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Subject Topic: 2 trips in our Aldi tent and....... Post Reply Post New Topic
28/7/2009 at 10:15pm
 Location: None Entered
 Outfit: None Entered
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......it has gone to be replaced by a Vango Tigris 600.  The Aldi tent was great for a £60 tent but what let it down was the quality of the stitching.  The first time out one of the peg points pulled out of the inner, not a big deal and fixable but not really what I wanted.  The second time it was put up the stitching came away where the pole sleeve attached to the tent, this was the final straw.

It went back to Aldi for a full refund and then we spent ages looking around, reading reviews and agonising over what to get.  It had to be tall, reasonably big and after coming back to a tent full of flies after a day out my wife insisted on having a sewn in groundsheet.  We took delivery of our new Tigris 600 and ground sheet.  Had a test pitching the other day which went real well and now looking forward to a weekend away to try it for real.

Steve



28/7/2009 at 11:14pm
 Location: Nottinghamshire
 Outfit: Coleman Evolva
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But it served a purpose , and tested your commitment to camping, at no cost also .To be fair, those sort of things happen in tents many times the cost of an Aldi tent .

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Be seeing you!!

Numbersix


28/7/2009 at 11:32pm
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Your right, we tried the camping thing, loved it, and felt like spending more for the experience on a better tent.

Next time we might even cook, take away is so convenient.

Steve



29/7/2009 at 1:01am
 Location: lancs
 Outfit: vango & nevada 4 & camplet concorde
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Not all cheap tents are tacky, the £35 4 man from asda did very well on a 9 day camp at a music festival in spain - withstood a 70mph freak gale that destroyed many well known brands, cleaned up very well on return home, quite a sturdy tent considering the battering it took - sand storm, drunken pop revellers, food fights etc, and without being pegged or guyed due to `health & safety rules` It even withstood the good old british weather for 3 nights in the garden before its spainish trip, only gripe is it only fits two comfy not 4.

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29/7/2009 at 7:18am
 Location: Bootle
 Outfit: various tents & A steam train
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I have a River Dome from ARGOS, which I use for when the kids and I camp in the garden.    It has stood up to extremely heavy raiin and strong winds.    Never had a leak.
The only reason I wouldn't take it away with me, is that it isn't really big enough, especially if the weather was lousy, as there is no room to sit inside.


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29/7/2009 at 8:11am
 Location: East Yorkshire
 Outfit: Pro active 10 person hyperdome love i
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 I own an Argos Hyperdome,it's had every weather condition known to man, and woman, hurled at it without any problem, paid £99 for it, best bargain ever, though listening to weather forcast for August, it might not come out again this year. Glad we had a fortnight of unbroken sunshine in Crete.Hoping to get a cheapy to Balearics in Sept.



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