The Gerber Steady may not have as many tools, and it might be a bit chunkier than other multi-tools on the market, but it does have a neat trick up its sleeve…

As normal-ish bloke I'm all for keeping things to a minimum, so when I buy something it generally has to have a dual purpose.  When the time came to buy a new pair of boots I knew that they needed to be hardy enough for a gentle meander in the country, comfy for driving in and after a bit of spit ‘n’ polish, posh enough to wear with…..

OSO's Tablet Dash Mount is something that I don't use very often, purely because I don't use my iPad whilst driving.  I decided to change that the other day and use the Navigon app on my iPad instead.  

It doesn’t take long to set up, just clean the surface and place the mount in the desired position.  If you have one of those breathable surfaces…..

Do you know those times when you really need to leave the house, but when you peer through the window and the rain is horizontal?  Yeah, that’s when I grab my Páramo Halcon jacket.

There’s no getting away from the fact that at…..

Snow is something that we’ve been seriously lacking around my neck of the woods this winter, but that hasn’t stopped me from slipping my feet into my pair of Snowline 8.5’s when the rain has been constant companion. The Snowline 8.5 combines Grub’s Insu-Foam technology with advanced 8.5 thermal engineering, which makes …..

I came across the Boot Pull at a CLA Game Fair a few years ago, and it has been on the Discovery’s tow ball, and now Deux Smurf's pretty much ever since. It's simply a device that fixes onto your tow ball and doubles as a mobile boot jack and ball hitch cover……

With the right tools, starting a BBQ is a doddle, and when I’m at home, part of my BBQ kit is a battered and worn chimney starter which always works a treat. When I’m out and about with my small Weber Smokey Joe or Aquaforno, it’s a different matter, the chimney rolls around the back of the Discovery covering everything with muck…….

Using your precious iPhone underwater isn’t really recommended as electrics and water don’t generally mix.  However, with an iPhone case from LifeProof, now you can!

What I like about the LIFEPROOF FRĒ case is that it's slim, especially when compared against the Otterbox Defender as the FRĒ is only 1.3mm thicker that the phone itself.  This means that it doesn’t look out of place, whether you’re in the wilderness, in the…..

Mention the Discovery Sport whilst talking to die-hard Land Rover enthusiasts and you’ll get the same response as when the Evoque was first introduced: ‘It’s not a proper Land Rover.'  Of course it isn’t a proper Land Rover, the Discovery Sport is more fuel efficient, safer, handles the road better, and is arguably better off road!….

There was a time, when spending a few days away from home, that I'd chuck all of my toiletries into a plastic carrier bag and think nothing of it. This however embarrassed Muddy Madam, and for a birthday present I was bought a ‘proper’ wash bag. Although an expensive 'fashion' brand, it didn’t take long for it begin falling apart.

Then, along came ‘Peter……

Every so often, manufacturers arrange driving days so that journo’s can mess around… ahem, I mean drive, and properly assess their range of vehicles, and this particular Driving Day was arranged by Mazda up in t’hills of Halifax, Yorkshire.  Being a Lancashire lad I grabbed my passport and made sure that all my jabs were up to date and set off towards the Pennines……

It is a bright, compact, and highly portable light that has plenty of uses from camping and travel, to working around the house or garage.

When we went on an off-the-grid trip the Luci was a brilliant addition, and proved…

At the time of writing this, the K3-II is currently the flagship of the Ricoh/Pentax DSLR range, it has a few extra features over the K3 (clicky link http://www.crossaxle.com/product-review-pentax-k3/) that I reviewed last month.

Both have 24.4 megapixels and an ISO that goes up to 51.200 for taking photos under extremely poor lighting conditions, both are ….

It's only the best 4x4 ever, that's what it is. Ok, I might be a little biased here.

If it was up to me there wouldn’t be any words here, this 'review' would be completely devoid, bereft and totally lacking of text in any form whatsoever, just photos.  Photos of what I firmly believe to be the best and certainly one of the most beautiful vehicles in the world.  However, Muddy Madam suggested that ….

Originally launched back in 2009, it’s fair to say that it wasn’t the prettiest SUV in the playground.  Now however, it appears that BMW have got their act together, and this new version is far more equipped to take on the premium SUV elite.

Although on a longer wheelbase, the new X1 is shorter in length, but ….

Being a big fan of Millican products to start with, I came over all excited when I first found out they made an iPad cover.  Well, when I say ‘cover’, I actually mean pouch.

Like all of Nicky and Jorric’s products, ‘Joe the iPad Cover’ is well made and oozes quality. Once you’ve slotted your iPad into Joe, you secure it by folding over its flap which is fastened into place using ….

I’ve owned Millican's Jim the Holdall for a long time now, in fact he’s been used almost every other day for the last 5 years.  He gets stuffed with damp and smelly gym kit, he’s been thrown in the back of my 4x4 for camping trips, and he still looks smart enough in an L405 Range Rover for posh weekends away.  For press events in foreign climes, Jim also fits most airline restrictions for hand luggage and has …..

Developed a couple of years ago to be the flagship of Pentax, the K-3 featured a host of advanced functions and user-friendly features to help its owner take better quality photos and be easier to use under demanding shooting conditions in the field.

Now, I could go all technical and talk at length about its….

With a raft of awards under its belt, the C4 Cactus still appears to be a Marmite car, you either love it or hate it.  When it was delivered to The Mud Life Towers, the first thing the man from Citroën said when I opened the door wasn’t, ‘Hello Mr Turner, I have a car for you.’  No, the first thing he said was, ‘Sorry about the colour!’  Make no mistake, it's…..

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I do like Merrell shoes, I can’t remember a time when there hasn’t been a pair in my wardrobe.

Early last year, 2015, they sent me a pair of Moab Rover’s from their new arrivals section to abuse... sorry, review.  Merrell call their Moab Rover a hiking shoe, but you won’t find any ankle support, in fact they sit quite low, so….