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Before you choose

Guide · 11 min

What base weight actually measures

Base weight is what you carry and nothing else. Here is what people quietly leave out of it, and what the same nine-item kit comes to once you put the omissions back.

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Method

Where a weight on this site comes from

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Durston Gear

Dan Durston designs shelters and packs and publishes dimensioned drawings for them, which is rarer than it should be. We stock the range because the published numbers can be checked, not because they always come out well — where our scales disagree with the spec sheet, both figures are printed below and the kinder one is not the one we show on the product.

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Everything we stock from Durston

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Chosen on measured weight and durability reports; the selection criteria are published below, and no brand paid to be here.

How these were chosen

Verified weight on file · at least 20 owner reports · no failure pattern in returns data · in stock at time of writing. Ordered by slot, not by margin, price or supplier relationship.

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Guide · 11 min read · updated 2 September 2026

What "base weight" actually measures

And the three things people quietly leave out of it to make the number look better.

Base weight is everything in your pack that is not food, water or fuel — the part that does not shrink as you walk. It is useful precisely because it is stable: consumables vary with the trip, base weight is what you actually chose.

The same kit, counted three ways

These are the nine items on our shortlist, at the weights our own scales gave them. Put the two omissions back and watch what happens to the number.

The three omissions

Worn weight. Boots, trousers and the shell you set off in are legitimately excluded — but only if you say so. Our kit builder and our trip planner both keep worn items on a separate line for exactly this reason.

The pack itself. Some totals exclude it. Ours never does; it is carried, so it counts.

Stuff sacks and stakes. Trail weight and packed weight are different numbers, and a comparison that mixes them is not a comparison.

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Editorial and commerce are the same company here. We disclose that rather than pretend otherwise.

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Conditions these were written in

Reviews carry the conditions they were earned in, because "leaked" from someone who used it once in a storm and "leaked" from someone who has used it forty times are different facts. Pick any of these to read only the reviews written on trips like that; each count is what you would be left with.

Durston X-Mid 2 Pro

Where this weight comes from

Every measurement on file, with its method and date. Nothing is averaged into a single number — the highest-precedence value is shown on the product page and the rest are kept here.

Shown on the product · our scales · 3 units · 12 June 2026 · ±2 g Verified
Manufacturer stated · Durston spec sheet rev. 4 · January 2026
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Every figure sent in by somebody who owns one, banded to 5 g. We publish the spread rather than a single average, because the spread is the useful part: it is what a second unit off the same production run is likely to weigh.

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Slot Difference

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Rowan's coast-to-coast kit. Two weeks, Scottish May, resupply every three days. Their note: "Everything here has been carried at least 200 km. The pack is the thing I would change."

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    Lake District, 2 nights

    4–6 July 2026 · dry, 12–21 °C

    You noted: "Did not use the spare base layer. Leave it next time — 180 g."

    Brecon Beacons, 1 night

    18 May 2026 · heavy rain

    You noted: "Tent misted badly with both doors shut. Vent next time."

    Snowdonia, 2 nights

    28–30 March 2026 · snow above 700 m

    You noted: "Stove struggled below −4. Needed the windshield."

    Peak District, 1 night

    14 February 2026 · −6 °C, clear

    Only the July trip has a write-up — the other three are the notes you left at the time. Trips are private: nothing here is shared, published, or used to rank anything you see in the shop.

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    Trip log · 4–6 July 2026 · Lake District

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    ★★★★★

    Durston X-Mid 2 Pro

    ◆ Verified purchase

    22 nights · below −5 °C · sustained rain · gusts above 40 mph

    Pitched in the open with poles at 125 cm. No sag overnight, no misting inside with both vents open. The offset pitch takes three goes to learn and then it is faster than anything else I have owned.

    Published 2 August 2026 · 84 people found this useful

    ★★★★☆

    Katadyn BeFree 1 L

    ◆ Verified purchase

    6 nights · mild · silty water

    Flow rate is genuinely fast for the first 40 litres, then drops off unless you backflush. Weighed mine at 63 g against a stated 63 g, so the number is honest.

    Published 14 July 2026 · 41 people found this useful

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    Your Soto Windmaster weight is now the house figure.

    Three of your submissions agreed with our own measurement to within 1 g, so 87 g is what everybody now sees on that product — with your contribution credited in the provenance panel.

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    Why is your weight different from the manufacturer's?

    Because we weigh the whole thing. A published "trail weight" often excludes pegs, guylines, the stuff sack, or all three. We weigh what arrives in the box, list the components separately, and tell you which figure the brand used.

    Can I return something I have used?

    Yes. Pitch the tent, sleep in the quilt, walk in the boots. If it is not right, send it back within 60 days. We only ask that it is clean and dry, and we would rather have it back used than have you carry something that does not work.

    Do you take gear in part-exchange?

    Not yet. You can log what you own in the gear locker so kits count it, but we do not buy it back.

    Is there a discount if I buy a whole kit?

    No, and we are not going to pretend otherwise with a bundle price that is the sum of the parts. Prices are the same whether you buy one thing or fourteen.

    Do you rank products by who pays you?

    No. There is no paid placement, no sponsored result, and no "popularity" sort that could be gamed by buying stock. Sorting is by weight, price, rating or newest, and every one of those is computed from data we hold.

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    UK standardFree over £50, otherwise £3.95 · arrives on the date we quote at checkout — the same date the cart and the product page quote
    UK express£6.95 · arrives sooner. Both dates sit side by side at checkout, so you can see what the extra buys before you pay for it.
    Ireland & EU£9.95 · duty and VAT calculated before you pay, and a date rather than a range at checkout
    Rest of worldCalculated at checkout, landed cost included
    If we miss the dateDelivery refunded automatically. You do not have to ask.

    Returns & refunds

    60 days from delivery. Free. No reason required. Used gear is returnable if you took it out and it was not right — that is what the window is for.

    Window60 days from delivery, extended to 90 over December
    CostFree — printed label or QR code, your choice
    RefundOriginal payment method, within 3 working days of arrival
    Used gearAccepted. Clean and dry, with any tags you still have.
    If the weight was wrongAlways accepted, and it corrects the catalogue.

    Duties & taxes

    The price you see at checkout is the price you pay. We calculate duty and import VAT up front and pay it on your behalf — no courier will invoice you at the door.

    UKVAT included in every displayed price
    EUImport VAT and duty calculated and prepaid at checkout (DDP)
    Rest of worldLanded cost quoted before payment; prepaid where the destination allows
    If we get it wrongWe pay the difference. It is our calculation, not your problem.

    Accessibility

    Baseweight targets WCAG 2.2 Level AA, and a raised 7:1 contrast bar in the sunlight theme for outdoor use.

    What we have done

    • Every colour pair verified by computing WCAG relative luminance in code — 459 pairs, zero failures
    • No meaning carried by colour alone anywhere in the system
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    • Reduced motion gives an equivalent experience, not a faster one
    • A third theme for direct sunlight, with grain and gradient removed and every border raised to 4.6:1

    Known gaps

    • The kit comparison table needs horizontal scrolling below 500 px — fix scheduled Q4 2026
    • Import preview is not yet announced as a live region — fix scheduled Q4 2026
    • Third-party payment fields follow our provider's contrast, which we do not control

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    Each absence prevents a class of violation at the tool level, rather than relying on anyone remembering a guideline. These components do not exist in the system, so they cannot be assembled by accident.

