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Does anyone else have a Gelert Horizon 8. We've just returned from our first trip with this tent and had terrible problems pitching it. We previously had a Lakesbury 5 that went up really easily and assumed the Horizon 8 would be the same especially after reading many reviews. We lost the first day of our holidays trying to get it right and got really stressed with the whole thing.

One pole splintered even though we barely put any pressure on it, and we just couldn't get the tension right. Too slack and it raised off the floor and flapped, or too tight and the doors wouldn't zip closed.

We also had a few niggles with velcro being stitched in the wrong places, zips on the bedroom panel came off, toggles on the zips came off, steel poles on the porch were scratched brfore use. Not the quality we expected from Gelert,

Any one else got one and had any problems, or anyone got any tips on the pitching? We have the footprint but hubbie found it more of a hinderance than a help