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Does anyone have this type or any other branded windbreak ?Are they really worth the cash or should i go for the stripey ones used on the beach?

Thanks

Yep ,we have an outwell and a vango one and they are excellent !

We lost count of the broken poles we used to get on the wooden ones in bad weather ! We used to buy the metal capped ,metal pointed ones too at £50+ a go !! The vango/outwell /guyropes ones take up less room and are cheeper!

You have some epople cmplaining they dont stay up and fall over  ,They do if you dont erect them right!
There are plenty of threads advising the best way to erect them.

^{I have got one of the vango windbreaks and when I pitch it I use a double guy line on each pole pegged down with delta pegs and it has never moved in some very strong winds, I paid £20.00 for it and think it was money well spent}

^{The big problem with this type of windbreak is all the extra guy lines that you end up with on your pitch, if you want a windbreak to shelter your tent from the weather this type is great but if you want a windbreak to give you privacy on your pitch then the beach type may be better for you}

We've got a Vango windbreak and it's excellent. It packs down much smaller than the stripey ones and fits into a small bag. My OH likes the privacy you get with it because it's quite high but I prefer to watch what's going on and feel a little bit isolated with it.

Paula

We bought the Easycamp wind screen as they had run out of Khyam's that matched our tent colour & the easycamp one matches really well & I was really suprised at the difference it made - defo worth the £24 we paid & was very secure with having pegs and guy lines (yes the lines did get a little bit in the way of the tent guy's but only near the back of the bedroom area where we had moved the screen round slightly when the wind changed direction.