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Hi all i am thinking of buying the vango amazon 6 does anyone own one also are they a good tent to have and how easy are they to put up.

cheers

phil

I must admit I don't own one...But these people do

Try Here... http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/tents/preview.asp?id=307

It might give you a little help

Ian

we've got an amazon 600, used it once and liked it but we are on the 3rd one now. There was a problem with the inner fly-sheet being stitched to the outer door on the first one we got. supplier swapped it with no problem + said that it was unusual for vango's to have faults. Never tested 2nd tent + travelled 450 miles to discover we had left the tent pegs in the tent we had returned and that we had the same problem with the door + fly sheet being stitched together(this one was worse than the 1st). This problem never spoiled our hols though, Tent was pretty easy to put up even in torrential rain, kept really dry the whole 10 days even though weather was dreadful! it was our 16 month old wee boy's first camping holiday + he loved it. When we got back the supplier gave us another new tent which we checked out before leaving and it's fine and we can't wait to use it again. If you do go for this model I wouldn't recommend the carpet as it's dreadful - it's really hard to brush and catches really easily

We've had 3 weekends away in our amazon 600 and am about to go to norfolk for a week and so far we have loved it.

Its easy to put up and theres plenty of living space.

regards

tony 

Thanks for all your your replys i am going to a amazon 600 for next season

cheers phil

Hi Bri & Fiona

No one likes a smart arse but it was delivered at 1.15 by my info.

Thanks for the order and i hope you have a great time.

Re pitching, the instruction/dvd are pretty good but i pitch the tent this way.

1 - Peg the 4 corners, open the doors and go inside to get some air inside the tent.

2 - slide the roof bar through the pole sleeve nearest the front, connect the 2 legs and lift, make sure nothing is caught etc, place the pins in the bottom of the pole, adjust straps. Guy this section forward.

3 - Repeat working backwards, close doors, peg out.

4 - Fix the front porch on via the zip, place roof bar in and fix legs, guy forward.

5 - Fix small glass fibre poles over side doors.

6 - Hang inners in place.

There you go, others may have a better way but this normally works pretty well.

All the best.

Gary Cross