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I used to sleep in a bell tent when I was in the girl guides.

Will you be making wellie stands and a bedding rack out of sticks and string (hope you know your knots) when you get yours? LOL

I love canvas. Have had canva tents for years. Last summer I took our Khyam (nylon)away in some rather warm weather as I thought it would be easier to erect on my own as hubby was going away. I spent mosty of the week avoidin goin into my tent. It was unbearable inside. It felt like a sauna. I had to be up and out of my bed so early every morning as the tent just did not seem to breathe in the same way a canvas tent does. I am now getting rid of my Khyam - also seems a bit past it now.

Canvas is heavier than nylon but will last years longer. Also, if it is taking an age to dry out it must need reproofing. We have packed up our canvbas tent in torrential rain many times got home and put the tent staight back up to dry off and before we have the pegs in it is dry. Water should just run off looking like liquid silver on a canvas tent, if it is soaking in, its time to reproof.

Quote: Originally posted by squeek on 25/6/2007

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Agreed - the walls do make a great feature. The SoulPad I'm looking at is 4metres in diameter at £220 - quite cheap I thought. What price were the ones you looked at, roughly?

the link to the one I'm thinking of: -

http://soulpad.co.uk/sanctuary/component/page,shop.product_details/flypage,shop.flypage/product_id,21/category_id,6/manufacturer_id,0/option,com_virtuemart/Itemid,1/

 

thanks!

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Quote: Originally posted by Alison+family on 25/6/2007

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Quote: Originally posted by squeek on 25/6/2007

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Agreed - the walls do make a great feature. The SoulPad I'm looking at is 4metres in diameter at £220 - quite cheap I thought. What price were the ones you looked at, roughly?

the link to the one I'm thinking of: -

http://soulpad.co.uk/sanctuary/component/page,shop.product_details/flypage,shop.flypage/product_id,21/category_id,6/manufacturer_id,0/option,com_virtuemart/Itemid,1/

 

thanks!

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That's strange Squeek, at 2.19 yesterday, you posted here that you have one of these tents.  At 2.22 yesterday are asking for the main advantages of camping under canvas. At 2.23 yesterday you are thinking of getting one here .  At 2.24 yesterday you are wondering what they are like here .  Rather confusing!

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lol! So you're not The Threads Police then?

Quote: Originally posted by squeek on 25/6/2007

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lol! So you're not The Threads Police then?

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From time to time, retailers have been known to post on these boards in order to get some free advertising, by masquerading as a camper who recommends a certain tent, or retailer.

I have to agree, it does sound iffy when someone joins, states things like:

'I have one of these and its dead easy to put on on your own! great family tent. 10000% recommend.'

 then later posts:

'just wondering what they are like...'

then again:

'Agreed - the walls do make a great feature. The SoulPad I'm looking at is 4metres in diameter at £220 - quite cheap I thought'

Just call me an old cynic, but doesn't that posting history sound a bit dodgy? How can you recommend something '10000%' and claim it is easy to pitch alone when you haven't even bought it yet?

C'mon Squeak  -  time to come clean     who are you really? 

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Brainhertz (clique fo 1)

Lets even it up then Cabanon are by far and away best canvas tent makers closely followed by Marechall and the Deward (wrong spelling) who both use the next best canvas Tencate, Relum were also up there when made in East Germany but not as good when bought out and manufactured over here but still not bad tents all the same So iI suppose the rule for canvas buyers is to look for either a tent made with Cabanon (CGI) or Tencate. There are plenty out there without buying from a internet company with no history and actually is'nt that cheap   

PS Unforgiveable great british company at least it used to be all british is Lichfields