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Quote: Originally posted by picantose on 30/4/2010

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Be careful with the Khyam Indiana TC, I was very interested in buying one of those new a couple of years ago - but was put off by the problem with the supplied poles not being strong enough to cope with the weight of the polycotton flysheet. Owners complained about the weight of having to lift the polycotton with the poles and reports of the poles sheering under the pressure.

Regards,

Gary

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I was told this as well by a dealer and read it a few times when we were looking at various polycotton tents to buy ,the poles aren't up to holding the weight normaly never mind in bad weather. 

Stick with Outwell imo, or Cabanon. Its worth paying extra for the peace of mind that your tent will not let you down. Apologies for stating that the Bear Lake 6 was a 3 bedroom. I was looking round a Wolf Lake 7 the other week so must be getting mixed up . That is one big mother btw. I'm 5' 10" and standing on my tip toes I could barely reach the top of the tent. Theres a few nice looking Vango polycotton tents as well now, but being brand new for 2010, you will struggle to find them 2nd hand.

Andy

Regarding the Kyham, heres a review that may put you off.............

I'd love to give this a good review. It has loads of space but the tunnel poles felt a bit over-stressed. It looked good, the polycotton even felt/sounded good and you could stand up virtually everywhere, but the poles, as hinted at, were the Achilles Heel. In a light/moderate wind they broke, or rather three did. One ripped part of a sleeve. Khyam refused to replace the tent, instead insisting on a full refund. I was actually a bit disappointed, because the tent had so many good points about it. However the Khyam rep explained to me that they had severe quality issue with those poles, even though they are thicker than the the previous year's nylon based tent. I'm not an engineer, but I believe that poles with longer fibre-glass sections, and with longer metal sleeves, would have helped sort out the stress issue.

When Khyam gave us our money back we had to buy another tent. Our new Vango Yukon 800 feels like it's made from recycled supermarket shopping bags compared to the Indiana. It is very waterproof, but so is a bin-liner if worn sensibly. The Indiana definitely had a crucial extra special factor, and just loads of usable space, and I hope the company can sort out the quality of the poles, as I'm not going to fall in love with our Yukon.

Hi all we have decided against the Khyam Indiana because of the bad press from the poles,my partner wants a tent with thicker poles not one of those you fit together with elastic,so we are gonna up our budget to about 650.00 max so we can get something we really want.

Please continue to keep your eyes out for a large family sized  polly cotton tent for us.

I am  very grateful for all the help so far

thanks again

Deb

As said before go for one of the Lake range second hand .Did you have a look at the Norfolk Lake for sale on here.

Quote: Originally posted by dadsbeaniemad on 30/4/2010

Beware Polycotton tents are big and heavy and take up a lot of space when packing.

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Good point Keely and as you have said for that sort of money the OP could pick up a really good second hand frame tent. I tend to forget that we have a van to move all our stuff around with lol.

Just a point for the OP Keely how many Cabanons have three bedrooms ,just so they know which ones to look out for (I don't have a clue when it comes to the frame tents)

Quote: Originally posted by the ptaks on 30/4/2010

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Thanks everyone think we are going to go with the Norfolk Lake after looking at them in detail on the net what dya think?

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