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08/8/2019 at 10:35pm
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I wouldn't go camping in a tent if 30mph winds or above were forecast but lots of people do and sometimes get away with it so very difficult to advise...your tent, your call - lol.
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11/8/2019 at 5:44pm
Location: Bridgwater Somerset
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We have just got thru the heavy winds that has hit us in Cornwall, this weekend. Friday nite and into Saturday I would say60 mph winds hitting the front end of the tent. I added a few extra guy'nes and all guys lines was double pegged alOng with the main points on the tent. Didn’t budge in the winds no t even one slack guy line, was a bit scary at times but I’m glad I had faith in the tent and faith in that it was pitched right and I knew what we was doing.
Not so lucky was a air beam tent across from Us that took a hammering and ended up in in he bin. Steel pole pollycotton outwell for me and I wont be change my mind on going to a airbeam tent from what I Have seen.
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14/8/2019 at 7:08pm
Location: North West
Outfit: just got a Vango Illusion 800XL TC
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We have just returned from Norfolk, camped in a Vango Illusion TC 800XL, So a very big Airbeam tent. The nearby Met Office weather station recorded gusts of 52mph and constant wind speeds in excess of 36 mph for a period over a number of hours last Saturday with the build up and fall of of strong winds (no rain thankfully)
The wind was hitting the side of the tent at approximately a 45 degree angle so not ideal. The tent looked very stable from the outside as commented by some other campers.
The tent withstood this with no problem, no guy ropes were torn off/lost which could be partly due to the floating guy rope system. The other air beams (Outwell Vango, Kampa) on site stood up to it without problems. The only tents to suffer in the main were badly guyed out or had open front extensions added.
I feel it would withstand quite a bit more but I would prefer not to try and if the wind last Saturday was at the start of our holiday rather than in the middle I would have delayed going.
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Topic: Air tent in wind?
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