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Just to take issue with one point, there's very little difference in quality between Outwell and Vango tents, if you're comparing like with like on the different price bands. Outwell have had quite a few issues in the past with quality, same as all the big manufacturers. The more complex tents get the more opportunities for problems and some of the big Outwells are incrediblr complex in design. Just saying...

As to test pitching, why not just ask at your local tent supplier? If they already have one up on display there's a fair chance they'd take it down to let you try pitching it again, if you could do it at a quiet time.

I must say that a Monty 6 would be a hard thing to pitch solo if you're an average sized woman, even with the help of a ten year old. Before I became so wobbly that I had to delegate I fancied myself as being able to pitch quite a lot of tents solo and I was quite happy to pitch  my Oregon 800 and 600 alone, or with the help of my DD who is only just 11 now. (The Oregon was the predecessor of the Tigris, same 3/4/5 pole tunnel, depending on berth size.) But I would never have tried to tackle a Monty just with her, the potential for disaster is so high with a big heavy tent like that. It's not whether you can pitch it on a dead calm day on a dead flat campsite when you're feeling full of beans, it's whether you can pitch it safely on a wet windy evening when you're tired from a day of work and/or driving.  A big tent can take off in the wind too, I've seen two very big blokes dragged across a site holding onto a tent in the wind and it's really very unsafe to allow kids near tents when pitching in windy conditions. It's not so much can you pitch a tent in ideal conditions, it's whether you can pitch a tent in any conditions.

Have you looked on Ebay for Tigris extensions? I see all sorts of older discontinued (but still new) stock there, including the side extension with door that I know fits my Oregons so should fit the Tigris too.

Quote: Originally posted by Rosemary3 on 07/9/2013

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From watching the you tube clips, if I have got it correctly, if you loosen the tension straps off, the poles should go in reasonably easily and then tighten the straps up.

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Quote: Originally posted by Cross Camping on 07/9/2013

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Peckedhen1
You need to watch this video...
Fitting a tight ring and pin with a steel pole.

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Quote: Originally posted by Cross Camping on 07/9/2013

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Peckedhen1
You need to watch this video...
Fitting a tight ring and pin with a steel pole.

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