Travel Gear: zipped bags, survival grenade, Thermos boot

ZAPS Survival Grenade
That's short for Zombie Apocalypse Paracord Survival by the way. This is a clever wilderness emergency kit. Designed by a former Marine apparently, it has everything from a compass to stormproof matches to purification tablets wrapped up in 15m of paracord. In fact there over 25 different emergency aids secreted away. Oh and it comes with a survival manual telling you how to use them. Phew.

$65 from zapsgear.com

KangaTek Bags

KangaTeks are an interesting alternative to backpacks or the challengingly named “fanny pack”. With four zippered pockets, the over the shoulder, sash design offers a good amount of easy-access storage when you’re travelling lightweight. It comes in a range colours, as well as being reversible.

€25 from geocoinshop.eu

Dunlop Explorer Purofort Thermo+ Boots

If Batman needed a welly, this would probably be it. A partnership of Dunlop’s Purofort and Vibram’s Fire & Ice sole means it can withstand extreme conditions from -20 degrees to +250. With big traction grips underfoot and all manner of chemical, oil and seawater resistance, the Explorer is designed to go where other boots fear to tread. And they even come in a variety of colours.

£100 from amazon.co.uk or simpler versions from coopsuperstores.ie