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Subject Topic: vango zanzibar 600 Post Reply Post New Topic
06/9/2009 at 5:10pm
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 Outfit: Outsell sun valley 8
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hi there, i am hoping someone has experience of this tent and can offer some advice !

We are looking at getting one and wondered what people thought ! also are there any special considerations as this will be our fist polly cotton - i have been told that if you put them away wet you have to within 24 hours re erect them to avoid them shrinking to a point where they will not fit the frame - is that really the case ?

We also looked at the vermont xl as another option but thought for the same money polly cotton has to be a better bet ?

thanks


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06/9/2009 at 5:26pm
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Hi Mbudd.

              I remember looking at the Zanzibar, when they had one on display at Castlecroft Camping Radcliffe, part of the JR Leisure group, very nice tent, the PolyCotton was a lighter weight version of the Outwell offering, one of the TenCate Solair variants I guess, also the ZiG/SiG was fairly lightwight also, nothing wrong in that as the packsize would be good.



15/9/2009 at 7:07pm
 Location: Leicester
 Outfit: Vango Zanzibar 600 Hi Gear Atakama 5
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Hi I bought a zanzibar 600 this year for my family. it is a truley fantastic tent J&R Leisure are doing them for £475 at the moment. As for the packing away wet I have never heard of it shrinking, but obviously its always best to re-errect to dry the tent asap if packed away wet

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16/9/2009 at 9:55am
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Quote: Originally posted by M1TCH on 15/9/2009
Hi I bought a zanzibar 600 this year for my family. it is a truley fantastic tent J&R Leisure are doing them for £475 at the moment. As for the packing away wet I have never heard of it shrinking, but obviously its always best to re-errect to dry the tent asap if packed away wet

I am also looking at buying one of these - and Jr leisure is the cheapest I have found, but will probably get it from a local store as they a do a price match.

A lot of online stores are selling these at about £100 more and even found one selling it at the RRP which is near the £800!!



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