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Hi,

We absolutely love our big, sturdy Royal Winnipeg 6 (polycotton, steel frame), though we did have problems with leaks at the front for a while.  All sorted now with the help of Fabsil and now we're more experienced at pitching.  I think we'd pulled the guylines a little too tight in the offending area. I'm confident it'll last us years...mind you it didn't see any action this summer as each time we were free to go camping, the weather put us off.  I guess any tent will last and last, hibernating safely at home rather than working for its keep!

Not sure how robust the polyester Royals are though.  Those we saw on display when we bought ours looked a little flimsy.

we have the Royal Tampa 6 bought it offf ebay for £100 in May

did not get a change to trial pitch before our 2 weeks hols in France

we are impressed easy to pitch(no instructions with tent although had looked at them on internet a few months before our trip

 had rain during night on a couple of nights and the ground sheet toggle door raiser get any water out.

.pack size could compress smaller than how it packs in bag(no compression straps,but we wil add our own, bag large so no problem putting it back in.our previous tent was an Outwell.

think the tent is great valueand will give years of service.

Quote: Originally posted by monkey0994 on 02/9/2012

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We have the Royal Tokyo 8. It's lovely quality, steel poles, copes very well in the wind and rain. It has lovely panoramic windows. A large tent, but doesn't take over your pitch. Only downside is you cannot buy a canopy for it, which is a great shame, as you don't have an area to cook, but you can out up the front door.

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Hi, we were looking at the Tokyo 6 at Tony Wild Camping at the weekend and really like the look of it but were put of by the lack of canopy/extention but talking to the guys they informed me that the Royal canopy will fit the Tokyo 6 on the side door in the same manner as the Hampton model. There is also a review on this site of the Tokyo 6 and the owner has also bought the extention and fitted it no problems so it might be worth checking with your local dealers