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Personscrimboy2
15/8/2008 at 9:38pm
 Location: welling kent
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regarding tents with sig ,how do these fair with sites that only allow breathable, eco ground sheets, anyone been turned away from a site on this issue, or should you check before hand for peace of mind.

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Personsarah6151
15/8/2008 at 9:41pm
 Location: Essex
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We will see, we have just knocked on the head of our canvas frame tent because it needed two of us to put up. Now we have the LIchfield Commanche and I went off with the children whilst he put it up.

It took about 30 mins.


Personmrs jubbly
16/8/2008 at 12:28am
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Quote: Originally posted by scrimboy2 on 15/8/2008
regarding tents with sig ,how do these fair with sites that only allow breathable, eco ground sheets, anyone been turned away from a site on this issue, or should you check before hand for peace of mind.

Interesting issue. We recently went to a site which spsecified eco only g/sheets but when we turned up nothing was made of this.  Most tents on the site had SIGs, as did ours, and it wasn't discussed.

The way most nylon tents are made these days I think it would be difficlut for most sites to demand eco only.

Clare


Personbeezers
16/8/2008 at 12:56am
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I think the breathable ground sheets are meant for caravanners who tend to stay for longer and also stay for whole seasons, I don`t think they are meant for tents, but I could be wrong! How could you use one with a SIG?


PersonSteve W52
16/8/2008 at 12:04pm
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Quote: Originally posted by jinks72 on 13/8/2008
excuse my lack of knowledge but whats a footprint lol
If you get a tent with sown in groundsheet I would highly recommend you get the footprint (seperate ground sheet for under the tent). We have just come back from Wales and the ground under the tent turned into a mud bog with all the rain. I was so glad our tent did not have the sown in ground sheet as we were able to lift the groundsheets when we took the tent down and hosed them down to remove the mud. We also left the groundsheet down until we had dropped and folded up the tent so the tent remained clean and dry. I have not owned a tent with SIG but I would imagine it would be a great deal harder to clean the attached groundsheet.

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PersonSafeway56
16/8/2008 at 6:31pm
 Location: Newton le Willows LANCASHIRE
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Quote: Originally posted by mythyme on 14/8/2008
Have to say that these issues and the noise in high winds are sending us scuttling towards a canvas one next time.
Canvas tents can be just as flappy and noisy in high winds as synthetic tents. I've got both.


PersonAngieGL
16/8/2008 at 7:10pm
 Location: Gloucestershire
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Quote: Originally posted by holly4 on 14/8/2008
go for a canvas frame tent every time,all these flimsy tents now dont stand up to bad weather at all,no matter what the manufactures claim.
Can't agree with that. We've had a frame tent and although we loved the quality, it was heavy to lug about and unless it was a very flat pitch, we still got draughts. We have an Outwell Sun Valley 6 and a storm hit us on the last outing with the wind bending the tent right over, it just popped back up and was fine. We were very protected with lots of space and it coped extremely well with the weather.

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