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I've just found a company selling sample tents at half the rrp.  Looks very interesting. Has anyone ever bought one of these?

Teresa

They're a kind of prototype tent are sent to a retailer.  Outdoor action are the company selling them.  james 007, I think you've got a good deal.  I'm looking at the Vango Tahiti 500 cotton tent.  The only thing holding me back is that the bedroom area looks massive compared to the living area, but the price is great.

Teresa

I too ordered the Vango Nile 800 from Outdoor Action. A bargain at half price for a 2008 tent. It arrived today but unfortunately there are poles missing which I am hoping OA will rectify in the next couple of days.

That sounds promising then.  Actually I don't need to think about that now because I was looking for a cotton tent & I've been given a Sunncamp Continental 6. This will certainly do us until the new polycotton tents enter the secondhand market,

Teresa

Quote: Originally posted by swordsman on 03/12/2007

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I too ordered the Vango Nile 800 from Outdoor Action. A bargain at half price for a 2008 tent. It arrived today but unfortunately there are poles missing which I am hoping OA will rectify in the next couple of days.

 

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Quote: Originally posted by Mr_Data on 19/12/2007

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Swordsman, did you get the missing parts for your Vango Nile 800?  I bought one about three weeks ago from Outdoor Action but I'm having to send it back as the curved roof poles and the inner bedroom tents were missing, and OA say Vango cannot supply them!  It would appear that the tent that we bought was not complete when it left Vango and the parts were never with it anyway!

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Yes I did. This tent is pretty unique in it comes in 3 bags: flysheet bag + 2 pole bags. They originally sent me just the flysheet & the roof pole bag (also contains the inner tents). They found and sent the missing pole bag straight away.

The roof poles are steel wheras the Vail it replaces had fiberglass roofpoles. Makes the tent stronger I suppose but it's a very heavy combined package.

I've now semi-erected it, and it is much bigger than I expected. Pitching was a bit of a struggle. The head height seems considerably more than that quoted on the website. Good for me as I'm 6'3". I ran out of time to fully pitch it with guy ropes and inners etc, but I could see no faults in what I saw. Now packed away until next year.

Sometimes the only difference in a sample tent is the coloring of the material used to make it.

There is normally no difference to the ones that go on general sale

As long as they offer you a guarentee or some sort of warranty - why not go for it - especially if you are of limited budget as some of us campers are.

Best of Luck