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I've found the quality excellent - all the usual Outwell touches. No issues whatsoever with mine - I'm absolutely thrilled with it.

Don't know if it was a 'special' but at one time you could buy it at Millets and Blacks as well as GO - there seem to be an assortment of Nevadas - 3, 4, M, L, XL (I think!!) But the 3 is now discontinued I believe so if you like it, grab it while you can!

Disabvantages as I see them are -

• Only one door
• Door slopes so rain would be an issue when opening the door
• Although bedroom pod is plenty big enough for a double airbed, it really only fits well across the tent and is a squeeze front to back.
• You can't get a carpet or footprint for it anywhere.

However, the Vango or Aztec canopies fit and solve the door issue. Also if you can pick up a Vango Tamor 500 carpet it's a pretty good fit. I used an old 2.5 x 3.5 groundsheet folded to size as a footprint.

It's an absolute steal at the price IMO - get back with your purse and buy one!!!

Ah, but they curl up small don't they? I bet they share the airbed!

So cute!

I was in Millets Swindon yesterday and they had 1 on sale at £99.99 same price as we paid at Go in Bristol .

Fab tent and we managed to (JUST) squeeze in 2 double airbeds when we enjoyed a recent "Adult only camping trip"

Quote: Originally posted by whiskydry on 22/8/2009

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I went to Go Outdoors today to get a look at a Nevada 3 in the flesh and if I get a decent price on Ebay for my Oregon, then I very well may buy it (I left my purse at home today - it half killed me but needs must LOL!) .....

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Quote: Originally posted by Merry on 23/8/2009

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Quote: Originally posted by whiskydry on 22/8/2009

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I went to Go Outdoors today to get a look at a Nevada 3 in the flesh and if I get a decent price on Ebay for my Oregon, then I very well may buy it (I left my purse at home today - it half killed me but needs must LOL!) .....

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Don't forget to factor in the cost of buying a front canopy as well, see fostermum's post below regarding the door problem with this tent, to keep the rain out!

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Quote: Originally posted by Zorro01 on 23/8/2009

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Merry - I agree that the door design and rain is an issue. But, I don't think that it is any worse than many other tents, including all of the other tents that I own ! Granted, this tent has only the one door, and with others you may have an alternative option. But I have always, long before buying a Nevada 3, used a canopy over the most used door on my big tents.

In essence, I think that it's a bit unfair to say that this tent "has a problem", implying that it suffers from something which does not apply to other tents.

I think that guidance to anyone buying just about any tent that has a slopey door and does not have a built in canopy should be made aware of the need for some rain shelter.

Z

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Fair enough, the door issue (better word?) is one that the Nevada 3 shares will all other dome or tunnel tents which only have one large, front panel, door. Dealing with this problem is exacerbated if the tent also has a SIG, as it will then be harder to get back out any water that comes in!

Anyone who buys a tent of this design should bear this in mind and be prepared to deal with puddles in the tent or buy and always put a covering canopy or buy a tent with a second, personal door where the rain ingress will be less of a problem.

Is that fairer? I've had two tents in the past which only had the big flappy front door (Khyam Freelander, old school Khyam Classic) and hated those doors in wet  weather, so perhaps I'm overly conscious of the problem and wanting to alert others to the situation. The Outwell Nevada 3 does have some nice features but it seems some people are seeing the brand name and the clearance price and just rushing in. I saw a Nevada 3 on display at GO in the rain and it did look a rather sorry sight, unfortunately.

Quote: Originally posted by PigletandTigger on 23/8/2009

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It gets a bit tedious on here when folks "big up" their own tents whilst being absolutely unable to make any sort of objective assessment of them.

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