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Personkhgriff
28/5/2010 at 5:37pm
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Hi i'm new to camping and i was hoping someone could give me some advice on a couple of tents that i have been looking at on the internet (Outwell Hartford XXL Tent and the Sprayway Valley 8 Tent). can anyone tell me what problems they have had with either tent.

any help would be much appreciated


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PersonHEJC72
28/5/2010 at 5:45pm
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Many sites have pitch size restrictions and either won't accept tents over 5m wide or will charge a premium or for 2 pitches!
Tents that are X or Y shaped (with pods coming off a central living area) appear to cause the most difficulties as they have such a large footprint.

Just something to bare in mind when tent hunting as paying for 2 pitches will make your breaks very expensive!!



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Personkittenshipman
28/5/2010 at 5:49pm
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They do both look like big beasties Have you looked at the reviews on here?

Hartford XXL       Sprayway Valley 8


Personkhgriff
28/5/2010 at 9:19pm
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thanks for the advice on the pitch sizes, reviews were handy but said hartford was better out of the two. i spoke to someone at yeomans and they said the sprayway was better. So confused


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Personpjh10
28/5/2010 at 9:34pm
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Hi. I have got the impression that Sprayway is a Yeomans brand so that may be the reason you were told what you were.

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PersonOutdoorman89
28/5/2010 at 10:58pm
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Sprayway isnt a yeomans brand. Peakland is. Its exactly the same company as Sprayway Clothing. So they know their outdoors :) but! They are new to the tent industry so in all hoensty i would leave them for a few seasons cus as we all know generally all early models of anything has teathing problems.
I would always, budget allowing, buy an outwell. Az im sure many people will agree. :) so my recomendation. Hartford. And you dont have the problems with double skin getting it perfectly square. Hopw this helps. X


Personkhgriff
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many thanks to all

 


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