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Subject Topic: Cabanon utility annexe
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21/5/2010 at 11:55am
 Location: East Kent
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Question....is the bedroom pod in the Andorra two seperate, or can it be one big one?

If it will open into one then it will be plenty big enough for three of you. OH, myself and our 7 year old easily fit into the four berth pod in the Athena. And since you have the utility annexe then you have the extra storage space your losing in the bedroom space.

I know Keely`s two girls will share a double bedroom pod, but I also know mine won`t.



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21/5/2010 at 3:15pm
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Mine would prefer not to share but they have no choice

The bedroom pod is one big space same size as the large inner in your Athena Jo and similarly has the dividing curtain so you can seperate it to 2 x 2 berths but it's just the thin cotton sheet and in th eMontpelier we leave it rolled up on the ceiling.

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21/5/2010 at 3:41pm
 Location: Cumbria (Upper Eden Valley)
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This one is bothering me
Apart from the defect - they say it's about 1998 BUT the pictures show it with a complete zip out panel so it's got to be 2001/2 onwards
Could be, he a great buy for someone who can fix the zip issue, the rest is easily sorted so long as the canvas is good.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Cabanon-4-6-person-Frame-tent-/180507884190?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_SportsLeisure_HikingCamping_Tents_JN&hash=item2a071bba9e

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21/5/2010 at 4:16pm
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Ask them Keely. It does have the zip out panel, and they look like genuine pictures. The canvas is a bit grubby.

I can`t see what`s wrong with the zip...surely its just badly pitched?



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21/5/2010 at 4:24pm
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I asked and I also asked if the zip actually shuts or if there is a gap.

It could be a serious bargain.

When he says it sleeps 6 at a push do you think its a genuine 6 berth?



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21/5/2010 at 5:13pm
 Location: Cumbria (Upper Eden Valley)
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I thought it was and Andorra but having looked properly there's no back door so it's an Athena (or is it Aruba or Antigua - always get them confused) isn't it - kitchen front right as you go in.

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21/5/2010 at 5:35pm
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I think the Antigua, Aruba AND Athena all have a kitchen on the RHS as you walk in.... Just to confuse matters of course ....


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21/5/2010 at 5:40pm
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After looking at it again I am pretty sure that it's an Antigua..... if you look carefully you can sort of work out that there is 3 sections of poles and not 4 and the 3-2 bedroom layout could probably be confused with 4-2 (hence the 4-6 berth advertised)

Those marks on the canvas look quite bad though... It looks like it has been left pitched for some time!!


21/5/2010 at 6:18pm
 Location: Canol Cymru
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Quote: Originally posted by u400jb9 on 21/5/2010

Ask them Keely. It does have the zip out panel, and they look like genuine pictures. The canvas is a bit grubby.

I can`t see what`s wrong with the zip...surely its just badly pitched?


 

the zip is misaligned if you look at the 100% crop I have posted it shows how the window is rucking up when the zip is closed  

 

 



21/5/2010 at 7:19pm
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I thought it might just be misaligned too.
If you look at none zip out tents and then compere to zip out tents then you can see it's def a zip out.

Some Grangers would make it scrub up a treat - and a couple of days hard graft.

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21/5/2010 at 7:26pm
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This one looks a good buy too

http://shop.ebay.co.uk/?_from=R40&_trksid=p4712.m570.l1313&_nkw=Cabanon+Family+Frame+Tent+6+Berth+%2B+Sun+Canopy+GRN%2FCRM&_sacat=See-All-Categories

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21/5/2010 at 7:26pm
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If its an Antigua and the zip will straighten someone could get a bargain....but its in Stockport so thats no use to Horsa, unless he could persuade them to courier...LOL.

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21/5/2010 at 7:45pm
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I got a reply.....

Dear u400jb9,

Pictures are of the actual tent. Could be a 2001 . 2002. I went off the designs on the Cabanon website.

The door doesnt quite fully close but could be re-aligned fairly easily.

........seems fair enough



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11/6/2010 at 2:18pm
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Just a quick note to say I've acquired a nice Antigua (eBay, of course) with sun canopy to go with the annexe which all the original fuss was about. I have yet to test whether it will keep the rain out but it looked half up (not enough room in the garden to pitch it fully) as though it's in very good nick. Looking forward to the first outing, and the boys are beside themselves with glee. Thank you again for all the help.


11/6/2010 at 4:09pm
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Excellent.......good choice.

Photos when its pitched please



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11/6/2010 at 5:19pm
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Nice to hear that horsa.
Enjoy your camping.

Thanks for coming back and letting us know - all too often we get all excited recommending things and giving our opinions on stuff only to wonder what the person actually did in the end.

I'm as nosey as Jo so look forward to some pictures please.

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