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Hope you don't mind me asking, Gary, but will the Minny 4 front extension fit onto the Oakland XL or L?

Thanks

Ian

Don't think there are any changes but I can say I would recommend the Minnesota 4.  We have had our for 3 years now and it has been used in some very bad weather all times of the year and has never let us down.  The only bad point as other owners will note is the side door canopy puts a strain on the zips which can sometimes part.  We dont use the side door and have modified the pole so there is not so much stress on the door zip.  Am just looking to replace our minni as it has just start to leak on some of the seams despite repeated seam sealer and reproofing.  Anyway don't think you will be dissapointed with it if you purchase one.  We were extremely pleased when we did 2 weeks tour of the Western Isles in Scotland in extreme bad  weather, some other tents did not stand up to the conditions, good old Minni never let us down. ~ Happy camping

Yup, the side canopy is one of the things we like.

We have an older style Minnie 4, which does have  aproblem with the tansion put on the side door by the side canopy pole - though with some judicious tension relief with some cord we can still use the door ok (there are various threads on thius). However, the newer versions have a different one and it seems much better. Going by the ones on our friends Virginia anyway.

We don't bother with it as the main door, but when it's raining the canopy is very useful as it stops a lot of the rain coming in the sloping door.  We use it as a weekender, and don't always bother with outting up a tarp or larger canopy on the front, so as with this weekedn when it rained on the \sunday morning it was very useful