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Subject Topic: Kampa Bamburgh 6
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20/8/2011 at 1:25pm
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Sorry didn't see next question, bigger than Montana 6 I'm unsure but I prefer having the option to close the front area. It's like a Vermont l only a bit smaller. Hope this helps.


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23/8/2011 at 3:20pm
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Hi

We recently bought the Kampa Bamburgh tent which was our first family tent and are really pleased with it. Before viewing we expected only 1 side door to have a bug mesh but were pleased that both had it. As mentioned above the living area is huge and it has a very high ceiling. I really like the design and being able to close the porch door and also separate the porch from the living area with an additional door (or just keep it open plan).

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31/8/2011 at 9:42pm
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We loved our Kampa Bamburgh until we used it. First use was in the rain and it leaked almost like a sieve. The only section that remained dry was the bedrooms. Rain came in through the roof of middle and front sections, through five separate roof seams and up through floor seams. Puddles all round. One window also had a manufacturing fault that had left a big hole. Being generous, we put it down to a rogue tent (a bedroom elastic also broke on first put up) but didn't swap it for another Kampa.

On the plus side the tent shape/space is brilliant with masses of useable space. Loved the 'flare' in the middle, huge windows both with bug mesh, fully opening middle divider etc. Bedrooms are tight though, but fine for a family of four. We bought it because of the fully enclosed porch for storing bikes etc. However........I really struggled to weatherproof the porch overnight and generally in wind and rain. The ground sheet has a tendency to flop down and the tent doesn't come down far enough to accommodate this, nor did there seem enough pegging points to hold it up. Result - more puddles. Maybe it was my lack of ability and first use syndrome, but even so it shouldn't be that difficult and I persevered over several days, fettling to try and improve things. I was also flummoxed as to how, if you are using the front door as access at night, you can effectively secure it via the pegging points. Never encountered this before.

And to perhaps the biggest gripe. The Bamburgh is advertised as having a sewn-in groundsheet. It does, on three sides. The opening between the middle living area and the porch area is old-style groundsheet. Given that I struggled to secure the front porch, you can imagine the draft that blew through. Again, if the middle opening is secured I can't see how you could use it at night. Not a major issue but annoying.

This is all a great shame since I was super proud of our new tent and I understand Kampa has a great name. No idea what we'll replace it with.


01/9/2011 at 10:55am
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peelie,look at the vango maritsa,the bamburgh is kampas copy of it.


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03/9/2011 at 9:18am
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Yes go for a Maritsa!!

We have a 600, and were able to see it up next to the bamburgh at our local store. Looks much more expensive and better quality too, we felt the bamburgh was too plasticky looking with all of the windows and that the Maritsa had a better SIG (a must for me!) for our first tent i think we def made the right choice, and paid the extra £50 or whatever it was. Can def fit in 3 double airbeds (just) but we bought it so our 2 young daughters could have a bedroom each.

We have also politely ignored the instructions on how to get it up (for fear of killing each other) and adopted our own 'start at the back, one arch and then upright poles' at a time, which is much much easier



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