Blacks Outdoor Clothing Shop

Blacks, sadly, isn't. The Blacks Icelandic was the top-notch sleeping bag of its era, and they were a serious manufacturer of equipment. Now, they're just a high-street shop selling cheap gear and, as the review points out, full of horrid music too. Shame.

What were the staff like? Excellent. I enquired about a holdall and got a full demonstration as well as the assistant's personal favourite, while upstairs a member of staff was crawling in and out of a semi-erected tent with a customer.

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