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We have just got back from a very wet but fantastic weekend camping. It rained putting the tent up on fri and all day sat it was torrential. Then the sun came out on sun, the tent dried out and we had to come home. But we still enjoyed it.

We want to add a bit of outside undercover space but don't know what to invest in. Do we buy the canopy and put windbreaks round or do we buy the extension?

Can someone please give me some advice.

thanks

cherie

extension all day long its also as stropng as the tent i got the one for my georgia and wow its amazing.

lindsey x

I went for the Canopy.

There is more than enough room inside the tent I didnt want to be enclosed. The canopy keeps any rain away from the main door, provides some shade but still lets you feel as if you are outside.

The windbreak is a good idea and works really well. I know someone had a photo in their gallery showing windbreaks with the canopy and it looks really good.

Extension is brilliant. We have had the canopy for 2 years and always felt a bit of wind protection would be great. Our canopy finally gave way in high winds over the bank hol so we bought the extension. Used for the first time this w/e and it is brilliant.

We cooked under the canopy but it is so much better under the extension. I have heard of people using the 2 in tandem tent - extension - canopy but can't imagine that stand up in strong winds.

We have the extension and used it for the first time this weekend and it was great.  While others were sheltering in their tents or using windbreaks and other such items to build areas for cooking and sitting in we were fine with just the extension.

It adds so much more space to the tent it is well worth the money.

We have had the canopy with windbreaks but found that when it's raining, which unfortunately it often is, it was very difficult to cook as the rain would come in between the canopy and windbreaks.  This year we bought the extension and it is fantastic.  We were much better protected and we still felt like we were outdoors.  In fact, we could be outdoors in weather that others couldn't sit out in. 

Charlie's Mummy is right though. It's a matter of choice.  If you camp in the South of France, for example, you might prefer the canopy.