    Not builtWhat its absence prevents
    Countdown timerFake urgency, and deadlines that quietly reset when you come back
    Scarcity banner not bound to live stock"Only 2 left!" with nothing behind it that anyone could check
    Pre-ticked checkboxConsent and paid extras you did not choose and might not notice
    Asymmetric confirm/cancelConfirmshaming — the way out styled to look like a mistake
    Weight grade, score badge or gaugeA single ideal weight, and a kit that can be won or lost
    Semantic weight coloursMoralising by palette: green light gear, red heavy gear
    "You saved £X" componentSavings invented by quoting a price nobody was ever charged
    Exit-intent modalBeing nagged on the way out of the door
    Sponsored placement tilePaid ranking dressed up as a recommendation

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    Every photograph on this site is openly licensed and credited below, with a link to the original and to its licence. Images were resized and re-compressed for the web; nothing else was changed. The captions are ours — they describe what each photograph shows, because the ones that came with the files were the photographers' own posts.

    The first column says where each one is used. Thirteen ship inside the app without reaching a page, several of them a second copy of a photograph that does — they are credited as well, because the licence follows the copy and not the use.

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    These photographs are illustrative, not product photography.

    None of them show the exact item they appear beside. A shop whose argument is that its numbers are honest cannot then imply a photograph is of the product when it is not — so it is said here, and on every product page.

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    Where the drawings come from

    Every product in the shop carries a photograph, so the line drawings are not standing in for one that is missing. They are the studio diagram at the end of each product's gallery, and the stand-in for gear in your own locker that we do not sell — there is no open photograph of your ten-year-old tent, and somebody else's tent would be a worse answer than a diagram. They are drawn from the design system's own palette, and they look like drawings on purpose: a diagram beside a photograph reads as a diagram rather than as a product shot.

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    Thursday 3 September 2026

    Today

    Six things are blocking a publish or a dispatch. Everything else on this page can wait until tomorrow without anyone noticing.

    Needs a decision today

    Ordered by what it is holding up, not by age

    Alpkit feed changed the stated weight on 41 variants

    Import job 2026-09-02 · 41 of 388 rows differ · nothing applied yet

    Six of them cross the 5% divergence line against our own scales.

    Tarptent Dirigo 2 weighs 18.5% over stated

    Priority task · raised 2 Sept 09:12 · 3 units weighed

    Stated 634 g, our scales 751 g. The product page is showing our figure and the discrepancy already.

    Autumn shelters promotion cannot activate

    Merchandising · Dan Okafor · scheduled 4 Sept 08:00

    Compliance checklist is 5 of 7. Two SKUs have no qualifying reference price in the ledger.

    Rule draft: quilt width against sleeping-pad width

    Rules · Tom Iwu · draft v2 · never simulated

    It cannot be enabled until it has run against the fixtures and a live sample.

    Four orders linked to trips starting this week are delayed

    Fulfilment · earliest trip starts Sunday 6 September

    Flagged for proactive contact. Nobody has been emailed yet.

    Returns policy v7 takes effect at 00:01 on 4 September

    Content · Ruth Kelly · approved 31 Aug

    v6 stays readable at its own URL. Orders placed before the change keep v6 terms.

    Response SLA, last seven days

    Reviews of three stars or fewer
    Weekly compliance against the 90% within three business days commitment.
    Week≤3★ received Answered in 3 daysCompliance Median time
    24–30 Aug3835 92%14 h
    17–23 Aug4441 93%11 h
    10–16 Aug5143 84%2 d 4 h
    3–9 Aug3634 94%9 h

    Catalogue

    42 products in the shop · 96 variants · 5 drafts blocked at the gate · 1 retired record kept.

