Gear Guide

Everything you need to know about gear: Design insights, reviews and getting the best from your kit.

Gin Switch 2

Gin Switch 2 review (reversible harness)

Gin's Switch 2 is an open harness with an airbag protector, which reverses into an 80-litre rucksack. We tested it in the South of France
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Stodeus Ultrabip

Stodeus Ultrabip review

We tested Stodeus' Ultrabip, a solar-powered instrument with lag-free vario, Bluetooth connectivity and voice readouts
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Mac Para Elan 3

Mac Para Elan 3 review (EN C)

“Fly in peace” is the Mac Para mantra, and their new EN C Elan 3 allows you to do just, that writes Marcus King
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Racer E-Glove 4

Racer E-Glove 4 review

Raynaud's sufferer Sophie Tudor praised Racer's E-Glove 4 as, "by far the best heated gloves I’ve ever had paragliding"
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Mac Para Aravis

Mac Para Aravis review (mountain wing)

"This is a much more sophisticated wing than the Outback". We tested Mac Para's mountain paraglider, the Aravis, in southern France
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Flymaster GPS M

Flymaster GPS M review

Marcus King tested Flymaster's GPS M, their non-competition flight instrument that can be used in landscape format
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Supair Altirando Lite 2

First Look: Supair Altirando Lite 2 reversible harness

We tested the Altirando Lite 2, Supair's updated lightweight reversible harness and rucksack for hike-and-fly and everyday flying
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Dudek Run&Fly 2

Dudek Run&Fly 2 review

The “lightest paraglider in the world” has had an upgrade. Marcus King takes Dudek's Run&Fly 2 for a hike-and-fly
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Kortel's lightweight hike-and-fly rucksacks

On review: Kortel’s hike-and-fly bags

Kortel make a wide array of lightweight bags for hike-and-fly. Charlie King tries the smallest three, the K17, K27 and K40
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Syride HUD Glasses

First Look: Syride Head-Up Display Glasses

Would you use a head-up display for paragliding or paramotoring? Now you have the chance to find out with these Active Look glasses
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