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Subject Topic: Tents made in UK Post Reply Post New Topic
Personiantw7
29/8/2009 at 12:24pm
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Thinking of upgrading my tent and would like to buy British,are ther any brands made here

Cheers Ian


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Personsunvalleysue
29/8/2009 at 1:38pm
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Hi,
Its very doubtful,but someone might be able to help

Post last edited on 29/08/2009 15:51:12

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PersonxAndyCx
29/8/2009 at 2:41pm
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There have been a few threads on this subject in the past, if you hunt around a bit.

Do Khyam still manufacture in the UK?

There are definitely some manufacturers in EU countries, particularly Holland.


PersonMulligrubs
29/8/2009 at 2:41pm
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Do you mean "made in the UK" or a company with a UK phone number ?

I think that you'll struggle with the former, but there are loads of British companies who have maufacturing operations overseas.

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Personkopte4ever
29/8/2009 at 6:25pm
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khyam tents are made in Viatnam


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Personnumbersix
29/8/2009 at 7:02pm
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Fact of life-unless you want some bespoke canvas tent, and an overdraft , then tents are manufactured overseas, mainly Asia . The next best is to support a firm that is based here, though you have to tread carefully about which company holds which other company . As far as I know Vango fits the bill the best-Khyam has been sold on to I believe a firm with offices in Hong Kong . Gelert is the only other that comes this close .

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PersonxAndyCx
30/8/2009 at 3:39pm
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Do the British-based companies have their own 'manufacturing operations overseas', or do they just sub-contract everything to companies in China or wherever (in much the same way that companies like Nike operate).

Personally I'd happily pay more for a tent - or anything else - to have some certainty that it isn't being made by children working 16-hour shifts.


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