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Have you got room in the car to take both tents? If so, you'd have the peace of mind of knowing that if the worst came to the worst (and let's hope it doesn't) and one of your tents got wind damaged you could always fall back on the other immediately.

Hasn't the Icarus got the TBS system? I've never camped in a Vango but I understand that the TBS is really good in tunnel tents re helping maintain stability in windy conditions.

I'm due to go to Cornwall myself tomorrow and, exactly the same as you, am looking at the weather forecast and dithering about which tent to take

mantrachant

We have the Icarus 500 and have camped in what can be considered windy conditions, on an open hillsdide.

I did post a thread a couple of months ago as we experianced some problems. The basic outcome was, pitch side on to the wind. Rear on just does not work in this tent as it buckles under the wind. Link below 'should' take you to the thread. There is another thread posted by someone else who has experianced the same problem.

http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/chatter/display_topic_threads.asp?ForumID=3&TopicID=186291&get=last#2802866

Hope this helps.

let us know how u get on we have icarus 500 and will be using it next weekend