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Or the Khyam Indiana 8, they do a polycotton version, I think i saw a fairly good deal here might be worth giving them a call.

No sig in main area but still a decent looking tent!

Emma

Hi Traffman,

I would go with everything said here...don't spend £500.00 on a polyester tent as you may be replacing them every few years with that amount of wear and tear.

I appreciate they have said they want something a little more 'modern' but that doesn't have to mean polyester.

I think the Lavvu is fantastic and don't all boys think that any tent shaped like a wigwam is cool?!.......mine does. Looks a good deal to me and if I had the money I would've hit the 'buy' button even quicker than you Petemillis!...great tip.

Easy to erect...relatively light...only one pole to replace if it breaks....polycotton can be patched easily....doesn't seem to be a lot that could go wrong with these and they are a great group tent with different sizes to choose from.

If you're not too sure could you ask the supplier to reserve you four , but only send one first...try it out with a small group..and if it suits, then have the other three delivered. That way you're not stuck with four unsuitable tents to sell on secondhand.

Mention you are buying four and for Scouts and you should get a discount!

Also at least with a canvas/polycotton, if the worst comes to the worst and you need to sell, you will get a fair bit of your money back.

If you decide to stick with the ridge style then would recomend one of these as stormproof, warm and incredibly easy to put up.....you assemble the five poles in the canvas sleeves while flat on the ground with the hinged A frame closed...one scout at each end....lift upright....open A frame and job done....tent is then completely self supporting, even in a wind enabling the little darlings to take their time pegging out!

http://www.tentsplus.co.uk/5arip.htm

This tent is idiot proof (I should know, I have one) and will last for ever.....if you're after 'hardwearing', this is a heavy duty tent. It says 40 kg though but I'm sure mine is not that heavy...would check that.

By the way....don't buy the army bell tents also on the tentsplus website...they are a pig to put up as not circular(all other bell tents are fine though)...I'm trying to get rid of mine!

Good Luck!

Quote: Originally posted by numbersix on 14/9/2009

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Having read your response, and I agree with what you say about patrol tents , a futher consideration would be to have Pop up tents pitched around a group shelter , such as the coleman events shelter . The advantage is that Cubs can handle them with ease , and you make the most of your time away -they can learn traditional techniques with the patrol tents . Then you can use the money saved for other activities .

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Problem with the Coleman event shelter is that it has a poor hydrostatic head and as most scouters will know camps are normally wet.

I used to use an event shelter for archery and after a fair bit of rain the centre hub snapped due to the weight and coleman customer services were not very helpful.