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Harrison04

10/5/2013 at 3:51pm
Location: None Entered
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So glad I starts this post...so many helpful responses. Freezing milk, fabulous idea and I do love a chilli so will defo be making one of those to take.

I will certainly take some pics too.

feisar

10/5/2013 at 4:35pm
Location: Bury
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Some very helpful tips, great, it will be our first time camping too at the end of the month, cant wait. Just wondering about security though. Do you lock up your tent or is everything generally safe. With, heaters, table/chairs, lights etc, there is quite a bit of money there if someone wanted to help theirself.

Campernic

10/5/2013 at 4:53pm
Location: Northern Ireland
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The security comes from having neighbours in close proximity, and as everyone is in the same situation people do look out for each other. Keep expensive things like Ipads etc locked in your car at night or while you're not in the tent. A 'padlock' only gives people the impression that there's something in there worth stealing - and your items are only a stanley knife slash away anyway!

hankakampa

10/5/2013 at 5:01pm
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Outfit: Karsten - sun storm - doesnt matter!

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Lock your tent?

A pair of scissors thru the fly sheet kind of defeats the lock! Lol

It wasn't so long ago we didn't even have to think or ask questions like this! How the world has sadly changed.

Fortunately in the camping world its not a big problem on most sites. Leave wallets, mobiles, laptops etc locked in your vehicle or take with you in a rucksack ( and hope you don't get mugged or held at knifepoint in some town to hand them over! )

Fortunately, Camping folks are still in yesterday's world of being mostly honest folks.

At the end of the day the tent is the most expensive bit of kit, someone camping in a de Waard Cabanon or Karsten tent could be leaving a piece of canvas and poles worth from £2000 - £5000 just lying unattended in a camping field all day while they go off doing things for the day! - worth way more than a heater, table chairs and a light!

Just be sensible but really iv never seen someone lock up their tent for the obvious reason that a knife or scissors gets you in far quicker and quieter entry to a tent than faffing about trying to pick a lock!

Your tables chairs heater and light have very little value to other people than yourself. Laptops phones wallets etc are obvious targets so take them with you or lock out of sight in your vehicle and you ll be fine.

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mcguire6078

10/5/2013 at 11:20pm
Location: London
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Feisar I understand your concerns about security but you will find very few (if any....?) posts about equipment being stolen on site.

As Hankakampa has mentioned not much point in trying lo lock your tent as a determined thief would gain access very easily. Obvious things like wallets, purses, phones, iPads, cameras keep locked in your car more of a precaution than necessity.

Caravans and Motorhomes being stolen is widely reported though. Thankfully I don't think people can be bothered to pack down a tent and all the equipment and stick it in the back of a van.

feisar

10/5/2013 at 11:45pm
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I thought as much. I guess you would look out for each other. I'm looking forward to becoming 1 of you Wow a £2000 - £5000 tent. I get your point.

Tynxuk

11/5/2013 at 9:06am
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Most things covered already however I'm going to contradict what hankakampa has put about thefts from tents. I was on a commercial site earlier this year where items were stolen from a tent, two dog anchors and something else from in the tent - not expensive items but inconvenient. We were at our tent that morning but as the caravan between us was packing away didn't see or hear anything

I always lock my trailer to something as although it's old and not worth a lot it would be very inconvenient if it was stolen whilst camping.
I was toying with hooking up a rape alarm to the inside of the zips when we went out if on a commercial site again.

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