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17/4/2013 at 9:47pm
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P.S. In response to the original post: yes, I find it really hard to part with tents I like. In fact, when I've sold some of my favourites, I've missed them so much I've gone out and bought the same model again!
I think every tent has some good points and some not so good. You think you'll change tents, either to make life easier (pitching / bulk, for example) or to get something another tent doesn't have, then you just realise you've got to compromise on something else to get it.
No such thing on the perfect tent, that's why tent manufacturers stay in business!
You clearly got the Concorde L because you thought it'd be easier to pitch. It sounds like it's quicker, but maybe not as easy as you'd hoped, and the other things (weight/bulk/window design/groundsheet spec)are niggling you a bit. You've compromised on features (an maybe quality?) to gain the pitching advantage, and it's proving not to be such an advantage after all?
I reckon you should get yourself a good pump (if it's okay to use them?) and try the Concorde out for real, to see how it performs, then see how you feel.
The BL is a great lump to keep if you're not going to use it, as well as being money you could realise and put towards the Concorde, but it's your call and if you think you're going to actually prefer the BL then maybe you could use the Concorde a bit and then sell it when the season properly gets underway (if you really don't take to it).
You just don't know how you'll feel about a tent until you pitch it yourself and live in it for a bit, then take it down and pack it away again. I've done that a few times with a brand new tent, and thought "That can be sold" as soon as it's been packed away! A bit nuts, but not a punishable offence. It happens.
Best of luck, whatever you decide.
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