Uttings

Uttings, equipment for fishing, camping and shooting sports

Uttings is a British retailer that operates exclusively online and sells a wide range of products for outdoor activities. Its catalogue is organised into major areas: optics, fishing, camping and trekking, shooting sports, footwear, clothing and sunglasses. The company presents itself as a leading name in these segments and has accumulated over 47,000 five-star reviews, according to data shown on its own website.

Optics and observation

The optics section includes binoculars, monoculars, spotting scopes, telescopes, rangefinders, trail cameras and night vision and thermal equipment. Within binoculars, there are compact and full-size models, with accessories such as straps, mounts, cases, camera adapters and image stabilisation systems. The spotting scopes section includes tripods, heads, plates, monopods, filters, cases and digiscoping systems. Night vision and thermal viewers are also offered with specific accessories for binoculars, monoculars and rifle scopes.

Fishing

The fishing range covers rods for different methods — barbel, chub, bass, surfcasting, boat, carp, feeder, fly, freshwater and saltwater lure, pike and predator — as well as baitcasting, carp, catfish, feeder, fly, lure and multiplier reels. Fly fishing accessories are sold (flies, floatants, boxes, lines, indicators, leaders and tippet, nippers, pliers, wading staffs), general accessories (bags, tackle boxes, bivvies, fish finders, float tubes, torches, line, lures, nets, scales, sunglasses, thermometers, umbrellas, underwater cameras and unhooking mats), specific clothing (bibs, flotation suits, gilets, gloves, headwear, hoodies, jackets, trousers, T-shirts, socks and waterproofs) and fishing footwear (boots, shoes, wading socks, waders, wading boots and wellington boots).

Camping and trekking

Camping and trekking includes tents and their accessories, spares, groundsheet protectors, trekking accessories, handwarmers, lighting and torches (adventure lights, headlamp accessories, headlamps, torches, tent lighting), batteries and chargers, portable and solar power, cooking utensils, coolboxes, fire starters, flasks and travel mugs, lighters, medical and emergency items, survival, GPS and navigation, rucksacks and cycling accessories.

Shooting sports

The shooting sports (field sports) area covers accessories such as bean bags, calls and whistles, cartridge sticks, certificate wallets, chronographs, clay pigeon traps, decoys, eye protection, handwarmers, hearing protection, hides and nets, knife sharpeners, pest control, priests, range cameras, seat covers, seat sticks, shooting chairs, tally counters and targets. It also includes footwear (waders and wading boots, wellington boots), gun accessories (airgun accessories, barrel rests, bipods and supports, blanks, camo accessories, chokes and choke gauges, cleaning and care, gun cameras, hand guards, humidity control, pellets, precharging equipment, recoil pads, reloading, slings and swivels, stocks), gun slips, bags and cases (bolt holsters, cartridge bags, cartridge belts, choke pouches, field boxes, game bags and carriers, gun slips and hard cases, holdalls, bumbags, pellet pouches, pistol cases, roe sacks, rucksacks, wallets), gun security (gun safes and cabinets, humidity control, locks), lamps, torches and batteries (gun lights, accessories, headlamps, torches, batteries and power banks), riflescopes and accessories (rifle scopes, accessories, dot sights, dot sight accessories, laser sights, bore sighters, thermal imaging rifle scopes, add-ons), binoculars, monoculars, vehicle mounted accessories, night vision, daytime optics, spotting scopes, rangefinders, trail cameras and accessories, archery and slingshots, and dog equipment (apparel, blankets, care, leads and harnesses, throwing dummies, whistles).

Footwear and clothing

The footwear section includes boat/deck shoes, country boots, fashion/lifestyle footwear, shooting sports footwear, hiking/trekking boots, safety boots, sandals, flip-flops and shoes, socks, waders and wading boots, wellington boots, accessories (boot bags, boot jacks, cleaning and care, insoles, gaiters, laces, miscellaneous, snow and ice crampons). Clothing covers thermal and base layers, belts and braces, breeks, cleaning and care, face masks, fishing vests, fleeces, flotation suits, gaiters, gilets and waistcoats, gloves, headwear, hoodies, jackets, jumpers, leggings and overtrousers, scarves and neck warmers, shirts, shorts, skeet vests, smocks, socks, sweaters, T-shirts and polos, ties, trousers, underwear, wading jackets and sunglasses.

Brands and services

Among the featured brands in the catalogue are Swarovski, Vortex, Hawke, Pulsar, Spypoint, Nocpix, Falcon Optics and Aigle. The shop offers special offers, new products and 'Bargain Basement' sections, with discounts of up to 50% on shooting sports, optics, footwear, clothing, fishing, camping and trekking, and sunglasses items. It also has ex-demo products and returns. The site publishes a newsletter with launches and promotions, such as the new Falcon Optics S30i+ 3-30x56i ED FFP scope, the Aigle Parcours 3.0 boots, the Pulsar Avilume, the Spypoint, the Nocpix Rovex thermal camera, the Pulsar Telos LRF XT50, the offer on the Hawke Frontier ED X 8x32 and 10x32 and the new Vortex Crossfire II dot sights. The company states that it remains open and accepting orders.