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We've got a Gelert Alaska 8 and it absolutley p***ed down when we were away last year on it's first outing and we were completely bone dry!!!! So would totally recomend that one.It's huge loads of room inside for sleeping,living and storage.

Not had a worst tent yet will let you know!!!!!

Quote: Originally posted by KRISKIZ on 17/2/2007

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on a separate note does anyone happen to have a suncamp?? manoir i think its a suncamp mostly blue - if so how would you rate this tent??

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Hey, it's a frame tent, so it should be solid as a rock, will last for years and you can cook inside a canvas frame tent when it's hissing down outside 

worst- freecamp crap thing bought from e-bay. leaked, had silly flaps that wouldn't close properley, zips  didnt work, it was 'destroyed' in a stong breeze one trip!

best- vango gamma 350.

Quote: Originally posted by Liddenham on 17/2/2007

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Worst tent was our Makro Footpath dome tent (first camping trip); it got lower and lower with each passing day and was the flimsiest tent on the campsite!

Best tent: depends on how you look at things and I could say that the above was also the best because it introduced us to the joys of camping, opened our eyes to possibilities for improvement (we bought a second hand TT next, due to the fact that we were pitched next to so one all week and thought it was fantastic) and, to be fair, it wasn't a terribly expensive mistake.

Thank goodness we had good weather for all of our stay, though, or it could have been a very different outcome!

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Got to say not sure these even qualify as a play tent god knows how Makro and others got away with selling them so long it had to be the most talked about sent back piece of Cr!P to hit the tenting world

I always stick to what I know, Khyam

Have had some bad experiences with tents and have found khyam to be best service and quality

Lesley

Eurocrap!!  .......Erm I mean Eurohike!!!

Good for filtering water and thats about it!!

Quote: Originally posted by romany on 19/2/2007

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Quote: Originally posted by Liddenham on 17/2/2007

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Worst tent was our Makro Footpath dome tent (first camping trip); it got lower and lower with each passing day and was the flimsiest tent on the campsite!

Best tent: depends on how you look at things and I could say that the above was also the best because it introduced us to the joys of camping, opened our eyes to possibilities for improvement (we bought a second hand TT next, due to the fact that we were pitched next to so one all week and thought it was fantastic) and, to be fair, it wasn't a terribly expensive mistake.

Thank goodness we had good weather for all of our stay, though, or it could have been a very different outcome!

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Got to say not sure these even qualify as a play tent god knows how Makro and others got away with selling them so long it had to be the most talked about sent back piece of Cr!P to hit the tenting world

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It lasted us a week, to be fair, in perfect weather conditions (thank goodness). Had previously had a folding camper, then reverted to package holidays. We had booked three weeks off work and hoped to get a bargain deal sometime in that period. Ended up getting  a trip to Tunisia straight away, so had a week left over at the end and decided to try camping, so dashed out to Makro and hastily bought all the kit on the day we actually left for Cornwall! Soon realised we had bought a lot of tat, but the good weather and fresh air made us realise what we could be enjoying on a regular basis, so it wasn't all bad and we have since become hooked!

 argos three bedroom dome tent. nightmare to erect, and dark.

 best hartford xxl doddle to put up roomy and light

 no drafts

Do you know what REALLY annoys me tho!!

I have seen people reccomend a lot of the tents mentioned here in this thread!1 I get really narky ,when you see some fool has bought a really crappy tent ,then the next week ,month ect they are reccomending it to someone else ?~!~?! when they havent even given it a proper outing themselves!!!!!!

In about 40 years of camping, during which time I have owned eight tents, I cannot say that I have had a bad tent.  This is probably due to me never having bought a tent that I had not previously seen erected.  My current main tent, the Gelert Alaska 4, is probably the most practical tent that I have owned and although fairly large I still manage to put it up single handed.

Quote: Originally posted by KRISKIZ on 17/2/2007

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wow thanks for the response i was tempted to go with the coleman sahara 6 but i may think again now, we've been looking at the gelert lokon vario 6 as we can get one relatively cheap from the gelert factory shop so thanks for your opinions.

on a separate note does anyone happen to have a suncamp?? manoir i think its a suncamp mostly blue

if so how would you rate this tent??

i am very relieved to say that although we have camped in some rough weather we have not had the misfortune that some have and for letting us laugh at your anecdotes ty very much lol

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My wife and i are going camping on Angelsey in a few weeks and are looking at replacing our tent, in your opinion is it worth a trip to the Gelert shop, basically i'm wondering what the saving is percentage wise?

Quote: Originally posted by KRISKIZ on 17/2/2007

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wow thanks for the response i was tempted to go with the coleman sahara 6 but i may think again now, we've been looking at the gelert lokon vario 6 as we can get one relatively cheap from the gelert factory shop so thanks for your opinions.

on a separate note does anyone happen to have a suncamp?? manoir i think its a suncamp mostly blue

if so how would you rate this tent??

i am very relieved to say that although we have camped in some rough weather we have not had the misfortune that some have and for letting us laugh at your anecdotes ty very much lol

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I believe that the Sunncamp Manoir is an older version of the Palace which I have been using for the last 5 years. Yes it is heavy to carry around but once it is up it is unbeatable and they last for years.

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