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Subject Topic: Gelert/Coleman/Lichfield Post Reply Post New Topic
09/4/2006 at 9:16pm
 Location: North West England
 Outfit: Vango Venture 500
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Are these tents any good? Im looking for a decent festival tent, something not too heavy, just a 2 or 3 man with additional storage space in the form of a porch or something. Ive camped before, i have a 5 man vango, but its just too heavy!

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09/4/2006 at 9:20pm
 Location: Oxford
 Outfit: Eurohike TS690 (fantastic)
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I've just bought a Gelert Stratus tunnel 3 for a bargain. 3 man but could easily sleep 4 and loads of front stoarge space.

i'm a beginner too but over the moon with this one

Jodie



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09/4/2006 at 9:27pm
 Location: North West England
 Outfit: Vango Venture 500
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Is it easy to pitch? If it were to rain (August, but this is England!), would it rain in? Ive had bad experiences of tents that rain in. not nice



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09/4/2006 at 10:56pm
 Location: Segedunum in Tyne & Wear
 Outfit: Which of our 7 tents shall we name?
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Have a look here for a nice looking Coleman tent that sleeps 4 so will be ample for 2 to 3, only weighs 4.3kg and has a decent size porch.

As an alternative try looking here for a 3 person one, again with a porch that weighs 3.9kg, is a very stable design as well.

Can't help with Gelerts or Lichfields I'm afraid but Coleman are good quality tents.

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10/4/2006 at 8:35am
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not sure I would group Coleman with geert and lichfield to be honest!!

Coleman is one of the top tent manufacturers  and altho Gelert make some pretty good budget tents ,I certainly wouldnt put them on a par with Coleman.



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10/4/2006 at 12:02pm
 Location: Sheffield
 Outfit: Cabanon Guadeloupe Zephyros3
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Hi Lauren2005 - if it is for festival use I would suggest ( from personal experience) that a dome is better than a tunnel, cos festival camping can leave you without room for guying out (and there is the annoying experience of people constantly walking past and causing guylines to ping off the pegs,grrrr! )

A dome is more stable and can stay up more successfully without guylines than a tunnel. I think the Vango Delta 300 would be good for your needs - it is a good quality dome which goes up outer first, and has porch space. Check it out here




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