from around the world, which will lighten your load and enhance your outdoor experience.

We also will be touching on the metal approach of ‘going lighter’, which could be the cheapest investment you could make to improve your enjoyment.

Where we can, we try to support the smaller innovative British companies whose products meet our needs along with other suppliers from around Europe and further afield.

If there are any products you feel we should include in our range, please drop us email and we will follow it up.
  Ecofriendly
We all enjoy the outdoors but if we don't look after our environment, it isn't going to be there.

For this reason we try to make all our paperwork, correspondence and marketing material using the digital format. Our packaging and printed material is recycled where possible and if we can, we will use biodegradable products. We aslo recycle cartons we ourselves receive from our suppliers. Although they may not be as presentable as new ones we are sure you will still appreciate that not only does this keep costs down but also assists in protecting the environment.

Many items we sell will arrive from the manufacturers protected in plastic, which we try to limit this as much as practically possible.

Please recycle what packaging you can and dispose of the rest with care to the environment. There are various alternative eco friendly products in our range in the personal hygiene section.

These have all been tried and tested by ourselves and the comments are shown.
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  Can we improve?
All businesses want to develop, but it can’t be done without a happy returning customer and consistent quality service.

Should there any areas of our business you feel we could improve to make your shopping easier or the website more informative, even products you would like to source, then please send us an email with your suggestions.
  This website
Backpackinglight Podcast
We have tried to gather together a real eclectic range of products, both clothing and equipment, to enhance your outdoor experience.

We want to help you ‘get out more’ and so we’ve combined our sales activity with ‘podcast’ interviews which we hope you find informative, inspirational and entertaining.

There’s much that can be gained from hearing about how others approach their backpacking activity, and over a period of time we hope to build a library to cover most interests.

As the website develops you will find more and more informative pictures and videos about products, their features and use. The internet is a great communication medium and we intend to make the most of it.

So enjoy!
  The products
A good few products we sell are established high profile items, which many others will retail. However, you may find new items not normally sold by ‘outdoor outlets’ but which still have great benefit to you.

We are trying to support British products where we can, however there are many other items from around the world we would like to introduce you to.

We will endeavour to pass on our savings to you and from time to time will have various ‘promotions’ which I’m sure you will be interested in.

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