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Topic: recommend me a tent for mountain camping

cbfc

09/5/2010 at 12:06am
Location: lancashire burnley
Outfit: Vango aspen 500 dlx vango beta 450

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Looking for a tent for 3, planning on pitching at remote sites in lakes and scotland and a spot of wild camping, so must be good in strong winds

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Rik Brooks

09/5/2010 at 6:43am
Location: South London
Outfit: Cabanon Aruba Force 10 Crux Storm

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Terra-nova, Hilleburg, Lightwave and Crux are all good. Crux are actually the same company as Lightwave.

I have a Crux Storm with which I am very pleased and although I dislike synthetic tents, the Crux provides a surprisingly gracious standard of living.

A three person tent will be too heavy for one peson to carry (assuming you're "backpacking) so you'll need to plan for one person to carry the tent and t'other the poles and pegs.

These tents are all quite expensive so if they're beyond yur budget, there's some suitable tents in the Vango and Vaude ranges.

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Francais

09/5/2010 at 11:50am
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I use a Terra-Nova LaserLite for backpacking and a Hilleberg Nallo2 GT for cycle camping, both have stood upto some very strong winds, of the two the Hilleberg is my favourite, and would be ideal for backpacking at 2.5Kg the LaserLite is 1Kg!, but only big enough for 1 and a very close friend!.

weetabixface

09/5/2010 at 12:27pm
Location: Glasgow
Outfit: coleman sahara tentipi safir + others

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good quality mountain tents are expensive. Large, good quality mountain tents even more so. nevisport have some nice looking nanok tents on offer - the domus trio would be cosy for 3 but at least has a porch for gear. The expedition wouldn't be out of place on a polar expedition and might be a bit of overkill for your suggested use

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leebarker1

09/5/2010 at 12:48pm
Location: Bristol
Outfit: Bear Lake 4 Quasar SpacePacker+ Akto

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There can be only one. Terra Nova Quasar. End X.

Though try Robert Saunders tents, he will tell you he designed the Quasar anyway, Terra Nova dont agree with that though lol.

Saunders tents are brilliant I still use my Spacepacker 22 years after having it for my 18th.

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MrVanilla

09/5/2010 at 2:06pm
Location: None Entered
Outfit: MH Trango 3.1 Triple Horizon BL4

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Have a look at the tent in my review ;) Pitch light option would be your best bet.

weetabixface

09/5/2010 at 9:08pm
Location: Glasgow
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Quote: Originally posted by leebarker1 on 09/5/2010

There can be only one. Terra Nova Quasar. End X.

isn't the quasar 2 up rather than 3 up as requested by the op ?

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MrVanilla

09/5/2010 at 10:13pm
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The Quasar is 2 up. Saying that though you would struggle to get 3 full size males in my Trango 3.1 without a bit of spooning action. To the OP, make sure you wear strong underpants or a chastity belt at the minimum, or go for a Trango 4 :)

scrumble

09/5/2010 at 10:41pm
Location: Cambridgeshire
Outfit: Moslty in a Pennine Pathfinder nowaday

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I can second the suggestion of looking at the
Robert Saunders range - not much of a market profile nowadays, but excellent tents. I still love my 20 yo
Spacepacker plus :-)

How importasnt is the actual weight - eg will it be backpacked much, or will it be shorter carries froma car say. What about budget? Lightweight tents can getg expensive.

weetabixface

10/5/2010 at 6:33pm
Location: Glasgow
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I see there is a slightly larger 'super quasar' that has a super price to match the name ;-)

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leebarker1

10/5/2010 at 10:30pm
Location: Bristol
Outfit: Bear Lake 4 Quasar SpacePacker+ Akto

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A price to justify a Superior tent, as I said before, there can be only one. I almost cried when my Mrs bought mine for me. Trust me, high on Denali even the Americans prefer it to the NF VE25s, heap of tangled mess.

Anyway, get a spacepacker plus, leave out the inner. You will need doss bag, bivi bag and a roll mat. I did my ML with 5 of us in mine. Hardly any weight and no stuffy fart smells either. Sorted

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