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11/4/2024 at 3:52pm
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the quechua is easy for one person to put up so if you feel that tent is "ideal" then get it. use a fishing shelter for a porch or cooking area, leaving you more room in the tent for sitting around
why the need to go "tiny " on stuff tho? unless your going to be backpacking, which now of those tent ideas suggest you are, your going to be there for a week take some comfort with you! thos helinox type chairs are ok, for a few hours but not an all week chair
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11/4/2024 at 4:06pm
Location: London
Outfit: Lunar Cosmos 524
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I've got a Eurohike Rydal 500 tent which is similar to the Quechua 4.1, being a 3 hoop tunnel, but slightly bigger (5 berth), I've only done a trial set up in the garden, and managed on my own without much difficulty. Would say as with most tents when erecting on your own, might have been more difficult if windier, but there was a gentle breeze 'flapping' the un-tensioned flysheet. As with many lightish tunnel tents, peg groundsheet, insert poles and anchor into receptacles, then pull up door end hoop (whilst holding an attached guy rope) and the other hoops just fall into place, then peg guy you were holding to stabilise, then just go around pegging the other guys. Done similar on my own with a pretty heavy steel poled (5/6 hoop) tunnel, but that is a bit of a struggle as very heavy to lift. To some extent it all depends on things like how windy it is, how tall you are to be able to reach, and how strong you are! - I'm 6ft and fairly strong!
All 3 Vango tents you mentioned have the same 3000mm HH fabric rating, but by differing fabric names, so some may or may not have features like ripstop construction.
Actually cooking (with gas especially) inside a tent is regarded as a bad idea, if tent is closed up then high risk of lethal carbon monoxide fumes with gas, cooking causes huge amounts of condensation which really is difficult to get rid of and tends to make EVERYTHING in the tent damp, cooking odours linger, and of course even flame retardant ('retardant' only means self extinguishing when flame source removed) tents are NOT fireproof and can catch fire. An open porch area sealable from main area of tent is best for 'indoor' cooking with a tent.
I've camped in France in a 'canvas coffin' type sleeping only tiny tent, mate and I each in our own 'coffins', we set up a large tarp as a sheltered sitting out area and kitchen, back wall of 'kitchen' was windbreaks to keep weather and wind off stove and gas fridge. It worked well, even through a rain storm and squally winds, but we were there during the squall and prepared to take down the tarp if the wind was getting the better of it. Tarps are great but weakness is susceptibility to even lightish winds getting hold and ripping anchoring guys out of the ground.
As a regular visitor to the Lake District for some 50 years, it's wise to ALWAYS expect rain and be prepared for it! I spent an 'extreme' fortnight in July just south of Coniston village 5 years back and it rained almost continuously every day, sometimes torrential, I never saw Coniston Old Man once due to the low cloud! Wasn't intolerable as in the relative luxury of my caravan, so nice and warm and dry, but a small tent would not have been any fun at all! Been there other times of year and it's been glorious weather all the time, but on average it's likely to rain some of the time, so be prepared!
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11/4/2024 at 7:44pm
Location: Ayrshire
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You need to be nice to yourself if you're camping alone on site - different requirements if you're doing a long distance trail / hill walking and wild camping.
I used to camp on sites solo in a 3 man (small men who don't starfish like I do...) ridge tent that had a porch - a cotton Cabanon, long ago so that's not useful information. I could sit on a seat in the open porch to cook or have my fresh coffee. If it was wet, I could zip up the porch but still have daylight because the porch had a plastic window (aye, a bit naff, but it worked well).
Well done to the OP for coming back to camping - it'll be fun!
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2025=3 sites, 5 nights; 2024 = 20 sites / 41 nights. 2023 = 9/23. 2022 = 13/35. 2021 = 11/29. 2020 = 4/20. 2019 = 13/35. 2018 = 20/33. 2017 = 10/22. 2016 = 19/33. 2015 = 15 sites / 27 nights. Didn't count 1976 to 2014.
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06/5/2024 at 8:26am
Location: North Herts
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That looks a great tent with great reviews... don't tempt me!
Have fun with your new friend and hope the sun shines and if not, you can sit, in comfort, and watch the view safe, dry and happy.
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08/8/2024 at 8:48pm
Location: Somerset
Outfit: Bailey Brindisi
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What a lovely thread. So nice that you got so much help, so nice that you came back and let us know what you’d gone for, and fab to hear you’re having such a good time in your new tent x
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