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Subject Topic: Vango Icarus Owners Post Reply Post New Topic
Personross003ross
14/5/2009 at 9:06pm
 Location: Felixstowe Suffolk
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Lets see how many there are of us here then?

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Personpetegt4
14/5/2009 at 9:09pm
 Location: Lechlade on Thames Gloucestershire
 Outfit: Outwell Troutlake Coleman Darwin5 View petegt4's Profile View Profile   Reply to petegt4 Reply   Quote petegt4 Quote  
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Me and mrs GT4 does that count as two?


PersonMOUSEMAID
15/5/2009 at 1:26pm
 Location: Manchester
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thinking of buying the 500, what do you think of them so far?

Easy to pitch?

plenty of room?

there are only two of us but we don't do "roughing it"lol


Personbig b
15/5/2009 at 1:39pm
 Location: aberdeen
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Saw one for £129 in the Towsure website thought it was a good price for a 5 berth Vango Tent thinking about buying it any suggestions please.

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Personmantrachant
15/5/2009 at 2:59pm
 Location: Somewhere in a field camping.
 Outfit: Eldorado Cabanon Etna too many others View mantrachant's Profile View Profile   Reply to mantrachant Reply   Quote mantrachant Quote  
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I have one and love it.
See here. A few threads on it.

Looky Looky

Another thread

and here

Haven't checked but maybe some of the threads are repeated. There is also some information in the tent review section.


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PersonMartin MC
15/5/2009 at 8:37pm
 Location: Lincoln
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Keep toying with obtaining one but as of yet havent got one. Idealy id prefer the 400 as the 500 is a bit big for my idea of a weekend tent.


Personalimillard
15/5/2009 at 10:17pm
 Location: Surrey
 Outfit: Icarus 500 Khyam Colorado Quechua View alimillard's Profile View Profile   Reply to alimillard Reply   Quote alimillard Quote  
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mine just arrived today!!!  Out of the bag and up in about 15 mins - brilliant,  can;t wait to take it away now.


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Personcitizen1
16/5/2009 at 8:32am
 Location: oldham
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got one used it loved it



Persongillycarp
16/5/2009 at 8:58am
 Location: wirral
 Outfit: Bailey Pageant Loire 2009 View gillycarp's Profile View Profile   Reply to gillycarp Reply   Quote gillycarp Quote  
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Yes, we've got one it's our weekender, we use it with the large canopy and we find it great for a weekender (for 2 of us) but not enough room for any longer than a couple of nights.

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Personmantrachant
16/5/2009 at 1:44pm
 Location: Somewhere in a field camping.
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Jo, are you using the old large Vango canopy with yours? I mean not the latest 2009 ones. I already have the older Large canopy for my Vango Albany 400 and it would be great if it would fit on the Icarus. Haven't had chance to try it on the Icarus yet, it's always raining like the clappers here.Bold


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Persondaveyh
16/5/2009 at 7:56pm
 Location: Middlesbrough
 Outfit: Vango Icarus 500 View daveyh's Profile View Profile   Reply to daveyh Reply   Quote daveyh Quote  
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Ours arrived on Wednesday, put it up on Thursday...now totally peeved that we're having to wait till June before we can get away and use it
It wasn't my first choice of tent to be honest, I'd have prefered a twin room one but OH saw it in Go Outdoors and I don't think she would have settled for anything else. Added to that we couldn't find a decent twin room tent for the same price. After putting it up (an absolute doddle, btw) I'm really looking forward to using all the living space

Bought it from here:
http://www.sportswarehouse.co.uk/acatalog/Vango_Icarus_500_Tent.html

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Persongillycarp
16/5/2009 at 8:11pm
 Location: wirral
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Mantrachant, i'll be honest i'm not really sure. We bought the tent as a package with the canopy,the footprint and carpet for £199 from Great Outdoors just before the last bank holiday so it's only about 4 weeks ago. I don't think it's a 2009 version as the tags on it had a competition dated 2007, so i think they are probably just trying to get rid of the older ones!!! Still great tent & extras for £199 we were more than happy. 

 

 

 

 



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Personmantrachant
16/5/2009 at 9:00pm
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Thanks.

I have a feeling it will fit.
What I have to do is re-pitch the Icarus and try it with the large vango canopy.
I'll have a go because I aml sure it wiol be useful information for some.



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