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Quote: Originally posted by John Preece on 21/4/2009

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it misses out that most domes also have a steel frame making them much more sturdy and it doesn't mention much about the living areas.  i hate tunnels for the way the bedrooms are organised...  i would hate the kids to hear me making beautiful sweet music with my pork trombone

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Ewwwwww stop it now! 

Seconded Woofers!

Quote: Originally posted by reforse on 21/4/2009

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Pyramid-Sometimes known as Storm Tents. Correctly pitched will survive a close nuclear blast. Generally heavyweight pure cotton canvas. Cool in Summer, warm in Winter. The simpler ones have only 3 upright poles and are quick and simple to erect.

The sides are sloping like an old school "A" frame but are surprisingly light and roomy due to the height of the pole.

The coolest looking tent in the campsite.

Not to be confused with a circular bell tent.

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Nicely put :)

Angie

Quote: Originally posted by AngelicMinx on 21/4/2009

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Quote: Originally posted by reforse on 21/4/2009

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Pyramid-Sometimes known as Storm Tents. Correctly pitched will survive a close nuclear blast. Generally heavyweight pure cotton canvas. Cool in Summer, warm in Winter. The simpler ones have only 3 upright poles and are quick and simple to erect.

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The sides are sloping like an old school "A" frame but are surprisingly light and roomy due to the height of the pole.

The coolest looking tent in the campsite.

Not to be confused with a circular bell tent.

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Nicely put :)

Angie

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Quote: Originally posted by reforse on 21/4/2009

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Quote: Originally posted by AngelicMinx on 21/4/2009

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Quote: Originally posted by reforse on 21/4/2009

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Pyramid-Sometimes known as Storm Tents. Correctly pitched will survive a close nuclear blast. Generally heavyweight pure cotton canvas. Cool in Summer, warm in Winter. The simpler ones have only 3 upright poles and are quick and simple to erect.

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The sides are sloping like an old school "A" frame but are surprisingly light and roomy due to the height of the pole.

The coolest looking tent in the campsite.

Not to be confused with a circular bell tent.

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Nicely put :)

Angie

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Thanks Angie,

My De Wit Barbados arrives on Thursday and I am counting the hours until I can put it up in the garden.

After I viewed a pitched Cabanon Guadeloupe I fell for the pyramids. They really do look retro but in a much cooler way than the frame tents (which have their own advantages, he quickly added as the angry mob descended).
They do have a decent amount of room for the footprint.

Anyway thats wasted another few minutes until my tent arrives.

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Aw it is almost Thursday :)

Never thought of pyramids as retro. They are common here, lots of people have them. This is a country of cotton and pyramids lol

Hope you are going to post pics for us on Thursday afternoon ?

Angie

Tunnel tents for us - our new Vermont  is just fantastic - excellent head room and separate porch and living area is perfect for our family of four.

Tunnels for us as well.It fits exactly on our lawn so easier for drying and we also garden camped in it .

Our main reason when we got the tent was so we could have our then 4yr old sleeping with us.

we are just buying (dont ask- long story lol) a hartford xxl dome purely because there are so many of us (5 kids)

and in line with what john was implying, dont want to wake the younger ones, and dont want the older ones to hear!!!!

so, dome dome dome!!!

(but LUUURVE the look of the tunnels !)

will be different when the kids have left home (lol, we will go to bermuda in a 5* hotel - sod the tents!!!!)

Tunnels again. On our second Outwell tunnel & sturdy as hell (though all tunnels need proper pegging at ends for max stability in high winds).

Moved from big dome/pod because we wanted bedrooms we could stand up in and also a reduced pitch time, though now the move by some sites to surcharge/ban big sprawly tents would be an added factor.