ROBENS ZIGZAG SEAT £5

I’d always mocked the users of sit-mats, regarding such things as unnecessary and the reserve of soft-bummed wimps. But after numerous occasions where my posterior had to suffer jagged edged rocks or damp hummocks while my hiking buddies’ remained comfortable and dry on their mats, I added this to my pack. It’s light, folds pretty small, and has the power to transform an on-the-hill lunch stop from something to be endured into a pleasurable al

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VERDICT Why shirk comfort for the sake of it? Grab yourself one of these – your backside will thank you for it. USED BY Ben Weeks, Trail senior writer USED FOR 4 years