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03/10/2015 at 2:03pm
Location: Leicestershire
Outfit: Karsten 380 Veranda
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Karsten do 10% off from Sep to Christmas, so there's a £300-400 saving there at the minute! Their UK supplier is Camping Travel Store, but Karsten also sell used tents from their Holland showroom, so there's a good saving to be had that way. We bought new from CTS, but I know a few people over on the Karsten Klub thread bought used direct from Karsten (they will ship to the UK).
Good luck on your new tent hunt
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05/10/2015 at 8:53am
Location: West Sussex
Outfit: Cirrus 6
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Hi. We decided to get rid of the Euphoria for the following reasons:
1. The weight made it very hard to manage.
2. In order to enclose the front you have to put on the front awning - this adds time to set up and extra bag to pack.
3. The non-toggle in groundsheet for the front awning proved a nightmare this year with the rain and a sloping pitch.
4. Got a reasonable price on it.
5. Next years tents were enticing me!
The Rhapsody initially appeared to be a much better option. Although it's competing with the Studland 8 and Outwell Phoenix 7ATC - which is part poled/inflatable - not sure how well that would work but i'm looking forward to seeing more of it. and I don't think there are any other pc inflatable tents that size to choose from.
Apart from the above issues the Euphoria was a lovely tent.
Shout if you have any other questions on the Euphoria.
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05/10/2015 at 10:39am
Location: Derby.
Outfit: T6 Hi-Top & Karsten
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Having just read the recent posts by Jim1977, whilst he doesn't leave me with much room for additional comments, I would just like to say "I agree with every word"! 
Can't comment on the SE, but for the pod and components we have, I have to say that, 12 months on from purchasing new via CTS, we are absolutely delighted with what we have, how we use it, and how it was presented to us (as in, the customer service from CTS)!
Admittedly, it's probably easier to please just a couple, as we are, rather than a family with kids, but we've now used all our components, in various set-ups, mainly for 2 and 3 nights in the UK, but now for a full 12 night main holiday in France... plus a "quick-pitch 1 night stopover" en-route (albeit only September, so no mega-temps to contend with!).
Yes, it was an expensive gamble to take, but I got the impression, throughout my extensive research (inc. 3 visits to the CTS displays), that we were backing the clear favourite, and with the 12 months experience we now have with it, plus continued research/discussions with fellow Karsten owners, I have to say "No Regrets"!
Of course, it isn't perfect, and likely never will be, as we all have different ideals, but I honestly believe that the clear favourite we backed 12 months ago has now crossed the line... a full 7 lengths clear of the chasing pack!
Apologies for the above... I appreciate it's not strictly in keeping with the two tents mentioned in the thread title, but I felt Jim deserved a little back up!!
  
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2025: 12 nights and counting...
2024: 43 nights
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From July 2012: 23 nights
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11/10/2015 at 9:05am
Location: Leicestershire
Outfit: Karsten 380 Veranda
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NEC is a great place to start as its a chance to see all the tents much earlier than they go up at displays elsewhere, but Karsten weren't there and I doubt if they would be next year.
CTS normally have an early show too though to see Karsten, I think it was about 9 Feb this year when we went down and saw them and put our order in. That normally means you get the new tent in time for Easter hols to start using it. Too early for Cross Camping to have their display up then though, so really it's 2 trips to see everything....
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11/10/2015 at 2:55pm
Location: Hertfordshire
Outfit: Anything I like !!!
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Jim1977
We start pitching in early March and will have the usual large display of inflatable tents again.
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27/2/2016 at 5:06pm
Location: Leicestershire
Outfit: Karsten 380 Veranda
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Karsten are not there, they are displaying their tents at Cross Camping in Hertfordshire today and tomorrow
Jim
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