    3 selected All actions here are reversible as one job and attributed to you.
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    Durston X-Mid 2 Pro DUR-XM2P · Shelters / Tents · schema v4 3
    98
    Published 2 Sept 14:02Priya Raman
    Alpkit MyTiMug 650 ALP-MYTIMUG650 · Cook / Pots · schema v4 2
    81
    Published Weight divergence 18.8% — priority task open 2 Sept 13:40Import 2026-09-02
    Tarptent Dirigo 2 TAR-DIRIGO2 · Shelters / Tents · schema v4 2
    86
    Published Weight divergence 18.5% — priority task open 2 Sept 09:12System
    Alpkit Filoment Hooded ALP-FILOMENTO · Clothing / Insulation · schema v4 4
    74
    Blocked No packed-size asset · fill power missing 2 Sept 08:36Import 2026-09-02
    Tarptent Aeon Li TAR-AEONLI · Shelters / Tarps & single-wall · schema v4 1
    71
    Blocked No packed-size asset · no in-scale reference · alt text missing on 2 assets 1 Sept 16:44Jonah Silva
    Jetboil Stash JET-STASH · Cook / Stoves · schema v4 1
    76
    Blocked No in-scale reference · packed volume missing 1 Sept 15:02Jonah Silva
    Montbell Plasma 1000 MON-PLASMA1000 · Clothing / Insulation · schema v4 4
    92
    Published 1 Sept 11:37Dan Okafor
    Zpacks Duplex ZPK-DUPLEX · Shelters / Tents · schema v4 2
    93
    Published 31 Aug 11:20Priya Raman
    Enlightened Revelation 20 ENL-REV20 · Sleep / Bags & quilts · schema v4 4
    84
    Published Weight divergence 11.1% — standard task open 31 Aug 10:05System
    Therm-a-Rest NeoAir XLite NXT THR-XLITE · Sleep / Mats · schema v4 3
    95
    Published Weight divergence 6.3% — standard task open 31 Aug 09:41System
    MSR Hubba Hubba LT 2 MSR-HHLT2 · Shelters / Tents · schema v3, not migrated 4
    89
    Published Pinned to schema v3 until migrated 30 Aug 15:58Jonah Silva
    Cumulus Panyam 450 CUM-PAN450 · Sleep / Bags & quilts · schema v4 3
    88
    Published Weight divergence 6.5% — standard task open 30 Aug 11:22System
    Six Moon Designs Lunar Solo SMD-LUNSOLO · Shelters / Tents · schema v4 1
    64
    Blocked Packed volume missing · country of origin missing · no in-house measurement 29 Aug 10:03Import 2026-08-29
    Osprey Exos Pro 55 OSP-EXOSPRO55 · Packs / Backpacks · schema v4 3
    83
    Published Weight divergence 7.8% — standard task open 28 Aug 14:05System
    Hyperlite Junction 55 HYP-JUNC55 · Packs / Backpacks · schema v4 2
    85
    Published Weight divergence 9.6% — standard task open 27 Aug 10:41System
    Atom Packs Mo 50 ATM-MO50 · Packs / Backpacks · schema v4 3
    96
    Published 26 Aug 16:12Priya Raman
    Durston Kakwa 55 DUR-KAKWA55 · Packs / Backpacks · schema v4 3
    94
    Published 26 Aug 09:58Priya Raman
    Toaks 750 ml pot TOA-750 · Cook / Pots · schema v4 2
    82
    Published Watched — 4.9% under stated, inside the 5% band 25 Aug 15:30Jonah Silva
    Soto Windmaster SOT-WINDMASTER · Cook / Stoves · schema v4 1
    90
    Published 25 Aug 11:04Jonah Silva
    Gossamer Gear Kumo 36 GOS-KUMO36 · Packs / Backpacks · schema v4 2
    91
    Published 24 Aug 14:47Dan Okafor
    Sea to Summit Spark 15 SEA-SPARK15 · Sleep / Bags & quilts · schema v4 2
    90
    Published 24 Aug 10:19Dan Okafor
    Feathered Friends Flicker 20 FEA-FLICK20 · Sleep / Bags & quilts · schema v4 3
    81
    Published Owner-reported weight only — queued for weighing 23 Aug 16:33Jonah Silva
    Katadyn BeFree 1 L KAT-BEFREE1 · Water / Filters · schema v4 2
    84
    Published Owner-reported weight only — queued for weighing 23 Aug 09:26Jonah Silva
    Sawyer Squeeze SAW-SQUEEZE · Water / Filters · schema v4 2
    86
    Published 22 Aug 15:11Dan Okafor
    Platypus QuickDraw PLA-QUICKDRAW · Water / Filters · schema v4 1
    88
    Published 22 Aug 11:50Dan Okafor
    MSR PocketRocket Deluxe MSR-PRDLX · Cook / Stoves · schema v4 1
    87
    Published 21 Aug 14:08Jonah Silva
    Evernew Ti 570 mug pot EVE-TI570 · Cook / Pots · schema v4 1
    85
    Published 21 Aug 09:44Jonah Silva
    Therm-a-Rest UberLite THR-UBERLITE · Sleep / Mats · schema v4 2
    87
    Published 20 Aug 16:02Priya Raman
    Therm-a-Rest Z Lite Sol THR-ZLITESOL · Sleep / Mats · schema v4 2
    92
    Published 20 Aug 10:37Priya Raman
    Rab Mythic Alpine RAB-MYTHIC · Clothing / Insulation · schema v4 3
    80
    Published Fill weight stated by the maker, not weighed 19 Aug 15:24Dan Okafor
    Montane Phase Nano shell MON-PHASENANO · Clothing / Shells · schema v4 3
    89
    Published 19 Aug 09:15Dan Okafor
    Hoka Speedgoat 6 HOK-SPEEDGOAT6 · Clothing / Footwear · schema v4 6
    83
    Published Weight is for a men's UK 9 — stated on the page 18 Aug 14:52Dan Okafor
    Inov-8 TrailFly G 270 INO-TRAILFLY270 · Clothing / Footwear · schema v4 4
    79
    Published Owner-reported weight only — queued for weighing 18 Aug 10:06Dan Okafor
    Petzl Bindi PET-BINDI · Essentials / Lighting · schema v4 1
    88
    Published 17 Aug 15:40Priya Raman
    Nitecore NU25 UL NIT-NU25 · Essentials / Lighting · schema v4 1
    91
    Published 17 Aug 11:18Priya Raman
    Black Diamond Distance Z BLD-DISTANCEZ · Essentials / Poles · schema v4 2
    86
    Published 16 Aug 14:29Jonah Silva
    Gossamer Gear LT5 GOS-LT5 · Essentials / Poles · schema v4 2
    93
    Published 16 Aug 09:52Jonah Silva
    Nitecore NB10000 Gen 3 NIT-NB10000 · Essentials / Power · schema v4 1
    90
    Published 15 Aug 16:44Priya Raman
    Sea to Summit Ultra-Sil dry bag 8 L SEA-ULTRASIL8 · Essentials / Storage · schema v4 1
    84
    Published 15 Aug 10:21Dan Okafor
    Lifesystems Light & Dry Nano LIF-LDNANO · Essentials / First aid · schema v4 1
    82
    Published Contents list is the maker's, not itemised by us 14 Aug 15:07Dan Okafor
    Vango Banshee 200 VAN-BAN200 · Shelters / Tents · retired 14 Jul 2026 2
    90
    Retired Page still resolves for owners and past orders 14 Jul 09:31Priya Raman
    Tarptent Notch Li TAR-NOTCHLI · Shelters / Tarps & single-wall · schema v4 1
    92
    Published 11 Jul 13:26Jonah Silva
    Big Agnes Copper Spur HV UL2 BGA-CSHV2 · Shelters / Tents · schema v4 2
    78
    Blocked No in-scale reference · owner-reported weight only 8 Jul 09:47Import 2026-07-08
    1–7 of 9 in Shelters

    Draft · saved 16:44, 1 September

    Tarptent Aeon Li

    Shelters / Tarps & single-wall · schema v4 · one variant · not published.

    Required by this schema

    12 of 13 complete

    Shown as the heading on the product page, in search and in every kit that holds it.

    Tarptent holds 2 other products in the catalogue. The brand page lists them together.

    Stored as 498 g, our scales. Canopy, inner and stakes; stuff sack excluded and recorded separately.

    Source not chosen. Without it this value cannot publish — a number with no provenance is the thing this catalogue exists to avoid.

    m² · manufacturer stated

    Shown as 1.86 m² and 20.0 sq ft, because half the people reading this page think in one and half in the other.

    mm · manufacturer stated

    Recorded as 1,200 mm, manufacturer stated. Dyneema composite is not rated the way silnylon is, so it is shown as the maker's claim and never compared against a silnylon figure.

    No trade agreement with the UK, so full duty applies on 6306.22. The landed-cost estimate states it before checkout, not after.

    6306.22 — tents of synthetic fibres. Used for the landed-cost estimate shown to customers outside the UK.

    Component breakdown

    Sums to 498 g · matches the trail weight above
    Removable components let a customer model the shelter as they actually carry it.
    ComponentWeight RemovableSource Actions
    Canopy332 gNo Our scales, 12 Jun 2026
    Struts and hardware70 gNo Our scales, 12 Jun 2026
    Stakes, 896 gYes Our scales, 12 Jun 2026
    Stuff sack14 gYes Our scales, 12 Jun 2026
    Trail weight excludes the stuff sack. That exclusion is stated on the product page, not implied.

    Interfaces and slot

    Claims come from the controlled registry. You cannot type a new one here — an interface invented on a product page is an interface no rule can reason about.

    Trekking-pole pitch · 115–125 cm Stake type: needle/shepherd Single-wall Requires: 2 poles

    Defaulted from the category. Override it per variant if a size only fits one slot.

    All three are present. Publication is blocked if one is not.

    Variants

    Bulk edit writes to every variant; overrides stay visible
    VariantSKU Trail weightOverridesStock
    StandardTAR-AEONLI-STD 498 gNone — inherits product 14

    Import job 2026-09-02-ALP · uploaded 08:12 by Priya Raman

    Alpkit autumn feed

    388 rows · 41 rows differ from what we hold · nothing has been written yet. Accept fields individually or take the whole job; either way it reverses as one unit.

