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 Topic: Canvas frame tent v modern canvas
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05/8/2015 at 11:53am
Location: Cheshire
Outfit: Cabanon & Vango
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Hello.
I always had my heart set on a large canvas frame tent, but I am now wondering how these newer, modern style canvas tents compare. I think the frame tents look extremely sturdy and spacious, do the tunnel/dome style ones come up to scratch.
Can anyone recommend a large 8 berth canvas tent that would keep us cool and allow plenty of space for a 2-3 week holiday in France.
Thank you x
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05/8/2015 at 1:28pm
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Another here who has a BL6 and goes to France.
I like the older frame canvas tents but what stops me is that they don't seem to have groundsheets that could compete with my ZIG.
While I like nature, I don't want it necessarily "in" the tent with me. The last time we packed away there was a young frog under us and the time before that I saw a mouse scurry away.
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05/8/2015 at 1:50pm
Location: Derby.
Outfit: T6 Hi-Top & Karsten
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I'n sure you could "produce" something more than suitable with a Karsten, what with their main pod (various sizes), then sleeping extensions and/or additional pods to suit... then of course, there's the awnings.
Wouldn't come cheap, but that depends how many you want in "separate rooms", and who are fine with being kept apart by a mere dividing curtain, but certainly an option!
Off the top of my head, and based on Mum, Dad, 3 teens and 3 pre-teens, I'm thinking 300 main pod, 240 pod to rear, for Mum & Dad, Sleep extension to the right, and same to the left. Awning(s) to the front, to finish it off in style.
It would be a beauty... but so would the invoice! 
Or just go for something completely whacky...
or...
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05/8/2015 at 5:11pm
Location: Herts
Outfit: Karsten 350 Pod CA EA FW RA COMBI
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Outwell Montana Lake an option? Its got a side porch you can use for storage and its polycotton, only available secondhand now.
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05/8/2015 at 9:17pm
Location: Canol Cymru
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well being a dyed in the wool Cabanon user, Athena, Chambord, lima, pacific, and a tente cuisine
I have got to add the Cabanon Espace to the mix
Cabanon Espace
it is a real big tent and was a favorite of the eurocamp type places where you rented a pre pitched tent
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05/8/2015 at 9:34pm
Location: Yorkshire
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For use in the heat of a French summer, you won't do better than a Cabanon Espace (8 berth). Yes, the canvas and frame is heavy and bulky but, if you can carry it, what other tent offers x 4 generous bedrooms (one is split by a dividing curtain), hanging rail for clothes, changing area, designated kitchen area (separated by a curtain, on later models), spacious living/dining area where 2 sides can be totally rolled up, for best possible ventilation and where a roof liner makes it cooler still?
The cotton canvas is dependable and breathable, the PVC coated roof can be wiped clean if required. Tough, large mud flaps go inside the tent and can be overlaid with a good quality groundsheet to keep you dry, or a breathable one if you want to keep things cooler still.
If you can get hold of one with a side canopy you can create more covered area and shade.
In my experience, nothing can touch them for usability, dependability, comfort or general niceness. They are wonderful tents, especially for use in France, when it's hot.
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