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The new Vango Icarus has fly mesh on the side door and front door, new for this years range (last year they only had fly mesh on the side door),

Also a new feature on this years range is the door zips across the bottom, an improvement from last year where there was alot of complaints about that.

The Icarus 500 is good for two to three people, and the 600 is fine for a family of four

As sunvalleysue said, no tents on is own is going to be able to keep the little blighters out so what you need is one of these:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Thermacell-Appliance-flying-insect-repeller/dp/B0031ESIVK

Drop one of these near the door and you wont be bothered, they are great, we have 2 one for the tent and one while sitting around in the evenings, pop it on the floor amongst us all and we are fine.

Quote: Originally posted by chriandbex on 12/3/2011

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but doesn't have a fly net (totally no use in scotland in july!!)

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There appears to be a misapprehension that Scotland is infested with killer midges. 

The midges are only prevalent in certain areas of the country, just as they are in England and Wales, otherwise there are many of us who would not continue to live and work here.
Every year without fail scare threads about Scottish midges are posted on UKCS, probably by people who have only been here once and have chosen the wrong site at the wrong time of year.

As has been stated in countless past threads over the years, do your homework before choosing a site and there is no reason why you should be bothered by midges.

Quote: Originally posted by victoria1 on 12/3/2011

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The new Vango Icarus has fly mesh on the side door and front door, new for this years range (last year they only had fly mesh on the side door),

Also a new feature on this years range is the door zips across the bottom, an improvement from last year where there was alot of complaints about that.

The Icarus 500 is good for two to three people, and the 600 is fine for a family of four

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Quote: Originally posted by rjgukc on 12/3/2011

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Quote: Originally posted by victoria1 on 12/3/2011

The new Vango Icarus has fly mesh on the side door and front door, new for this years range (last year they only had fly mesh on the side door),

Also a new feature on this years range is the door zips across the bottom, an improvement from last year where there was alot of complaints about that.

The Icarus 500 is good for two to three people, and the 600 is fine for a family of four

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Looking at the zoomed pictures on the Vango website, I'm not sure that they have zips at the bottom of the doors. They have definitely got a deep 'step over' but the zips still seem to be straight top to bottom. There also appears to be a velcro patch in the centre of the door (2 on the 600 model) below where a zipped door would be, if you see what I mean.

I'm happy to be proved wrong though.

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Quote: Originally posted by victoria1 on 13/3/2011

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Oh my mistake. I thought it was a zip across one but it's hard to tell from the pics. It'll be interesting to see them in the flesh when they get put up across the UK later in March.

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