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Hi,

just got back from a camping exhibition today, and saw the coleman evolva, we went in and took a look.  To be honest it was lovely and bright inside, and was holding up well to the winds, not a lot of space in the living area, although the sleeping area is sufficient.  You can add onto the tent to make it larger as well.  It has a lot of height so good if you're tall.

The down side is, it looks absolutely a nightmare to put up, and would take ages I suspect too.  I asked the sales people how they got on with erecting the tent, and even they said it was quite a tricky tent to erect, and they're experienced.  Their words were "a complicated tent to erect!!"

The HH is 6000 on this tent so thats very good, but as the man said "are you going to mount everest for camping"?

Blushb

It certainly does not look much fun to put up. However the one at Go Outdoors in Loughborough has been pitched for about 6-7 weeks and today was subjected to some heavy rain - it did not leak which rather surprised me as the Idaho XL was leaking which equally surprised me.

It is not the best tent about though - look at the Khyam Rigipod which was better designed and made and died a death after 2 seasons because the design was too complicated. I think the Revolva is equally too clever for tis own good.

Quote: Originally posted by Hippo33 on 08/4/2009

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Just bought one and it ticks all the boxes for versatility, being able to configure it to the abount of people using it.
Its large living area with loads of windows & the best ventillation around make it stand out from the crowd not to mention the hight in all the rooms.
Pitching
I have never erected a larg multi roomed tent before me and my partner managed to erect this in an hour, this was without reading the instructions, it's all colour coded so you really can't go wrong, main livin area first and just zip the other rooms on.
It also seems alot more robust than the vango diablo 600xp which I returned after breaking the first time I put it up.
One thing I noticed after putting it up on a windy day you need to peg it properly, after that its perfect.
Taking it out for the first proper outing at Easter.
I hope this info helps.

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Thanks for the post Hippo33. Bought the Evolva on Sunday and looking forward to a practice pitching. Only problem is garden is probaly too small!! Lickily have friends with a big garden who will probaly help out.

campasarow