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Hello All,

We're looking to head off to France this summer and have decided for once and all to ditch the Lichfield Arapaho that has served us well for 5 years. Have been looking for a Cedar Creek but looks like it is discontinued as an older style and replaced with the Sector X5. Looks good. Quite like the idea of the cool flow design. I notice several threads from last year looking for reviews but none available as the tent was so new. Has anybody now bought one and if so have you got any advice on it? It's a little pricier than the cedar creek it replaces but looks to be pretty well thought out.

Thanks Liverbird08,

Having started looking again at the cedar creek I just happened across the x5 on the coleman website and it looked like it was the replacement for the cedar which has been discontinued. Does the cedar creek it have the coolflow thingy? Seems like a good idea and with camping in the SoF being a sticky affair in July the thought of being able to put a fan into it to force some air through seemed like a good idea. May just be a useless gimmick. With the cedar creek being a few years old now it may not have that facility.

I must admit that I do like the look of the porch extension to the cedar creek and it would give a lot of additional useable outdoor space.

I have looked at all of the websites and the majority no longer have them in stock. The cheapest I've been able to find it is £199 from a website I can't find now! The sector x5, which I assume is the slightly heavier replacement, is only £199 on Wildday. Would seem like a no brainer if they're pretty much the same price to go for the newer version.

Unfortunately all of the great deals referred to seem to have dried up (probably as it's discontinued and sold out for the most part).

If you could let me know where your friend got it from that would be great. Could you also let me know about the general spec. I'm assuming it has all of the access arrangements to get power and stuff in and clips/ pockets etc but knowing about the cool flow would be a help

Thanks Beefysmum,

I had done a search for the Cedar Creek and the posts seemed to dry up last summer.. no surprise. Was just looking to see if anybody had any hands on experience of the X5 as there aren't many posts with it being new.

I've seen the cedar creek on ebay and I'm watching it as we speak!!!

I like the look of it and with only two of us it may be the better option as it's a little lighter and Liverbirds advice to get the sun porch seems like a good option.

Just have to hope I'm not priced out of the auction. If it goes up too high then it is a choice between a new cedar creek at £149 or a new X5 at £199 (if that isn't just ruse to get you to order one before they tell you they're actually out of stock!)