Overall the Mammut Infinity is a great all-round rope for intermediate climbers. It is tough enough to withstand the level of use of someone who goes sport climbing on a fairly regular basis, and mixes it up with onsighting and redpointing.

Perhaps a little too heavy for super hard onsights and redpoints and not quite durable enough to withstand long, hard working sessions where many falls will be taken repeatedly onto the rope, the Infinity is more suited to those looking for a good..." go to full review

All in all this is a great all-round harness for UK rock-climbers which is durable, comfortable, light and good at carrying a trad rack. If you have to cinch the harness up tight and enjoy slabby routes, it may be worth clipping a load of rack to the harness and checking you don't find it bunches up too much for you at the front. In addition to this, it is great value for money and is one of the cheaper harnesses on the market.go to full review

I’ve used the draws for the last month or so including a couple of weeks in the Gorges du Tarn and other than a few bolt hanger nicks and the finish worn off the internal angle of the rope clipping biners they look tip top and ready for plenty more.

During our trip in France my climbing partner said “if I was buying some new sport quickdraws I’d get these!”

You can’t get fairer than that.go to full review

The Corbie is an amazing technical achievement and the technology involved in making a single rope of such low weight will surely feed through into more mainstream ropes over the next years. That low weight does come at the cost of durability, making this not the ideal rope for general climbing, but if you need the absolutely lightest single rope available and understand the trade-offs, then the Corbie is currently the contender to beat.go to full review

A superb and incredibly precise performer. Not great for smearing but one of the best for standing on tiny edges. Overall they are well made, as are most Scarpa rockshoes, but the price tag is high at £124.99.go to full review

The Jay and Jayne are well made all-round harnesses that are durable, practical, comfortable and a good price. You might just have to by a pair of sunglasses if you intend to look at them for too long!go to full review

The absolutely brilliant new Tech Machine Ice Axes from Grivel are, well, brilliant. We've passed them round 5 different testers so far this season and everyone has come back with a resoundingly positive response. These axes work, and they work well.go to full review

A really good, well handling, durable rope. Not the softest feeling rope out there, but nice to use and hard wearing for a 9.2mm. Light enough (just) to use as a half rope, but better as a skinny single rope for sport or trad. A good buy if you predominantly want a single rope, but might need a half rope occasionally.go to full review

Overall, I think the Leaf is nice. I do wish the Euro and the North American brands would put a proper fifth gear loops onto their harnesses but I’m sure they have their reasons not to, even if it would suit me and my predominantly trad climbing needs. The harness is comfy and does what I want a harness to do, while weighing very little and packing up compactly - a case where, for once, less really is more.go to full review

Controversial though it might sound, and imaginary though the concept might be, I do believe the Lynx to be a good all-rounder. In this day and age where many climbing shoe manufacturers appear to be discontinuing all their stiff boots it is quite refreshing to have Boreal present something a little different. If you’re after a pair of boots that could take you up long mountain routes from Diff to E6 (arms permitting) or 9as at Malham (!!) then try a pair on – they might just be for you.go to full review