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Just ordered a vango killington 600. Has anybody pitched one, as I'm just about to book my first holiday with it and unsure of the pitch size?

SIZE MATTERS 

Hi hamster181,

As per earlier post, i asked the same question regarding the Kirkwood 600 (Same tent) & 7m x 6m seems to be ideal....Hope that helps !

Cheers,

lawser

thanks for that, Lawser.  Had a feeling it was the same tent. cant wait to get going now, so if you see 2 idiots struggling with a killington then you'll know its us.

hamster

Hi hamster 181,

That'll make 4 of us then !

http://www.vango.co.uk/products/tentslection.asp?typename=5

This Vango website has a video you can download with the pitching instructions and also printable version.

Hope this helps.

CHEERS SIR CAMPALOT!

An extra wee tip - also mentioned on Posts for the Vango Diablo....

The Vango video doesn't show you how they get the main dome up - with all the poles in place the tent is pretty heavy.  The taller of you should wriggle into the flysheet and then lift the dome up from the inside - supporting the poles while the one on the outside fits the ring and pin system.  Once you have the dome up - the rest is easy!!!

Various posts have mentioned saggy bedrooms on the Diablo - I'm happy to report that the Killington/Kirkwood doesn't suffer this problem.

Good luck Hamster!

hi we`ve just tried our killington 600 up in the back field and we done the same got me to crawl inside to push the dome poles up from the inside , found it pretty easy to put up aswell, mind you i think i got the hardest job of trying to hold the poles up. but the tent is great can`t wait to take it out hopefully going to the star caravan park near alton towers for a few days at whit.

nanook

iv`e ordered the footprint but they aren`t in yet till the end of may so don`t` know how effective they are yet, but think it will take a lot of the strain off cleaning the  bottom of the tent.

nanook

yes but how easy are they to line up with the tent? willl i be there all day worrying that i cant get it just right........ oops - do i sound a tad highly strung?

hamster