just been looking at outwells new 2012 yosemite falls tent , looks impressive . huge ammount of space , will set ya back a small fortune thou. will be just dreaming on my wages. ha ha heres the new video link -
Yes it's a beast of a tent no doubt. However, I think Outwell may have taken a little bit of a gamble here. I can imagine even the keenest campers may struggle to justify spending £1800 on a tent. Not only that, ideally you're going to need a trailer for it which is another expense (unless you already have one of course) Ive owned a Wolf Lake 5 before and that was big enough. This beast weighs 65kg! I just think for the same price, you can get a really good second hand TT. I paid about the same price for a Cabanon Stratos with kitchen that had never been used.
I could be wrong of course and they may sell really well, but nearly 2 grand? Put it this way, you can get a Bear Lake 6 with front extension for under a grand at the minute. It maybe last years but who cares? I know where my money would be!
It's the smaller one I've fallen in lust with!
The Niagara Falls, it looks almost perfect for me OH and Poppy Dog.
Big bedroom for our double camp bed and room for Poppy's bed and changing space.
Smaller living area for storage, then large open porch for cooking, sitting, site watching etc.
Only drawback is the ZIG in front area, which we don't really want/need. We have a gas fridge so don't want that sealed in.
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Personal choice i know, but even with my family of five i wouldn't like to pay for it, lift it, erect it or pull it in my trailer which is what you will need.
Personal choice i know, but even with my family of five i wouldn't like to pay for it, lift it, erect it or pull it in my trailer which is what you will need.
Nice tent but it's just a posher version of a Vermont xl to me?
The space is about the same as far as the lay out its just made of stronger materials, but then consider that you could buy 3 vermont xl 2011 spec for the price of this... it's a no brainer!!
Maybe it's just me looking through my vermont tinted specs who knows.
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i agree baggie, same as my vermont xl . but looking at your tent set up photos we are very happy and proud with what we have at the moment . i love my xl mate too, cant wait to go again. shaun
It is a nice tent, however, for that price, I could get a well-made Dutch canvas pyramid tent that I can put up on my own.
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Quote: Originally posted by racey1979 on 27/1/2012
Yes it's a beast of a tent no doubt. However, I think Outwell may have taken a little bit of a gamble here. I can imagine even the keenest campers may struggle to justify spending £1800 on a tent. Not only that, ideally you're going to need a trailer for it which is another expense (unless you already have one of course) Ive owned a Wolf Lake 5 before and that was big enough. This beast weighs 65kg! I just think for the same price, you can get a really good second hand TT. I paid about the same price for a Cabanon Stratos with kitchen that had never been used.
I could be wrong of course and they may sell really well, but nearly 2 grand? Put it this way, you can get a Bear Lake 6 with front extension for under a grand at the minute. It maybe last years but who cares? I know where my money would be!
Andy
the bear lake tent with front extension is not the same tent as the Yosemite Falls. its nothing like it! its made of a different material to begin with and then it looks nothing like the new bear lake6 - its even a different colour too! ( i used to have the older bl6 ).
its not for me neither the yosemite falls just on factors of i dont need that much space and its too heavy for me to manage.
you do know of course that the rolls royce of tents, the Karsten will cost approximately 3 times the price of the yosemite falls to buy new with similiar amount of living and sleeping space by using the add-on pods?
a nice example of a basic karsten setup for 2899 euros ( 2nd hand of course at this price )