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It is still raining steadily here, and I just thought I'd post to say this surely is the very best time to go and view tents on display, if you are thinking of buying.

It's much better to see how a tent performs in the rain, and to judge how long you could stand being cooped up inside with all the doors zipped up.

All too often, we go to tent displays when the weather is good, when a tent can feel completely different when it's chucking it down.

Quote: Originally posted by sonja.p on 14/5/2007

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as it happens, it was raining last time i went to the tent shop and walking through the tent display i wondered if i was wise to have taken up camping at all! Some of the tents looked really depressing.

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Quote: Originally posted by whiskydry on 14/5/2007

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I made this point to my other half the other weekend when I wanted to go to a camping display and he was against it on the grounds it was raining! As I pointed out, it rains a lot in the UK - nice to see how a tent is in the rain then!

The answer, in case anyone is interested, was the Vango Vail was the nicest tent on display.

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Quote: Originally posted by janso100 on 14/5/2007

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Quote: Originally posted by whiskydry on 14/5/2007

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I made this point to my other half the other weekend when I wanted to go to a camping display and he was against it on the grounds it was raining! As I pointed out, it rains a lot in the UK - nice to see how a tent is in the rain then!

The answer, in case anyone is interested, was the Vango Vail was the nicest tent on display.

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Was this the display at hanley forest park.....i thought the vango vail in the corner was the best also.

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I had a look at the pair of Vango Tunnels at Hanley Forest Park.  I liked them both.  I thought the Vail roof looks quite flat and could collect water?  It wasn't pitched very well though.  I read on another thread that the vent covers collect water; but they do have loops on them for guys which would prevent that.

The Breckenridge 600 looked good too.

Steve

Quote: Originally posted by PigletandTigger on 14/5/2007

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We bought our VV500 in the most horrendous rain - trouble is I think it was the tents fault - I don't think we ever used the blooming thing without getting torrential rain!!

We've stopped using it at the moment and our trips seem to be better

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Better to have a tent which is jinxed than be jinxed yourself, PigletandTigger!

Quote: Originally posted by Liddenham on 14/5/2007

Quote: Originally posted by PigletandTigger on 14/5/2007We bought our VV500 in the most horrendous rain - trouble is I think it was the tents fault - I don't think we ever used the blooming thing without getting torrential rain!!

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We've stopped using it at the moment and our trips seem to be better

Better to have a tent which is jinxed than be jinxed yourself, PigletandTigger!

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Quote: Originally posted by janso100 on 14/5/2007

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Quote: Originally posted by whiskydry on 14/5/2007

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I made this point to my other half the other weekend when I wanted to go to a camping display and he was against it on the grounds it was raining! As I pointed out, it rains a lot in the UK - nice to see how a tent is in the rain then!

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The answer, in case anyone is interested, was the Vango Vail was the nicest tent on display.

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Was this the display at hanley forest park.....i thought the vango vail in the corner was the best also.

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