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06/3/2013 at 10:20pm
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Quote: Originally posted by rolph on 06/3/2013
at lidds0: When pitching you start by laying out the ground sheet with the cotton tent attached. And yes to enter the poles trough the door, but you assemble them inside and place them in the zip up pole sleeve.
This is easier as you already have the entire tent as one piece. And when it rains there is no water inside your tent...!!!!
Hello Rolph,
With respect, you could leave the groundsheet attached to either the Biscaya or the Awaya, if you fancied lugging a great heavy lump of a tent around and into position. You could also open up the entire front and - as you suggest - assemble poles inside, lift and place in the zip-up pole sleeves. It's easier said than done though (I've tried it), when you have a lot of loose canvas on your head!
I think it sounds as if the pitching methods of the DW and the Cabanon tents in this particular style are basically the same, so I'm still curious about why you think the DW is easier.
I'm guessing the equivalent size De Waard is considerably heavier than both the Biscaya (which is all-season polyester) and the Awaya (which, although cotton canvas, has alu poles)?
I do think the Cabanon Awaya (probably the closest style and spec model available in the UK) could improve on the ventilation panels (which are only in the side windows, not the front, and even then not as much mesh as on the Biscaya) and so I agree the DW probably wins on that score.
The DW definitely has the design-edge if it has a mesh front panel as standard (I'm not too clear on this though, does the whole of the tent zip up and then the mesh panel zips down, or is it simply a panel for the door and another small one for the window?).
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