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Anyone have one of these?.  considering either this or campus yale at present.   Re napoli  is the small bedroom removable and is it accessable from the inside of the living area ?   cheers folks.  Would appreciate any images of interior of this tent if poss

thanks

gary n susan

I dont have any pictures, but the Napoli essentialy comes with 3 bedrooms.  The front one is just a curtain that can be completely removed making it all into living space ( this sort of bedroom can be accessed from the inside and the outside ).  The bedrooms at the back are a 2 berth and a sort of 2 and a half berth ( i.e. one slightly bigger than the other but not a 3 berth ).  There is a divider between the 2 bedrooms that can be completely removed as well making it into nearly a 5 berth pod. The back bedroom pods are not removable.

The tent is fairly easy to erect and I can almost do it on my own.  It has a completely sewn in groundsheet and has standing height near enough all the way through ( although the sides do drape a little bit so the fabric touches the top of my head there.  I am 5ft 10ins ).

With the front bedroom gone there is plenty of space to put a small table and a couple chairs and still have room to walk around them.  With the front curtain/bedroom up there is limited space in the living area. You could maybe get a small table and small chairs but you would struggle to walk round them.

There is a side door and the front opens up ( the front curtain can be draped open which looks quite nice ).  You can also buy a couple of canopy poles ( about £10 ) and the front flap does convert into a nice little canopy.

All-in-all, its a great tent for the money.  Just a note if you do buy this, it comes with absolutely no spare poles and not enough pegs to do the whole tent.  The first thing we did was buy 4 x 12.7mm fibreglass poles and cut them to size to store as spares in the pole bag ( the poles have 2 different sized segments so we carried 2 of each size ). 

The tent is also fairly easy to carry ( not too heavy ).  It all comes in one bag and is easy to get back into the bag after use. I just put it over my shoulder to carry it and it doesn't strain me too much.

hey thanks for that prompt info steve. we unsure of either wynnster curlew ( no sig)  hmm  or campus yale.  Another question, in the main area as u walk in, is it pos to stand upright? 

next ? any ideas on best value for napoli at mo

again thanks for your input , much appreciated

gary

Yes, you can stand up in the main area as you walk in.  I guess if you were bigger than about 6ft then you would feel the fabric brushing your hair, but I certainly have no problems standing up all the way through.

I have seen the Napoli selling for £139 but the average looks between £149 and £159.  I can't find where I saw it for £139 now.  I will probably be selling mine in a few weeks.  Not quite sure yet. I bought a Montana4 which I intend to use and couldn't get used to the Napoli at first ( I like the flysheet first tunnels ).  But now I have used it a couple times I have grown to like it.  If I sell it, I will be selling it for about £80 which will include a groundsheet to go underneath it, some eco-mat to go inside it ( protects the groundsheet ), some spare poles and some canopy poles.

I will let you know next week.  I am going to try our Montana 4 out this weekend and will see what I think.  Pitching is extremely quick ( once you have done it once ).  The inner tent can be pitched very quickly.  Its needs 2 of you for about 30 seconds but everything else can be done with one person.  The most time is spent banging the pegs in.

My 12 year old daughter and myself put it up in the garden this weekend and it took us no longer than about half an hour.  The first time we did it took us substantially longer but once you have done it once its simple.

ok steve, thanks for the info.  Good luck with the montana this weekend hope it shines all the way through!!

Gary

steve.  hope all went well with trip?. Are you in a postion yo comment re possible sale of tent?

regards gary& susan

I bought an Easy Camp Napoli 500 a couple of months ago and think it's great!  Have had 3 weekends away in it already.  It took me 2 hours to pitch the first time (didn't spot the velcro straps inside the outer to fix it to the poles), but now have it down to around 30 mins.  Thanks to Langley's previous post, I used some old poles to make the front door into a porch which gave some welcome shade on a very warm weekend.

Last weekend I took it down to Lynton and got a bit of stick from my friends who were all in their little 1/2 man tents and I was in my "palace"!  I almost put a sign up saying "rooms to rent"!!

Can recommend this tent - good value at around £150.