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Just a short note to tell y'all how we got on with our new tent.  Did have a Royal Garonne 6 - well, had two actually, consecutively! When the second one was replaced due to quite serious leaks we decided to abandon it for a new model.

After a tentless spell we opted to go for the much raved about Vango Diablo & started to trawl the net for the best price.  Some availability issues caused me to consider the Wynnster Cygnus 6.  Boy am I glad!

Nothing against the Diablo but just had a wonderful weekend in this Diabloesque tent!  Plenty space, & the extra pole in the bedrooms do make a really noticeable difference as it makes the whole bedroom feel more airy & less claustrophobic.

Anyway - just thought i'd pass on my findings - & at £200 incl. delivery from Allweathers it was even cheaper than a Diablo!

Cheers Two tanks

Hope all goes well with the pitching!

Was not chuffed at the thought of missing out on a saving of £8 from World of Camping so had a look at their site.  Turns ouot the delivery charge to the scottish highlands would've made it more expensive than what i paid - so i'm still a happy bunny!

The tent arrived today but I'm not going to get a chance to put it up before we go camping on Monday. Is there anything in particular I should watch out for when putting it up for the first time?

Also I've seen Vango have instruction videos for their Diablos. Is there anything similar for the Wynnster?

Not really Twotanks, it's actually quite straightforward - the only thing i've learnt - (bearing in mind i've only pitched mine 3 times so far) - is to leave the poles out of the bedrooms & dont peg the bedrooms until the flysheet is over the top of the dome.

The dome is quite high on mine - & im assumin the Cygnus 8 is bout the same.  Leaving these poles allows you to get closer to the dome to try & manouvre it over the top.  The instructuions say you can use the flysheet porch pole to help in getting it over but we tried it & frankly found it easier to just manhandle it over & then fit the porch & bedroom poles.

No idea about a video i'm afraid - but lets face it - if you need a video to pitch it - its far too complicated!!

Hi

We found that by holding the flysheet either side of the dome, and one throwing it up (still holding on to it) and the other person pulling at the same time we got the flysheet over quite easy.

Taymia