    Column mapping

    7 of 9 mapped
    Feed columnMaps to Unit read as
    skuSKU
    titleProduct name
    weight_gTrail weightgrams
    pack_sizePacked volume litres inferred from "4.1L" in 96% of rows
    rrp_gbpList price, GBPpounds, tax inclusive
    hsHS code
    originCountry of originISO 3166 alpha-2
    colourwayNot mapped Free text; no controlled vocabulary match
    marketing_blurbDeliberately not mapped Supplier copy does not enter the catalogue

    Job summary

    Rows read
    388
    Matched to a SKU
    381 · 7 unknown SKUs will be skipped
    Identical
    340
    Differ
    41 across 6 fields
    Crossing 5% on weight
    6 — these raise verification tasks whichever way you decide
    Reversal window
    Until 9 September, as one job

    A supplier figure never overwrites a measured one silently. Where we have weighed the item ourselves, the feed value is recorded as the manufacturer's claim and the product page keeps showing ours, with the difference stated.

    Differences

    SKUFieldChange DivergenceCurrent source Decision
    ALP-ORDOS2Trail weight 1,650 g 1,720 g +4.2%Manufacturer stated
    ALP-MYTIMUG650Trail weight 96 g 114 g +18.8%Owner reports, n=6
    Task raised
    ALP-HUNKAPacked volume not held 3.2 L Empty · suppressing capacity findings
    ALP-PIPEDREAM400List price, GBP £245.00 £259.00 +5.7%Price book, GBP
    Accepted
    ALP-FILOMENTOList price, GBP £110.00 £115.00 +4.5%Price book, GBP
    ALP-MYTIMUG650List price, GBP £28.00 £26.00 −7.1%Price book, GBP
    ALP-FILOMENTOCountry of origin CN VN Supplier feed, Mar 2026
    ALP-BRUKITHS code 7615.10 7321.11 Manual, Jan 2026
    18 accepted · 1 rejected · 22 undecided

    Category schemas

    The schema decides which attributes exist, in what order they are asked for, which of them become facets, which one is the hero stat, and what has to be true before a variant can publish. Changing one changes the shape of a whole category, so it version-pins.

    SchemaLive version AttributesFacetsHero stat Minimum scorePinned to an older version Actions
    Shelters / Tentsv4 since 3 Jun 2026 98Trail weight85 4 variants on v3
    Shelters / Tarps & single-wallv4 since 3 Jun 2026 65Trail weight80 0
    Packs / Backpacksv6 since 12 Jul 2026 77Empty weight85 3 variants on v5
    Sleep / Bags & quiltsv5 since 20 May 2026 65Comfort limit85 0
    Clothing / Insulationv2 since 8 Feb 2026 55Weight80 9 variants on v1

    Shelters / Tents — draft v5

    Uncommitted

    Two changes since v4: packed volume becomes required, and pitch method becomes a facet. Drag to reorder — the order here is the order an author is asked for them, and required attributes always sit above optional ones.

    OrderAttributeGroup RequiredFacet
    1Trail weightWeight YesRange
    2Packed weightWeight Yes
    3Packed volumeWeight Newly requiredRange
    4SleepsCapacity YesList
    5Floor areaCapacity YesRange
    6Pitch methodPitching Yes New facet
    7Pole requirementPitching YesList
    8Hydrostatic headFabric NoRange
    9Seam sealingFabric YesList

    Attributes

    124 definitions across the seven departments. Each one owns its type, unit dimension, canonical unit, precision and help text — so the same fact means the same thing wherever it is entered, and a rule can rely on it.

    KeyLabelType Canonical unitPrecision Used byKey
    weight.trailTrail weightQuantity, mass g1 g96 variants Locked
    weight.packedPacked weightQuantity, mass g1 g78 variants Locked
    volume.packedPacked volumeQuantity, volume L0.1 L54 variants Locked
    temp.comfortComfort limitQuantity, temperature °C1 °C9 variants Locked
    pitch.methodPitch methodEnumeration 18 variants Locked
    fabric.denier.floorFloor denierQuantity, dimensionless D1 D0 variants Editable
    weight.claimedManufacturer weight alias of weight.trail since 3 Jun 2026Quantity, mass g1 gvia alias Alias

    Pitch method — controlled vocabulary

    4 values · adding one needs review
    FreestandingSemi-freestanding Trekking-poleGuyline only

    Looks like a duplicate

    "Trekking pole" is one character from the existing "Trekking-pole". Two spellings of one idea split the facet in half and make every compatibility rule that reads it wrong for somebody.

    Media

    Four roles are required in this category. Three are present, and two of the three are missing something the customer needs in order to read the picture.

    AssetRoleRequired metadata Alt textState Actions
    aeonli-01.jpgHero, plain ground None beyond alt text "Tarptent Aeon Li pitched with a single trekking pole, side view" Complete
    aeonli-02.jpgIn scale Reference object not recorded "tent" Blocking
    aeonli-03.jpgDetail — strut and vent None beyond alt text "image1" rejected as placeholder Blocking
    Not uploadedPacked size Packed dimensions and measurement method required Missing

    In-scale reference

    aeonli-02.jpg

    "In scale" means nothing unless the thing it is in scale with is named. A shelter next to an unnamed object is a shelter of unknown size.

    Shown to customers beside the image as a caption, in their units.

    Between 20 and 250 characters, describing what the image shows. Nine words is the current median across the catalogue.

    Too short, and "tent" repeats the product name without describing the picture.

    Fit inclusivity

    Size-variable products only

    This shelter is not size-variable, so one human-model asset would be enough if one existed. The rule below applies to the clothing and pack categories, where it is the difference between claiming to care about fit and actually showing it.

    Alpkit Filoment jacket — a size-variable product ready to publish.
    AssetModelSize worn
    filoment-m01.jpg 178 cm, 96 cm chestM
    filoment-m02.jpg 165 cm, 112 cm chestXL
    filoment-m03.jpg 188 cm, 104 cm chestL

    Three body models on one garment is a real budget line. It is also the only version of this commitment that means anything.

    Blocked on media across the catalogue

    4 products · oldest waiting 57 days
    ProductMissingWaiting Owner
    Big Agnes Copper Spur HV UL2 In-scale reference57 daysStudio
    Alpkit Filoment Hooded Packed size11 daysStudio
    Tarptent Aeon Li Packed size · in-scale reference · alt text ×22 daysJonah Silva
    Jetboil Stash In-scale reference2 daysStudio

    Weights

    Seven open divergence tasks and 23 community submissions waiting on a decision. The customer already sees our figure and the difference wherever we have measured — this queue is about the ones where we have not, or where the gap has just moved.

