At its recent annual conference in Sheffield, the U.K.’s Outdoor Industries Association (OIA) has announced the winning products of this latest U.K. outdoor industry awards. This year, the categories have been expanded to include “diversity and inclusion.” The other categories are accessories, backpacks, camping equipment, climbing, clothing, tech accessories, footwear, sleeping and tents/awnings.
The 2022 winners are:
- Accessories: LifeStraw - Peak Series Collapsible Squeeze Bottle Water Filter System
- Backpacks/travel luggage: Osprey - UNLTD
- Camping equipment: Exped - Ultra 3R
- Climbing: Ocun - Bio-Based Dyneema Quick Draws
- Clothing: Rab - Mythic Ultra (also product of the year)
- Diversity & inclusion: Ordnance Survey - OS Maps
- Footwear: La Sportiva - Aequilibrium ST GTX
- Sleeping: Therm-a-Rest - Parsec -6c/20F sleeping bag
- Tech accessories: Zoleo - Location share device
- Tents/awnings: Vango - Apex Compact 200 Tent
The initial judging took place at the Outdoor Trade Show (OTS) in Liverpool in June, when the panel selected the finalists in each category. These were then put to an online consumer vote during July and August.
