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You don’t always need the power of a WW2 searchlight – sometimes you just want a dependable lightweight torch that’ll light your way without weighing you down. At 400 lumens on high, this mid-size Gearlight 400 is the kind of handy-dandy companion that’ll help you find the cat in a dark garden, change a flat tyre at the side of a country lane or potter home from the pub. The knurled aluminium body gives you something to grip onto when your hands are wet or cold, and the IP67 waterproof rating means it'll survive being dropped in a stream or left out in the rain. Two brightness modes let you switch between full power and a lower 70 lumen setting that'll stretch the battery life up to 20 hours – which is useful when you just need a gentle glow and don't want to be changing batteries all the time. The tail switch means you can turn it on and off without having to fumble around looking for a button, and there's a low-battery warning so you get some notice before it packs in. Runs on three AAA batteries (not included), comes with a wrist strap, and weighs just 128g. A straightforward, reliable torch that does what you need it to do.
| True Lumen ANSI | Burn Time ANSI | Light distance ANSI | |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAX | 400 lm | 3.25 | 155 m |
| MIN | 70 lm | 20 | 65 m |
It’s a bit of a cliché to say, ‘this brand needs no introduction…’, but sometimes it really doesn’t. If you ever did scouts, guides or cadets, got epic blisters on a D of E expedition or went on an outward bounds residential, chances are you did it with a Silva compass in the pocket of your boil-in-the-bag cagoule.
Like so many world-changing inventions, the Silva compass began as a problem that needed solving. Back in the day, your standard compass wobbled all over the shop, making it tricky and time-consuming to get a decent reading. That is, until 1933, when four Swedes invented a liquid-filled compass. The resistance from the fluid slowed and stabilised the needle, meaning you could nail a reliable bearing in seconds. Navigation was never the same again.
But iconic as the compasses are, they’re only one part of the Silva story. They were one of the first companies to make reliable electric head torches for the outdoors, and they’ve also branched out into optics, trekking kit and other navigational gear. Tried and tested for the better part of a century, Silva’s precision instruments have literally been the difference between life and death for generations of outdoor adventurers – and as brand pedigree goes, that’s pretty much impossible to beat.
You don’t always need the power of a WW2 searchlight – sometimes you just want a dependable lightweight torch that’ll light your way without weighing you down. At 400 lumens on high, this mid-size Gearlight 400 is the kind of handy-dandy companion that’ll help you find the cat in a dark garden, change a flat tyre at the side of a country lane or potter home from the pub. The knurled aluminium body gives you something to grip onto when your hands are wet or cold, and the IP67 waterproof rating means it'll survive being dropped in a stream or left out in the rain. Two brightness modes let you switch between full power and a lower 70 lumen setting that'll stretch the battery life up to 20 hours – which is useful when you just need a gentle glow and don't want to be changing batteries all the time. The tail switch means you can turn it on and off without having to fumble around looking for a button, and there's a low-battery warning so you get some notice before it packs in. Runs on three AAA batteries (not included), comes with a wrist strap, and weighs just 128g. A straightforward, reliable torch that does what you need it to do.
| True Lumen ANSI | Burn Time ANSI | Light distance ANSI | |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAX | 400 lm | 3.25 | 155 m |
| MIN | 70 lm | 20 | 65 m |
It’s a bit of a cliché to say, ‘this brand needs no introduction…’, but sometimes it really doesn’t. If you ever did scouts, guides or cadets, got epic blisters on a D of E expedition or went on an outward bounds residential, chances are you did it with a Silva compass in the pocket of your boil-in-the-bag cagoule.
Like so many world-changing inventions, the Silva compass began as a problem that needed solving. Back in the day, your standard compass wobbled all over the shop, making it tricky and time-consuming to get a decent reading. That is, until 1933, when four Swedes invented a liquid-filled compass. The resistance from the fluid slowed and stabilised the needle, meaning you could nail a reliable bearing in seconds. Navigation was never the same again.
But iconic as the compasses are, they’re only one part of the Silva story. They were one of the first companies to make reliable electric head torches for the outdoors, and they’ve also branched out into optics, trekking kit and other navigational gear. Tried and tested for the better part of a century, Silva’s precision instruments have literally been the difference between life and death for generations of outdoor adventurers – and as brand pedigree goes, that’s pretty much impossible to beat.
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