    2 Beyond 15%Priority
    5 Between 5 and 15%Standard task
    23 Community submissionsMedian wait 9 h
    48% Catalogue weighed in house20 of 42 products
    VariantStatedOurs OwnersDivergenceRaised PriorityActions
    Tarptent Dirigo 2 TAR-DIRIGO2-STD 634 g751 g747 g · n=7 +18.5%2 Sept 09:12 Priority
    Alpkit MyTiMug 650 ALP-MYTIMUG650-M 114 g— · not weighed96 g · n=6 +18.8%2 Sept 08:14 Priority
    Therm-a-Rest NeoAir XLite NXT THR-XLITE-R 333 g354 g352 g · n=12 +6.3%31 Aug 15:40 Standard
    Cumulus Panyam 450 CUM-PAN450-R 765 g815 g811 g · n=4 +6.5%30 Aug 11:22 Standard
    Toaks 750 ml pot TOA-750 103 g98 g99 g · n=21 −4.9%29 Aug 09:03 Watch only
    Osprey Exos Pro 55 OSP-EXOSPRO55-M 1,080 g1,164 g1,158 g · n=9 +7.8%28 Aug 14:05 Standard
    Hyperlite Junction 55 HYP-JUNC55-M 900 g986 g979 g · n=5 +9.6%27 Aug 10:41 Standard
    Enlightened Revelation 20 ENL-REV20-R 624 g693 g688 g · n=8 +11.1%26 Aug 16:20 Standard

    All seven open tasks are on this list. Toaks 750 ml is inside the 5% band, so it is watched rather than queued — it is here because the gap has moved twice this month.

    Where divergence tasks come from

    Supplier feed changed · 44% Return reason code · 26% Community submission · 21% Routine re-weighing · 9%

    A quarter of these start as a customer telling us the thing was heavier than we said. That is the return reason code feeding straight back into the catalogue, which is the point of collecting it.

    Priority task · open since 2 September 09:12

    Tarptent Dirigo 2

    Stated 634 g. Our three units average 751 g. Seven owners report a median of 747 g. The product page has been showing 751 g and the +117 g difference since we weighed it.

    The record

    Nothing is averaged into one number
    BasisValueSample RangeRecorded
    Our scales Shown on the product page 751 g3 units 748–755 g18 Aug 2026 · Jonah Silva
    Manufacturer stated634 g Spec sheet rev. 3, Feb 2026
    Owner reports747 g median 7 accepted731–778 g Apr–Aug 2026
    Difference against stated+117 g Computed, shown to customers
    Instrument
    Class II bench scale, 0.1 g resolution, calibrated 1 Aug 2026 against a 1 kg class M1 mass
    Scope
    Trail weight: flysheet, inner, poles, pegs. Stuff sacks excluded and recorded separately at 38 g.
    Operator
    Jonah Silva

    Community submissions

    9 submitted · 7 accepted · 1 excluded · 1 waiting
    ValueContributorMethod SubmittedState Actions
    749 ghillstooth4 prior submissions, all accepted Kitchen scale, photo attached1 Sept Waiting
    778 gmossgateKitchen scale21 Aug Accepted
    731 ga.pembertonLuggage scale11 Aug Accepted
    968 ggk_walks Luggage scale3 Jul Excluded Includes footprint and stuff sacks — different scope

    There is no control here that changes a submitted value. Accept it, exclude it with a reason, or reject it with a reason. Excluded measurements stay visible in the record with the reason attached, and the contributor is told which of the three happened and why.

    Rules studio

    64 live rules over 38 interface tokens. A rule that reaches customers untested is a trust failure at scale, so nothing enables here until it has been simulated against the fixtures and a live sample.

    RuleReadsSeverity VersionFindings, 30 daysLast simulated StateActions
    Pole length against shelter pitch height Shelters, trekking-pole pitch pitch.pole.length Blocker v6 since 14 Jul1,284 14 Jul 2026Enabled
    Edit
    Stove fuel against canister thread Cook, fuel systems fuel.thread Blocker v36422 May 2026 Enabled
    Edit
    Pack capacity against packed volume of the kit Packs, capacity capacity.volume Warning v93,41120 Aug 2026 Enabled
    Edit
    Quilt width against sleeping-pad width Sleep, quilt attachment sleep.width Warning draft v2 NeverDraft
    Comfort limit against expected overnight low Sleep, temperature temp.comfort Warning v115,90218 Aug 2026 Enabled
    Edit
    Water capacity against dry-stage length Cook & water, capacity water.capacity Advisory v209 Jun 2026 Disabled Turned off 12 Aug — too many findings on day walks
    Edit

    Six rules of the studio’s sixty-six: the four live ones that produced findings this week, the draft waiting on a simulation, and the one turned off last month. The other sixty live rules have not changed since July — search or filter to reach them.

    Interface registry

    38 tokens

    Each token carries a plain-language description, and that description is what a customer reads in the explanation of a finding. It is not internal documentation — write it for the person standing in a shop deciding whether two things fit together.

    TokenShown to customers as
    pitch.pole.length "The pole height this shelter needs to pitch properly"
    fuel.thread "The gas canister fitting this stove screws onto"
    sleep.width "How wide the pad is where the quilt has to wrap around it"
    capacity.volume "How much this pack holds with the lid closed"

    Recently disabled

    12 Aug 14:20

    Water capacity against dry-stage length — disabled

    Tom Iwu · "Firing on day walks where it carries no information. Rewriting the condition to require an overnight stage."

    4 Aug 09:55

    Footprint compatibility — v4 replaced v3

    Tom Iwu · 412 existing findings keep their v3 stamp

    Disabling takes effect on the next evaluation. No deployment, and no findings are deleted — they stop being produced.

    Draft v2 · never simulated · not enabled

    Quilt width against sleeping-pad width

    Fires when a quilt's shoulder width is narrower than the pad it will be strapped to, which is how people end up with a draught down one side at 2 a.m.

    Simulate

    Condition

    Reads the interface registry only
    when  kit contains slot:sleep.quilt
      and kit contains slot:sleep.pad
      and quilt.width.shoulder < pad.width - 40mm
    then  finding severity: warning
          scope: pair(quilt, pad)

    The 40 mm allowance is the wrap the strap system needs. It is a number in the rule, not a hidden constant — so it can be argued with.

    What the customer sees

    2 problems

    Plain language, present tense, no jargon. This is the headline of the finding.

    The numbers the finding is built from, in the customer's units. A finding without its evidence is an assertion.

    Cannot save — remedies lead with a purchase

    The first remedy offered has to be something the customer can do without spending money, where one exists. Here two of them do: tucking rather than strapping, and the extender they may already own. Reorder so one of those is first.

    Cannot save — commercial attribute in a compatibility rule

    price.tier is a commercial field. Compatibility findings are allowed to read physical and interface attributes and nothing else. A rule that can see price is a rule that can be tuned to sell, and then no finding on the site is worth reading.

    Run 3 Sept 11:18 · 4 min 12 s · nothing was written

    Simulation — pack capacity, draft v10

    Draft v10 against live v9, over 48 fixture kits and a random sample of 2,000 saved kits. Read the losses column first: it is the one that tells you what a change breaks.

    48 / 48 Fixture kits passIncluding 6 written for this change
    +212 Findings gained10.6% of the sample
    −38 Findings lost1.9% of the sample
    2,000 Live kits sampledAnonymised, read only

    Findings lost

    Kits that were warned under v9 and are not under v10
    KitPackKit volume Under v9Under v10
    kit-84f21Osprey Exos Pro 55 44.2 LWarningNo finding
    kit-1a903Gossamer Gear Kumo 36 51.8 LWarningNo finding
    kit-77b0cAlpkit MyTiMug 650 37.4 LWarningNo finding
    All 38 losses share a shape: the kit's packed volume is inside the pack's stated capacity but outside its comfortable capacity. v10 stops warning about them. That is the intended change — confirm you intend it.

