Cool stuff that’s more than we need (and our wallets can handle)

Top-end tent

Because the Hilleberg Saitaris (£2120) has been designed as the ultimate base camp tent for mountaineers tackling remote high-altitude climbs, it offers both tremendous strength and impressive spaciousness. All of this is hugely important if you’re camping in the most hostile environments where you could be required to sit out a storm in your tent for days. It is probably overkill for a summer wild camp in the UK though – even in Wales.

Military tech

Along with a wealth of GPS tools, the Garmin Tactix

7 Pro Ballistics

Edition (£1400) features a special screen setting for use with night vision goggles, a stealth function that stops storing and sharing your

GPS position while disabling wireless connectivity and communication, a

Jumpmaster Mode that calculates high-altitude parachuting release points according to military guidelines, a kill switch to wipe the device of all user memory in the event of a ‘security issue’, and a built-in ballistics calculator (including full access to the Applied Ballistics Bullet Library and more than 1200 custom measured bullets) for long-range shooting. All of which is no doubt exceptionally useful if you’re Jason Bourne, but probably less relevant to the average hillwalker. Luckily for us, you can get all the useful GPS stuff without the special ops wizardry in much less expensive Garmin models.

Japanese metal

If you can’t bring yourself to eat noodles with a spork, then these Titanium Chopsticks (£39) from Japanese brand Snow Peak might appeal. Truth be told, we’ve never found wooden chopsticks overly heavy, but these do come with their own chopsticks storage sleeve/carry pouch, which surely makes these a veritable bargain?