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Hi  first time on ukcampsite forum so be patient please, Recently bought a rage Bergen 8 tent ,got a good deal on the net but very warey never heard of them, does any one out there have any coments.!!!   

Wow a 'red' from Bristol.

Our first tent was a rage bergen and after we bought it we saw lots of negative comments of this forum and thought we had dropped a goolie.  Unfortunately and please no disrespect to anyone, there are a number of tent snobs on this forum.    The tent was fine, no leaks after a substantial storm and it did not blow away.  How long will it last, well it probably depends on how often you use it, but I believe it was good value for money and great tent to start with to decide if you like camping and to give you a chance to decide what is the best style for you.   My only complaint and the reason why we changed was that we found having no windows when the tent was closed up was a bit claustrophobic.   In ours the windows were all at the back behind the bedrooms.  

I am sure you will enjoy your tent but do make sure you buy some decent pegs.

It is not a case of being a tent snob at all, but purely being very careful and doing lots of research into which manufacturers make good quality, robust tents, and which don't!  Nothing more, nothing less.  If we were all snobs we'd be buying Cabanons etc but to my mind Outwell, Vango, Kyham and the like are good value, quality tents that are less likely to cause a problem than other brands.

Our Monty 6 withstood violent hail storms in France last summer without so much as one peg requiring reinserting or one drop of rain leaking in.  That is impressive for a £300 tent.  The hail was the size of golf balls btw.

Ali

We were recently in Norfolk and our next door neighbours had this tent. Unfortunately when the wind decided to pick up their poles snapped completely. They were only there for a couple of nights but had to pack up immediately as nothing could be done to repair it.

The way I see it is we have limited holiday time each year and I want to do everything possible to try and have a dry environment in which to spend it.  With the UK weather being so unpredictable then being prepared for the worst has to be a necessity in order not to have a ruined holiday.  If I had to sit there and worry about it falling over or leaking I just wouldn't bother to go because hols are for chilling, not stressing.

Ali

Quote: Originally posted by angelsweets on 14/8/2007

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...but we didn't like the fact that it didn't have a SIG and that we had to take down one of the bedrooms to open the door everyday. .

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Isn't that a bit of a fire risk to have to take down one of the bed pods to open the door to the tent?

We got our new big tent from Millets, it's a Eurohike Swale and only cost £109 which I thought was great value at half price. The HH is only 1500, but it stood up to a weekend of heavy rain and wind without leaking or blowing down.

I think if you put up a tent properly then it should stand up to most things.