    Findings gained

    Sample of 212
    KitPackKit volume New findingSeverity
    kit-2c118Durston Kakwa 55 62.1 LOver capacity by 7.1 L Warning
    kit-90adeOsprey Exos Pro 55 55.9 LOver capacity by 7.9 L Warning
    kit-4b7f2Hyperlite Junction 55 46.0 LOver capacity by 6.0 L Warning

    Completeness

    What counts as a complete kit, per activity and condition band. Every required slot carries the reason it is required, in the words the customer reads.

    SlotLevel Rationale shown to the customerSource ReviewedActions
    ShelterRequired "You need somewhere to sleep that keeps the weather off. Below freezing this is not optional." Editorial3 Jun 2026
    Sleep insulationRequired "A bag or quilt rated at or below the overnight low you expect." Editorial3 Jun 2026
    Ground insulationRequired "Below 5 °C most of the heat you lose goes into the ground, not the air. A pad with an R-value of 3 or more is doing more work than a warmer bag." Editorial3 Jun 2026
    NavigationConditional "Required where the route leaves a marked path." Editorial18 Jul 2026
    Water treatmentConditional "Required where the water source is unknown or grazed above." Editorial18 Jul 2026
    Repair kitAdvisory "A pole splint and tape weigh 40 g and turn a broken pole into an inconvenience." Editorial18 Jul 2026

    Regulatory requirements

    2 reviews overdue
    RequirementApplies to AuthorityReview intervalLast reviewed Customer-facing state
    Fire ban — open flame prohibitedScottish Highlands, Apr–Sep Scottish Outdoor Access Codeoutdooraccess-scotland.scot 6 months2 Feb 2026 Staleness notice showing
    Wild camping permitted with conditionsDartmoor Dartmoor National Park Authoritydartmoor.gov.uk 12 months14 Jan 2026 Current
    Gas canister carriage on ferriesCal Mac routes Caledonian MacBrayne dangerous goods policycalmac.co.uk 12 months9 Aug 2025 Staleness notice showing
    Bear canister requiredSierra Nevada wilderness permits US National Park Servicenps.gov 12 months3 Mar 2026 Current
    When a review falls due, the requirement keeps showing — with a note saying when we last checked it and a link to the authority. Quietly dropping a rule about fire bans would be worse than showing one that is four weeks stale.

    Data quality

    A score is only useful if it names the field. Every number here opens the list of variants behind it and the specific attribute that is missing.

    By category

    Minimum shown per category
    CategoryScoreMinimum Blocked
    Shelters
    94
    852
    Packs
    91
    851
    Sleep
    88
    851
    Cook
    79
    801
    Water
    84
    800
    Clothing
    72
    800
    Essentials
    86
    800

    By supplier

    Worst five
    SupplierScoreVariants Biggest gap
    Montane EU
    64
    4Packed volume, 3 missing
    Rab Trade
    71
    3Country of origin, 2 missing
    Jetboil UK
    76
    2Fuel interface claim, 2 missing
    Alpkit
    88
    5In-house weights, 4 pending
    Durston Gear
    97
    6None material

    Return reasons feeding the catalogue

    Last 90 days
    Reason codeReturns Raises a taskTop product
    Heavier than stated41 Automatically Tarptent Dirigo 2 · 6
    Specification inaccurate28 Automatically Alpkit MyTiMug 650 · 5
    Did not fit as expected96 No Clothing, spread across all 6 products
    Changed my mind204 No
    Arrived damaged17 Goes to fulfilment

    Searches that found nothing

    Last 30 days · a catalogue gap or a data gap, never a user error
    QuerySearchesReading Actions
    "bikepacking frame bag 6l"412 Catalogue gap — we stock none
    "r value 5"288 Data gap — R-value is held on 1 of our 3 pads
    "dyneema tarp 2 person"190 Vocabulary gap — we file these under single-wall

    Moderation

    41 items across five queues. Everything here is reversible and everything here is logged with who did it and why.

    14 ReviewsSLA 24 h · oldest 19 h
    9 MeasurementsSLA 48 h · oldest 11 h
    6 Review mediaSLA 24 h · oldest 4 h
    9 QuestionsSLA 3 days · oldest 1 day
    3 Reported contentSLA 4 h · oldest 40 min
    ReviewProductRating VerifiedWaitingFlag Actions
    "Zip failed on night three" j.marchetti · 22 nights, sustained rain Tarptent Dirigo 22★Yes 19 h Response due
    "Exactly as described, 12 g under" hillstooth · 6 nights, mild Durston X-Mid 2 Pro5★Yes 14 hRoutine
    "Contains a competitor's phone number" Reported by 2 customers Alpkit MyTiMug 6501★No 40 min Reported
    "Too small for two adults plus packs" a.pemberton · 6 nights, light rain Durston X-Mid 2 Pro3★Yes 8 h Response due
    "Arrived with a hole in the floor" m.oyelaran · unused Six Moon Designs Lunar Solo1★Yes 3 h Route to fulfilment

    Rejection taxonomy

    Published, and the same list a contributor can read
    • Personal information about someone else
    • Abuse or harassment directed at a person
    • Not about this product
    • Promotional content or a referral link
    • Describes an event we can show did not happen — with the evidence attached
    • Duplicate of another review by the same account

    "Too negative" is not on this list and cannot be added to it. A one-star review that follows the rules is published. If the criticism is wrong, the answer is a staff response citing the evidence, not a deletion.

    This week

    Decided
    318 items
    Published
    301 · 94.7%
    Rejected
    11 · every one with a reason sent to the contributor
    Excluded measurements
    6, all for scope mismatches
    Reversed on appeal
    2
    Median decision time
    4 h 20 min
    Published Rejected Excluded

    Zip failed on night three

    2★ · j.marchetti · verified purchase · submitted 2 Sept 16:12

    "Slider came off the track on the inner door and would not go back on. Pitched fine, fabric fine, but a tent you cannot close is not a tent. Also it is nowhere near 634 g — mine came in at 747 g on kitchen scales including everything in the bag."

    Conditions recorded: 22 nights · below −5 °C · sustained rain · above 40 mph. Order BW-3318-9K, delivered 12 June 2026.

    Staff response

    Due within 3 business days · 19 h elapsed

    Written by Marta Vogel, shown with the Baseweight badge and the date.

    Collections

    12 live collections. Whatever puts a product in one — a rule or a person — the customer is told which, because "our picks" and "everything under 900 g" are different claims and should not look the same.

    CollectionBasisShown as ProductsStateUpdated Actions
    Under 900 g sheltersRule "Every shelter we hold that weighs under 900 g, updated daily" 6Live Automatic
    First winter overnightManual "Chosen by our team for a first cold-weather night out" 9Live 24 Aug · Dan Okafor
    Verified weight, every itemRule "Everything here has been on our scales" 20Live Automatic
    Repairable by designManual "Products with published spares and a repair route" 11Draft 1 Sept · Dan Okafor
    Autumn sheltersManual "Selected for shoulder-season conditions in the UK" 8Scheduled 4 Sept 2 Sept · Dan Okafor

    Under 900 g shelters — rule

    41 products today, 38 last week
    category = shelters
      and weight.trail < 900g
      and publication = published
    order by weight.trail ascending

    A collection with no stated basis reads as a recommendation. If it is a filter, say it is a filter.

