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Hi and welcome to UKCS from a fellow 'ampshire 'og. This is a great place to ask any questions you have.

I don't have the Mayon but I have got the Lokon by Gelert and I've not heard a bad word about them as a make, and there are a lot of people with them. Look out for Breezy hes bound to be along later and you can have a look at his website with pictures of the Lokon vario 6, it is a huge tent with a lot of space. The Mayon seems to be much the same ( slightly smaller I think)but with metal poles as opposed to fibreglass. But I do beleive gelert is the way to go. ( but then I would, I've got one ).

There are lots of threads on here asking the same question, so do a search above putting in lokon mayon and your get a lot back in tent talk.

the living area in a gelert lokon vario 6 is approx 12x13ft!!

thats huge :O)

 thats was my little palace inside last year when we had one,very good tent and excellent value for money centrecaravans oxford do them for around £200,there probably cheaper somewhere else.......

Naomi :O)

Hi,

Did you make the decision then?  I was comparing Sunncamp Vario 4 to Gelert Lockon Vario 4 and now I have got Gelert Mayon 4 to compare to as well

Any more recent advice on these?  For 2 of us the 4 seems a good size!

Thanks

Thanks! 

Looks like Gelert is the way to go, need to find somewhere to have a look at them.  There were none at the Camping exhibition near Horsham, just Sunncamps.

Breezy - do you have a Vario 6 for just 2 of you + the dog? (not trying to be personal, it just seems very large!)

I'm N W Surrey - anyone know of Gelert displays nearby?

Thanks

Thanks for all this advice.  I had a great time in N Devon with first trip out in Gelert Mayon Vario 4.  The elastics at the back kept coming undone in the wind, that peg flysheet down.  Anyone know what else can be used?

Also some guy runners not working - do they need to be replaced?  They are black plastic.

Only down thing I would say is guy ropes are very dark and easy to fall into!

It took ages to put up, hopefully less time the next time!

Tent is great for 2!

Thanks

Hi there

Just thought I'd add my 2 penneth to this thread!
We were torn between the Sunncamp 4 & Lokon vario 4 (There are only 2 of us!) but then we too saw the Mayon 4! It's a lovely big tent & fantastic quality, loads of living space & 2 bedrooms which we can stand up in. (We stay in 1 and I then have my "Dressing Room"!! Brill!).

The steel side poles add some stability but the main thing about both Gelert Tents I think, is they have 2 x inside re-inforcing poles which run down the length of the tent which makes it feel really stable, not like normal tunnel's.

What's more, we found that a sale was on in a camping shop in North Wales (Snowdonia - Caernarfon) Mayon 4 - £125 and Lokon 4 (£119). Absolute bargains!

Let us know what you get.