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Can you tell me where you can get the bi space from for £120.

Thanks

Craig

Hi Craig its £125 at CCC http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/redirect.asp?redir=http://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/products.asp?recnumber=1914

Reliable comapny that I have used a lot and can vouch for !

Quote: Originally posted by Skatty on 19/7/2006

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just incase silver aint around ,the bispace ( the same as the quadspace,which I have) has very good draught strips around the tent! the gounsheet clips into place and is a very good quality groundsheet ,and because its removable ,when it gets dirty you can unclip it ,take it outside and shake it ,then put it back!

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Cheers Skatty, I was running around trying to ready for a work dinner (very nice it was too!).

I second whats been said. OH was surprised how good the detachable groundsheet was when we unpacked the tent. Took us a while to figure out how the ground sheet clipped in place...but got there eventually!  And the mudflap things are great (except when someones kiddie keeps walking over them and under the guys and the parents just laugh). When we were out last not a single draught...warm at night (probably partly due to the super comfortable coleman airbed and double sleeping bag!)...and cool in the morning.

Oh and just a tip if thats the tent you buy - the top bit seems to have a right way and wrong way to fit. OH put in on the wrong way, didn't change it round as weather was good. But we've learnt for next time theres a right and wrong way!

Silvermoon

PS we also paid £120 with free P&P from Norwich Camping. Was a very good service.

Before I forget, will the bispace 500 be easy to erect on my own or with a "helpful" 7yr old boy?

Rik

My OH tells me to get out the way so he can do it quicker on his own, however we found that it was slightly quicker with me helping the poles feed through, and the 'lifting up' took two of us (although to be honest I just sort of held it up to bend the poles, he ran round getting the poles in the rings - pretty useless me!). When we put it up we put all poles in, then lift the main dome, then shape the bedroom. Not sure if this is the best/easiest way of going about it. But OH is still adament he can put it up alone! 5th Aug might put him to the test!

Others might have other comments that are more useful, we have only put it up twice so still learning the method

Some ramblings about pitching!  Perhaps if some of the more experienced campers would like to comment it would help both of us?

I thought with a dome you form the first arch, then you have to get that pretty much upright to form the second.  That was my experience with the little Delta, so I was pretty nervous of putting up a dome with just a 10 year old for help.  The guy in the shop said not to do it that way, but to put pin two adjacent pole ends, then for my son and I to form the 2 arches simultaneously, we went for the Colorado over the Venture because that has tensioners on the pole ends, and it seemed that these would make things easier.  When we actually tried to do it the whole thing collapsed on the floor!  It seems that with the tensioners fully loosened the arches can be formed on the floor then lifted upright as we do the tunnel.   On the pitching video they do it the first way, and the instructions say to have someone inside to lift it, so I don't know....

Any thoughts?  

Silvermoon said:

"Took us a while to figure out how the ground sheet clipped in place...but got there eventually! "

Please can someone enlighten me... the groundsheet for the living area supplied with my new (2005 model) BiSpace 500 simply has eyelets in the corners and middle of the sides, what does it clip on to and how?

Thanks,

Ken 

HI  Rikochet and 7 year old.

We have the Coleman Bispace 500 but I had never put it up until last week.  My 9 yr old son put it up with his dad last year but I just arranged the sleeping bags and made the tea.  Unfortunately I didn't watch what was going on! 

This led to a 40 min tussle with the whole arrangement when I had to do it with just my son for help.  He helpfully put the first pole into the sockets before we had the others through the sleeves.  Maybe this is the way to do it but nothing seemed to work until I dismantled it and started again.  Halfway through this process the tent seemed to magically straighten up and all made sense!   The tent was fine once up (we stayed dry in the storms with less than perfect pegging), and at the end of the week it went back into the bag beautifully. I would suggest a practice run in the garden first.  Also that you show your helper how to feed fabric sleeves along poles rather than trying to shove the poles through at breakneck speed as my son in his initial enthusiam made a big bunch of fabric that jammed the poles in the sleeves.  I'm sure most people know this already but the last tent I put up was my old Vango triangle so this was like learning another language!

It's useful that the instructions are sewn to the bag for reference but they are very brief.