Lightweight tents

Post by **clv101** » 16 Jan 2012, 10:08

Karrimor are not the the brand they used to be.

We used a Vango Force 10 Nitro 200+ for our hike across Scotland.

http://www.vango.co.uk/force-ten/nitro-200+.html

I'd recommend the Vango Force 10 range.

Tarrel · Post by **Tarrel** » 16 Jan 2012, 10:52

Wow! That's a lot of space for a small weight. Way out of my price range though.

Post by **clv101** » 16 Jan 2012, 11:19

It was two of us - the attraction being the large covered 'porch' for bags, boots etc. Anyway, it bought it a couple of years ago and it was more like £225.

Tarrel · Post by **Tarrel** » 16 Jan 2012, 11:24

Hmm... Tent with integrated hen-house. We could be looking at the future!

featherstick · Post by **featherstick** » 16 Jan 2012, 12:03

Tarrel wrote:Hmm... Tent with integrated hen-house. We could be looking at the future!

OR - clv101 is an intelligent chicken.... you never know who you're talking to on the internet.

biffvernon · Post by **biffvernon** » 16 Jan 2012, 12:03

clv101 wrote:It was two of us

RenewableCandy · Post by **RenewableCandy** » 16 Jan 2012, 12:05

jonny2mad · Post by **jonny2mad** » 16 Jan 2012, 13:02

you could go to some pop festivals and get a tent left behind Ive landfill thousands of tents at Glastonbury you name the make and size including vango tents .

festival volunteer that way it wont cost you anything apart from time

jonny2mad · Post by **jonny2mad** » 16 Jan 2012, 13:08

And I like blacks tents although Ive just lost about 2 grand in shares when blacks leisure plc collapsed .

I own shares in the company that bought them out too so i still in theory own part of blacks and millets and eurohike .

personally i wouldn't pay that much money for a tent I like north face tents, I have a wild country terra nova which I found in as new condition thats a nice tent but I wouldn't buy one new

Tarrel · Post by **Tarrel** » 16 Jan 2012, 13:51

We have a Eurohike 2-man dome tent (with porch). It's a bit heavy for backpacking, but we use it as a pup tent for the boys when we go car-based camping.

It cost £29.99 years ago and is simply the best tent I have ever owned. It's perfectly spacious for two, and cavernous for one. It's stable in high winds. It doesn't leak. It has a roof-vent that prevents condensation. It goes up in about 5 minutes. It pitches outer-first. It doesn't need too many pegs.

What's not to like!

To be honest, it would be fine for backpacking if split between two people. They don't make it anymore, but I think the more recent version is the Avon, but it is just a bit bigger and heavier.

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woodpecker · Post by **woodpecker** » 16 Jan 2012, 14:17

Ah, well the Marmots are not cheap, but nowhere near as expensive as the Vango. You still get some porch space (though not as much).

One good thing to report on the Marmots: survived the great inundation of 2007 around Berkshire/Thames tributaries, where the tent was pretty much in a sea of fast-flowing water, with a river flowing underneath. Amazingly none of it came into the tent, you just felt the 'cold' sensation of the water coming through the groundsheet, not the actual moisture. That was after slackening the pegs to make sure the water didn't rush in over the top of the groundsheet (over a period of 17 hours of heavy rain and very waterlogged land, with local flooding above 1 metre).

jonny2mad · Post by **jonny2mad** » 16 Jan 2012, 14:28

if you guys saw the thousands of tents Ive seen burned and landfilled it would break your heart .... I mean I go up to people setting fire to new vangos perfectly fine tents they just put a lighter to them .

in reading alone they may burn 20,000 tents a year for fun,
and camping mats guitars sleeping bags chairs clothes stoves etc etc etc

jonny2mad · Post by **jonny2mad** » 16 Jan 2012, 14:29

Ive seen north face tents wrecked berghaus every name you can think of and every size

Tarrel · Post by **Tarrel** » 16 Jan 2012, 14:32

That practice should be banned at festivals immediately. It's appalling. It is a ritualistic celebration of "throw away" culture.

My lad was in Air Cadets until recently, and they used to go to Reading to salvage them after the festival had concluded. He was amazed at what he saw.

SleeperService · Post by **SleeperService** » 16 Jan 2012, 15:16

I live about five miles from Castle Donnington. I'll try and get a job up there after one (or more) of the festivals and salvage what I can for the good of the group. I really mean this.

Guy down the road makes a decent amount just picking up the empty drinks cans.

Thanks for the heads up J2M

Intelligent chickens? It's the cats I'm more concerned with. Plotting evil catty plots while they pretend to sleep. How stupid do they think we are?