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Hi there

We are planning a camping trip soon to Scotland and as the weather can be so changeable and get very wet very quickly we are wondering whether a 2000HH tent would be up to the beating it could get???

We currently have the 4 man Outwell Oregon Deluxe tent but as there will just be the 2 of us are planning on buying a smaller 2 or 3 man tent - we were thinking of the Vango Sigman 200 or 300 which has a 2000HH.

Any advise would be welcomed.

Thanks

Denise

It depends where you are going.  Scotland is a fairly large area, approximately 300 miles from north to south and with vastly differing climatic conditions.  Where I live we have today had our third rain shower in the past three weeks, but just about fifty miles west of me they had floods at the weekend.

With regard to the HH rating of the tent material, in my experience leaks are generally through the seams and have little to do with the actual material.  Attention to the taping and sealing of the seams is therefore of more importance than the rating of the material.

Hi Bernie

We have just come back from a week in Kintyre and weather was bad for 4 days and then fab rest of time (however that hol was in a cottage in Saddell), we are thinking of the campsite in Ardgarten (Arygll).

Thanks

Hi Denise,

Our tent is only 1500hh and has encountered a few torrential downpours, with no problem at all. Basically what it means  - 1500hh = 1.5 metres, 2000hh = 2 metres and so on. This means that 1.5 / 2 meters of rain will sit on your tent before it will leak through. (at least I think that's right) Obviously the waterproofing deteriorates and I would presume a tent with 1500hh would need re-proofing sooner than one with a 3000hh.

I hope that helps, Happy Camping !!

Hi Bernie

Its 362 miles from Gretna to John O Groats

Quote: Originally posted by Acadian 456 on 08/8/2008

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Hi Bernie

Its 362 miles from Gretna to John O Groats

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By road, but I was talking geographically north to south, not diagonally.