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Hi,

Has anyone had any experience of this brand of tent? In particular the Hubble Dome model...

http://zempire.co.uk/product/tents/dome-tents/hubble

Hi lbibol

Are you living in a hot dry country or a warm wet country like the UK. The reason I ask is this tent as with most USA/Newzealand designed style tents are designed for hot dry conditions. The amount of mesh in the roof section will be terrible in the UK as it will get very cold n the tent, on the other hand in the USA where you might expect hot dry camping it will be great.

Also the side windows which are actually just mesh and have the covers on the inside which again is not good when it rains like it can here in the UK. The water might get through the mash and build up at the bottom of the inner curtain until the water gets to where the zips are and then it may leak through there...

Gary Cross

I thought I might just add that I have never seen one of these tents in the flesh and have only watched the video, I may be completely wrong and this is just my opinion. As with all tents I always advise campers see them in the flesh first, in the wet would be even better.

Bought my Hubble Dome for £350, not the £525 as seen on here.....

kr_1000 since this company makes such a big deal talking about their airflow system, did it end up making the tent cold for UK weather?

Hi

We have a Zempire Hubble and love it!  It is easy to pitch and because of all the storage pockets is roomier than it looks.  And it looks fab!  Also packs down small and light.

The fact that it has a double door means that if the weather is warm you can open the outer door and pitch it as an awning and leave it up when you go out for the day or at night without having to faff with putting it up or down to close your tent.  If you leave it pitched as an awning in the rain it does tend to collect water though, however, you can just use half the pole and give it a steeper angle.

The double door also gives you enough space to leave muddy boots or your dirty dinner plates (while you wait for the rain to clear!) between the doors so you don't have to have them in the tent.

Having mesh instead of windows means it is easy to keep cool so if it is too hot to sit outside (pitches often being short of shade!) you can sit inside and open the sides up. Ditto if you get a warm night (in the uk??!!), also good if it is a midge area.

Waiting for the new shape awning to come out... this isn't really for the extra space but more for the British weather and more space to leave boots and coats when wet.

Would highly recommend it!