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Topic: Bear Lake 6 - Carpet & Footprint

ncdlloyd

25/3/2016 at 8:11pm
Location: Stockport
Outfit: Outwell Bear Lake 6 2012

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Hi,

After getting a lot of advice from old posts on this forum I decided our next tent would be a BL6 and picked a 2012 model up today. It was a great price, but is missing a few things I'd like, namely a footprint, carpet and front extension (it does have a side extension though).

I've added search alerts to ebay in case any of these come up, but I was hoping someone could tell me whether newer versions of any of these items will fit the 2012 model?

I put it up in the garden today on my own and found it pretty straight forward, mainly due to the various tips I'd read here. It would seem pretty simple to put together my own footprint, but ideally I'd like a carpet before our first trip in June.

Any thoughts much appreciated.

Nick

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Jim1977

25/3/2016 at 9:08pm
Location: Leicestershire
Outfit: Karsten 380 Veranda

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Nick
The living area of the 2016 Bear Lake 6 is 4.2 x 2.8 metres. This is exactly the same dimensions as the 2012 (and earlier) Bear Lake 6. So the new carpet should fit nicely. The 2013-2015 carpet would not fit as they had a sloping front for those model years so the floor area was larger front to back.
For the footprint groundsheet, the total floor area of the 2012 (and earlier) Bear Lake 6 was 4.2 x 5.15. The 2016 model is 4.2 x 5.25, so is 10cm too long for yours. They rarely come up used as people sell them with their tent, I sold mine on ebay in 2014 on its own and it went for £120 in the auction!! Making one or altering a 2016 one may make more sense
Not sure about the front extension. Even if the hoop width and height are the same the attachment method may differ. The 2013-15 did not fit for the 2012 and earlier models. Used ones crop up on ebay quite often, expect to pay £250-£350 for one.
Jim

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ncdlloyd

25/3/2016 at 9:17pm
Location: Stockport
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Thanks Jim, might wait a bit for the front extension!

Nick

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We used Outwell carpets for the Bedroom Pod (Wolf Lake 5) and Living Area (Minesota 6) for our Cabanon.

A lady who does clothing alterations on our local market did the work, and made a superb job of it for £10 per carpet.

That was back in 2009, and the carpets are still looking good.

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