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03/8/2014 at 1:23pm
Location: Essex coast living on a boat!
Outfit: Vango Stargrove 600xl
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We have a Vango Colorado 800dlx with footprint, carpet and porch extension, presumably the 1200 would have had similar extras.
Not sure where you would buy them now, though, we bought our tent in 2009.
Jane.
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03/8/2014 at 3:03pm
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My 2004 was a cracking good tent and quite compact for a spread dome with three pods and front vestibule, it measured (I think) just under 7m x 7m when up which meant it would just fit into a C&CC pitch, a lot of the big dome tents of that era wouldn't. (Which is why they fell out of fashion, partially.)
It was definitely a two person job to put it up though! One tip, Debbie, is to work very symmetrically, put the dome up, then the back pod, then the two side pods working from front to back, then the front vestibule. And make sure you put the pins up the pole ends in the correct order, if you twist the ring strap or pole sleeve you'll lose precious slack, the rings and pins are a tight fit in that tent. That's if it's the version with the separate groundsheet like mine, of course. But once up it was bombproof, not to mention huge. We had twenty people in that tent at one point or you could fit three of these folding table and stool sets down the centre and have a long table that would sit 14 in relative comfort. I think it had king poles to pole out the front door, either that or I added eyelets and bought it poles. The "safety" door at the back though was a bit pointless, we always used the third pod. The 800 version that had 2x4 bed pods and a flat back with second doorway was a brilliant piece of kit though.
Happy memories of that tent....:)
The Scouts have it now, I always have to look away when I see it erected. Whoever said Scouts are good at putting tents up have never seen our lot when faced with the Colorado, lol.
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