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I'm reading this thread with interest.  I bought a Cabin 300 in last year's end of season sale, partly as an extra tent for when my sister and her kids can get away for a few days with me, partly because I thought my beloved old tent was on its way out after 15 years.

As it turned out, I managed to refurb the old tent and have had several weekends away in it this year and the Cabin 300 hasn't had an outing yet!  I have pitched it in the garden several times and it is extremely well made and with top class materials, but I too have wondered about the door (I'm wasp-phobic and need to know they can't get in when I'm in the tent).  I did pitch it in pretty strong winds back in the spring and can't say I noticed it flapping about, it seemed okay to me, and it stood up to some heavy rain too.  Its the door thing that bothers me, might try and fix something up with velcro.

My old tent is a simple old fashioned dome with extended porch.  It shrugs off wind and rain and has the traditional double door with fully zippable mesh and outer.  I notice many, many new tents this year don't have the full mesh door.  Why not - we all love them - manufacturers, please listen to us!!

I'm lending the Cabin 300 to a friend who'll be taking it to the Peaks for a week's walking holiday in September;  I've asked him for his honest opinion on it when he gets back.