    There is no ordering override on a rule collection. It sorts by the stat the rule is about. Hand-ordering a filtered list turns it back into a recommendation while still claiming to be a filter.

    Indexable facet URLs

    31 curated · 0 generated
    URLFacetsProducts Indexable
    /shelters/trekking-polePitch method 88Yes
    /shelters/one-personSleeps 61Yes
    /packs/40-50-litreCapacity band 44Yes
    /sleep/quilts/winterType, comfort band 29Yes

    There is no "generate all combinations" control. Nine facets with four values each is 262,144 pages, most of them empty and all of them competing with each other. Every indexable URL on this list was written by a person who thought someone would search for it.

    Backpacking, multi-day · cold, −5 to 5 °C

    Shelter slot — recommendation set

    What the trip planner offers when someone has a shelter-shaped hole in their kit. A set that only spans £320 to £680 is a shop pretending a budget option does not exist.

    Cannot save — the set does not span the configured range

    This archetype is configured to span £120 to £700 and 480 g to 1,800 g. Your five options cover £320 to £680 and 490 g to 1,150 g. Nothing here serves someone with £150, and there is plenty in the catalogue that would.

    PositionProductPrice band PriceTrail weight Actions
    1Six Moon Designs Lunar Solo Mid£235.00740 g
    2MSR Hubba Hubba LT 2 Mid£520.001,290 g
    3Tarptent Aeon Li Upper£609.00498 g
    4Zpacks Duplex Upper£729.00539 g
    5Durston X-Mid 2 Pro Upper£699.00565 g

    The order is computed, not chosen. Within a price band, options sort by weight ascending. There is no drag handle on these rows and no priority field on the record, because a set whose order can be sold is not a recommendation set.

    Pricing

    Five markets, four currencies, two tax modes. Every price written here lands in the ledger with its effective dates, and the ledger is what any "was" price is computed from.

    Promotions
    MarketCurrencyTax mode Displayed priceSKUs pricedLast change Actions
    United KingdomGBPVAT included at 20% Inclusive, final962 Sept · import
    IrelandEURVAT included at 23% Inclusive, final912 Sept · import
    GermanyEURVAT included at 19% Inclusive, final912 Sept · import
    United StatesUSDSales tax added at checkout Exclusive, plus duty estimate8430 Aug · Dan Okafor
    NorwayNOKVAT included at 25% Inclusive, plus duty estimate2,20414 Aug · Dan Okafor

    Prior-price ledger

    DUR-XM2P · GBP · every price and its dates
    PriceFromTo Days appliedSet byReason
    £699.0014 Aug 2026current 17Dan OkaforList price restored
    £558.001 Aug 202613 Aug 2026 13Promotion: summer shelters10% off list
    £699.003 Jun 202631 Jul 2026 59Dan OkaforSupplier increase
    £595.002 Jan 20262 Jun 2026 152Import 2026-01-02Annual price file
    Lowest in 30 days
    £558.00 — applied 1 to 13 August
    Reference price available
    Yes, until 15 September
    Entered by hand
    Never. There is no field for it anywhere in this tool.

    Reference price availability

    Autumn shelters, 26 SKUs
    SKUPlanned price Lowest in 30 days"Was" price
    DUR-XM2P£520.00 £558.00 Shows £558.00
    ZPK-DUPLEX£590.00 £675.00 Shows £675.00
    TAR-AEONLI£610.00 not in the ledger No "was" price
    SMD-LUNSOLO£280.00 £280.00 · 4 days ago No "was" price

    Where the ledger does not support a reference price, the "was" price does not display. Not a warning an operator can click past — the element is simply not rendered on those two products. They go on sale at the new price with no comparison.

    Scheduled · 4 September 08:00 to 24 September 23:59

    Autumn shelters

    26 SKUs, 24 of them with a qualifying reference price. Two will run at the new price with no comparison shown, which is the correct outcome rather than a problem to solve.

    Compliance checklist

    5 of 7
    Reference prices computed from the ledger for all qualifying SKUs
    End date is committed and will not be extended
    Savings stated in both currency and percentage
    Exclusions listed on the promotion page
    Terms reviewed against the current returns policy
    Two SKUs have no qualifying reference price Confirm they run without a "was" price, or take them out of the promotion.
    Second reviewer has not signed off Activation needs a name that is not the person who built it.

    Dates

    This date is displayed to customers, so it is a commitment. Once the promotion is live it can be brought forward or the promotion ended early — it cannot be pushed back.

    There is no countdown timer component. The end date is shown as a date. A ticking clock does not tell anyone anything the date does not, and it is not there to.

    Orders

    34 to pack before the 15:00 courier collection. Four are linked to trips starting this week and are already late.

    Returns
    4 selected All four have a trip starting within six days.
    Select OrderCustomerItems ValuePlacedStatus FlagActions
    BW-4471-2K Alex Whitlowalex@example.com · account 3£1,176.001 Sept 18:04 Awaiting stock Trip 6 Sept
    BW-4470-8C Ines Bragaines.b@example.com · guest 5£1,204.001 Sept 12:41 Awaiting stock Trip 8 Sept
    BW-4468-1D Callum Reidc.reid@example.com · account 2£412.0031 Aug 20:12 Backordered Trip 9 Sept
    BW-4462-7A Hanne Lundh.lund@example.com · guest · Norway 1kr 6,89030 Aug 09:33 Customs hold Trip 7 Sept
    BW-4474-9F Priya Nairp.nair@example.com · account 4£298.503 Sept 07:58 Ready to pack
    BW-4473-5B Tomás Ferreirat.ferreira@example.com · guest · Germany 2€541.003 Sept 06:20 Ready to pack
    1–6 of 34 to pack
    1 2 3 6

    Duty and tax remittance

    August 2026
    MarketOrdersTax collected Duty collected
    United Kingdom1,884 £61,204.18
    Ireland204 €9,881.40€0.00
    Germany318 €12,440.02€0.00
    United States96 $1,204.55$2,881.00
    Norway41 kr 22,410kr 4,120

    Why these four are flagged

    A trip start date is the only deadline that matters to the person who ordered. When an order linked to one slips, the flag is raised here before the customer has to ask — and the email says what we will do, not that we are sorry.

    BW-4471-2K
    Cairngorms, starts Sunday 6 September. Missing item due Friday.
    BW-4462-7A
    Jotunheimen, starts Monday 7 September. Held at Norwegian customs since Monday.
    BW-4470-8C
    Peneda-Gerês, starts Tuesday 8 September. One item backordered to 11 September.
    BW-4468-1D
    Snowdonia, starts Wednesday 9 September. Backordered to 7 September.

    Placed 1 September 18:04 · Alex Whitlow · account customer

    BW-4471-2K

    Awaiting stock on one line. Linked to the Cairngorms trip starting Sunday 6 September, which is why this order is at the top of the queue.

