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Subject Topic: Vango Icarus 500
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02/2/2010 at 9:07am
 Location: Sunny south coast
 Outfit: Columbia 600 Bude 4
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Hi Danny

If it doesn't - have you come across this? - fully adjustable in all directions (there was a thread with pictures recently of one pitched) and for about the size of the 400:

http://www.outdooraction.co.uk/acatalog/Khyam_Atrium_Canopy_.html

helen



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02/2/2010 at 12:19pm
 Location: Liversedge West Yorkshire
 Outfit: CabanonGalaxyDL Amazon600 Icarus500
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Hi Danny,
With regards to the Vango Large Canopy fitting the Icarus 400, I'm afraid I would'nt like to say, apparently the canopy is not a perfect fit on the 500, but it looks good enough to me, based on adownes26's Gallery Pics exactly what that would mean on the 400 I'm not sure, but I would have "thought" that it would fit that too, albeit not perfectly. Maybe someone else out there can clarify.
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02/2/2010 at 7:32pm
 Location: Hull East Yorkshire
 Outfit: Outwell Vango Relum & Cabanon!!
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Spotted another difference in the 09/10 model. The whole rear vent is different. On last years there was a vent with a gusset at either side with guy ropes at the bottom. There was also a large square net 'window' in the inner. This year the inner has a smaller mesh area at the top and the outside has a flap coming off the rear pole. This looks better to me fur guying as they are attached higher up and don't appear to pull on the material as much

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07/2/2010 at 10:44am
 Location: Glasgow
 Outfit: Vango Mira 500. Higear Aura 300.
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Have just bought the 600 (and the 500 for a friend) and it suits our needs. Easy to put up (I hope) large enough to give us plenty room (only me, hubby and the dog). We wanted a green one but couldn't get one till May, so blue it is. Will be buying the carpet (never had tent carpet before) as well as the footprint (never had this either!) and the canopy for something to cook under should it rain (hoping I'll jinx myself by spending money on the canopy and it won't rain much the whole summer..lol..).

We won't have the tent till the end of February which is ok as it's stopping me putting it up in the very wet garden!


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07/2/2010 at 6:50pm
 Location: Leeds
 Outfit: outwell idaho xl vango icarus 500
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We went to Mitchells at Wakefield yesteday and bought the Icarus 500.  The other half had seen it on the internet for £139.99 with 10% off for this month only.  Mitchells matched that and gave us another 10% off so we got it for £113.00!!  Cant wait to start using it now.  Roll on Easter.

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07/2/2010 at 6:54pm
 Location: Wakefield West Yorkshire
 Outfit: Coachman 575 VIP Concorde L
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Quote: Originally posted by grey1 on 07/2/2010
We went to Mitchells at Wakefield yesteday and bought the Icarus 500.  The other half had seen it on the internet for £139.99 with 10% off for this month only.  Mitchells matched that and gave us another 10% off so we got it for £113.00!!  Cant wait to start using it now.  Roll on Easter.

That's alot of tent for just over 100 quid.

I'm still going to shop around before taking the plunge.




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