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11/6/2017 at 5:09pm
Location: uk
Outfit: Karsten - sun storm - doesnt matter!
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lidds - i NOW have a tent to suit each occasion!  
i think 
the Vango does not excite me... ( the brown color is positively sending me to sleep! ) - not in the way the Cabanon Bora Bora does - every time im inside the Bora Bora i just think - isnt this just the most lovely lovely little cute compact tent ever!. and for me it really is!. everything about the Bora Bora is a delight and pleasure from the Pure Cotton fabric throughout, to the colors, to the wonderful cotton canopy to sit under. theres nothing about the Bora Bora i dont like.
it takes a little more time, a little more work to put u the Bora Bora than the Karsten, about similar effort as the Solace but in a different way and about the same amount of time.
the Karsten is simple, immensley strong, beautifully made and timeless - the design has been around for about 40 years going right back to its infancy as the Europleasure igloo tent from where it takes its design cues. but its not an invigorating and exciting tent in the way the Bora Bora is. ( perhaps the color of it - a soft sea green - its very calming ).
the Solace is a nice comfortable tent - in 4 inflations, and some extra pegging over the Karsten, i have a tent i can stand up in all areas right to the very back of the bedrooms - no stooping. windows with zipped curtains all around. a little porch and a cute living space. but the brown color of the solace is its worst feature - iv never liked brown tents, but with it being small, i can over look it and fix the interior with bright colors of other things.
the Zempire TM is a quick easy up 3 room tent - easaier to pitch than the Solace, and being polyester, im okies with packing it up wet, throwing it into a plactic bin to take home and dry out.
i dont fancy doing that with wet cotton or polycotton as its very heavy when its wet..
and finally the little Vango 70Denier short life Capri 400xl ... its for going away with friends, a tent i dont need to worry too much if it gets damaged, muddy etc where id be going crazy over the others.
so iv stopped looking at tents...
but id love a Cabanon Biscaya 320 with optional rain canopy...
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11/6/2017 at 9:05pm
Location: Yorkshire
Outfit: None Entered
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Quote: Originally posted by hankakampa on 11/6/2017
so iv stopped looking at tents...
but id love a Cabanon Biscaya 320 with optional rain canopy...
Erm, excuse me but I've just noticed this teeny-weeny comment, tucked away at the end of your lengthy and informative post about your stable of canvas beauties...
They stopped making the 320 Biscaya some considerable time ago, so finding a good one won't be easy. The 320 has a very sloping bedroom pod, you know? But, it does have the deepest integral canopy of all the Biscaya range, bizarrely.
There's very little between pack sizes and pitching times of the 320 and the 370, so I've always felt the 370 is a better option (and hugely regret selling ours).
Cabanon only manufacture the 370 size Awaya now, which is a shame. If you haven't yet experienced the all-season polyester canvas from Cabanon, you'll find it's lighter, tougher than cotton canvas and really easy to care for.
It'll be interesting to see if you find one, and what you think to it.
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13/6/2019 at 9:07pm
Location: uk
Outfit: Karsten - sun storm - doesnt matter!
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Quote: Originally posted by lidds0 on 11/6/2017
Quote: Originally posted by hankakampa on 11/6/2017
so iv stopped looking at tents...
but id love a Cabanon Biscaya 320 with optional rain canopy...
Erm, excuse me but I've just noticed this teeny-weeny comment, tucked away at the end of your lengthy and informative post about your stable of canvas beauties...
They stopped making the 320 Biscaya some considerable time ago, so finding a good one won't be easy. The 320 has a very sloping bedroom pod, you know? But, it does have the deepest integral canopy of all the Biscaya range, bizarrely.
There's very little between pack sizes and pitching times of the 320 and the 370, so I've always felt the 370 is a better option (and hugely regret selling ours).
Cabanon only manufacture the 370 size Awaya now, which is a shame. If you haven't yet experienced the all-season polyester canvas from Cabanon, you'll find it's lighter, tougher than cotton canvas and really easy to care for.
It'll be interesting to see if you find one, and what you think to it.
there was a 320 sold the other day for £300 ... i did hum and haw, but as the happy owner of the latest Zempire Aero TM TC, i was happy to let it go to another undoubtedly very happy camper, plus, it didnt have the rain canopy - which to me is a must as its no longer available wnd could take a lifetime to source one if even at all possible!
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Living the Dutch Dream - Karsten 300 pod + extns in Sea Green and Pure Cotton
Zempire Air Force 1 Pc
Cabanon Bora Bora cotton
Outwell Brandon 4e
Zempire Aero Shelter 150D
Vango Illusion 500TC & 420D
Vango Galli 420D
Outwell Concorde 5SATC
Vango Capri 400xl
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