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Personbobsie0
18/8/2012 at 7:30am
 Location: banbury
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Hi Guys we are currently useing an outwell montana 6 and an outwell alabama for cooking. As there are only 2 of us what with old age and just laziness we are finding it increasingly difficult to set it all up and take it all down again so any ideas for a replacement ???. The wife is claustrophobic so we want a tent allmost as big as the montana and as wind and waterproof but a bit lighter and easier to put up. The alabama i'll replace with a coleman shelter at the front of the new tent for cooking and relaxing but which tent. As i said it needs to be as good as the montana in bad weather with 1 big bedroom and lots of windows but easier for us we'd like to camp for a week in Devon  then pack everything away and move down to Cornwall for another week but just cant face it. A trailer tent would be good but we have storage issues so its gotta be a big tent any ideas ????  


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Personwest1871
18/8/2012 at 7:39am
 Location: Dorset
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I like the idea of the Kampa Hayling 4, pack size looks quite small when we saw it in our local camping shop. Lots of space inside and has a small inbuilt porch area which can be used to cook in if the weather was bad. It has been discontinued apparently so we are looking around for a bargain.

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PersonKeanonwuk
18/8/2012 at 7:46pm
 Location: Blackpool
 Outfit: Swift Elegance 635 Kia Sorento View Keanonwuk's Profile View Profile   Reply to Keanonwuk Reply   Quote Keanonwuk Quote  
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There are only two of us and not as young as we were, we have a Kampa Studland for week or more trips and an Outwell Glendale 5 for short breaks. Easy to pitch with plenty of room, built in porch, loads of windows (my wife is claustrophobic also) we love the Glendale.

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Personarsenaldes
19/8/2012 at 12:49pm
 Location: Aston Clinton
 Outfit: Kampa Holkham + Outwell Yukon River* View arsenaldes's Profile View Profile   Reply to arsenaldes Reply   Quote arsenaldes Quote  
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Surely something around the same size as the Montana is going to take just as long to pitch and if its to be as strong then it has to have metal poles so no weight saving

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Personclunty
19/8/2012 at 1:31pm
 Location: Worcestershire
 Outfit: Montana 6 Icarus 500 & Cabana 4 View clunty's Profile View Profile   Reply to clunty Reply   Quote clunty Quote  
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Outwell Virginia 5 has good windows.


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Personbobsie0
19/8/2012 at 2:02pm
 Location: banbury
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thanks everyone i think ive settled on the outwell cleveland 6 bigger than the montana but allmost half the weight so should be easier to put up and outwell say it is pretty much stormproof (we'll see ) cheers bob


Personbobsie0
21/8/2012 at 12:31am
 Location: banbury
 Outfit: outwell montana 6 + alabama View bobsie0's Profile View Profile   Reply to bobsie0 Reply   Quote bobsie0 Quote  
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ok from the sublime to the ridiculous any tips on putting up a outwell tennessee 5 with just 2 weak and feeble people any shortcuts cheers


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Personmind that guyrope
21/8/2012 at 12:51am
 Location: None Entered
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An airbeam would have seemed to be the obvious choice?


PersonHacksaw Bob
21/8/2012 at 12:55am
 Location: West Midlands
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Quote: Originally posted by bobsie0 on 21/8/2012
ok from the sublime to the ridiculous any tips on putting up a outwell tennessee 5 with just 2 weak and feeble people any shortcuts cheers


Take it you've already watched the Outwell Video?


Personcassa
21/8/2012 at 8:27am
 Location: Hampshire
 Outfit: Outwell Bear Lake 6 + Trout Lake 4 View cassa's Profile View Profile   Reply to cassa Reply   Quote cassa Quote  
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I was recently impressed by the Kampa Carbis 5, very spacious and you can move the front end panel backwards or forwards or remove it completely so you decide how much space you want inside the tent vs under the canopy...unsure though how much easier it'll be to pitch than the Montana

Good luck with your hunt

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dbice
21/8/2012 at 12:37pm
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given your circumstances id agree with mindthatguyropes choice of an airbeam tent - just attach the inflator and up goes your tent - just need to peg it down and your all set! - sounds perfect!


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