    What the customer saw when they ordered

    Snapshot, immutable · not today's values
    LineWeight at purchase Provenance shownPrice paid Status
    Durston X-Mid 2 Pro DUR-XM2P · qty 1 565 g Our scales, 12 Jun 2026 £699.00 Picked
    Cumulus Panyam 450 CUM-PAN450-R · qty 1 815 g Our scales, 3 Apr 2026 £445.00 Awaiting stock
    Toaks 750 ml pot TOA-750 · qty 1 103 g Manufacturer stated £32.00 Picked
    Since purchase
    Toaks 750 ml pot has been weighed at 98 g. The snapshot keeps 103 g because that is the number the customer bought against.
    Totals
    £1,176.00 including £196.00 VAT · delivery free · no duty, UK to UK
    Paid
    Visa ···· 4242, authorised 1 Sept 18:04

    History

    Everything here is visible to the customer too
    • Order placed 1 September, 18:04
    • Payment authorised 1 September, 18:04
    • Delivery address changed by the customer 2 September, 09:12 · Manchester M12 6FZ
    • Flagged: trip starts 6 September 3 September, 07:00 · automatic
    • Awaiting stock on one line Cumulus Panyam 450 due 4 September
    • Dispatch Expected 4 September

    Returns

    18 in transit to us, 6 received today. Two of today's are coded heavier than stated, which has already opened catalogue tasks without anyone typing anything.

    ReturnOrderItem Reason givenConditionRefund Actions
    RMA-2209BW-4318-2A Tarptent Dirigo 2Heavier than stated As new £410.00 · issued
    RMA-2210BW-4290-6C Alpkit MyTiMug 650Specification inaccurate As new £95.00 · issued
    RMA-2211BW-4402-1F Six Moon Designs Lunar SoloArrived damaged Hole in floor panel £280.00 · issued
    RMA-2212BW-4377-9K Cumulus Panyam 450Changed my mind Used, resaleable as B-grade £445.00 · pending
    RMA-2213BW-4351-3B Alpkit Filoment HoodedDid not fit as expected As new £110.00 · issued

    Receive RMA-2212

    Cumulus Panyam 450 · arrived 10:40
    g · record says 815 g

    Weighing returns is free data. Two grams is inside our tolerance and confirms the published figure.

    Content

    41 guides, 9 policy pages, and the help text that appears beside attributes and kit slots. Product references inside a guide stay live: when a weight changes, the guide changes.

    PolicyLive versionEffective Next versionPrior versions Actions
    Returnsv614 Feb 2026 v7 · effective 4 Sept 2026, 00:016 retained
    Deliveryv42 Jan 2026 4 retained
    Duties and taxesv32 Jan 2026 3 retained
    Privacyv918 May 2026 9 retained
    Accessibility statementv53 Aug 2026 5 retained

    Returns policy v7 — publish check

    1 conflict
    Effective date set: 4 September 2026, 00:01
    v6 retained at its own permanent URL
    Orders placed before the change keep v6 terms
    Conflicts with a catalogue value The draft says "free returns for 30 days". The returns window configured in the shop is 60 days. One of the two is wrong and it is not going to be resolved by publishing.

    Guides with live product references

    GuideProducts referenced Stale claimsUpdated
    How we weigh things4 None12 Jun 2026
    Your first winter overnight18 1 — a stated weight moved 24 Aug 2026
    Repairing a pole in the field6 None3 Jul 2026
    Reading a comfort rating11 None19 May 2026
    A guide that says "at 634 g this is the lightest option here" stops being true the day we weigh it at 751 g. The reference is structured, so the check catches it instead of a customer.

    Roles and access

    Nine roles, 34 operators, least privilege by default. Nobody is given a permission because it would be convenient.

    Audit log
    Author includes read. A dash is no access at all, not a hidden menu item.
    RoleCatalogueRules MerchandisingPricingOrders ModerationContentAdmin
    Catalogue authorAuthorRead
    Catalogue leadAuthor, publish, override AuthorRead Read
    Rules authorRead Author, simulate
    MerchandiserRead No accessAuthor Author, no reference-price entryRead Read
    CX agentReadRead Author Author
    CX leadReadRead Refund approval AuthorAuthor, policy Read
    Content authorReadRead Read Author
    FinanceRead Read, remittance export Read
    Platform ownerAllAll AllAllAll AllAllAll

    Actions that always require a reason

    A privileged action with no recorded reason is an action nobody can review. These five prompt for one and will not proceed without it.

    • Overriding a publish gate
    • Excluding or rejecting a measurement
    • Rejecting a review
    • Refunding above £500
    • Activating a promotion

    Operators

    34 active · 2 dormant
    OperatorRole Two-factorLast signed in
    Priya RamanCatalogue leadHardware keyToday 08:41
    Jonah SilvaCatalogue authorHardware keyToday 07:58
    Tom IwuRules authorAuthenticator appToday 09:20
    Dan OkaforMerchandiserAuthenticator appToday 08:02
    Marta VogelCX leadHardware keyToday 08:15
    Ruth KellyContent authorAuthenticator appMonday 16:40
    Erik SandvikFinance Authenticator app14 July · dormant, access suspended

    Audit log

    Every change to published data, with who made it, when, and what it was before. Nothing on this page can be edited or deleted by anyone, this account included.

    3 Sept 11:02

    Search re-index started — 412 documents

    Priya Raman · job 2026-09-03-IDX · cancellable

    3 Sept 09:14

    Measurement excluded — gk_walks, 968 g on TAR-DIRIGO2-STD

    Jonah Silva · reason: different scope, includes footprint and stuff sacks · contributor notified · reversible

    2 Sept 14:02

    Attribute changed — DUR-XM2P weight.trail 568 g 565 g

    Priya Raman · source: our scales, re-weighed after calibration · open the product

    2 Sept 09:12

    Priority task raised — TAR-DIRIGO2-STD, divergence 18.5%

    System · triggered by the Alpkit feed comparison

    1 Sept 16:44

    Gate override — TAR-AEONLI published below the category minimum

    Priya Raman · reason: "Launch commitment to Tarptent for 4 September; media follows on 5 September" · reversed 1 Sept 17:10 by Priya Raman

    1 Sept 11:20

    Price changed — DUR-XM2P GBP £558.00 £699.00

    Dan Okafor · reason: list price restored after summer promotion · written to the prior-price ledger

    31 Aug 15:31

    Review rejected — "Contains a competitor's phone number"

    Marta Vogel · reason: promotional content or a referral link · reviewer notified with an appeal link · reversible

    31 Aug 09:40

    Refund issued — BW-4318-2A, £410.00

    Marta Vogel · reason: return received · above the £500 threshold: no · card ···· 8821

    30 Aug 10:05

    Permission changed — Erik Sandvik suspended for dormancy

    System · 45 days without a sign-in

    24 Aug 12:18

    Rule disabled — water capacity against dry-stage length, v2

    Tom Iwu · reason: firing on day walks where it carries no information · existing findings retain their v2 stamp

    1–10 of 1,884 entries since 24 August

    No role can delete an entry it could have created. A catalogue lead cannot remove a gate override, a CX lead cannot remove a refund, and the platform owner cannot remove either. Retention is 7 years for changes to published data.

    Everything in Baseweight

    Every page in the shop, grouped by what you would be doing when you reached it.