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Hello all you campers! We have just bought a Rage 8 man deluxe because we are off for our first family holiday camping on the west coast of France at the end of August. I haven't camped for a very long time and this tent attracted my attention because of the height and size of the central living space. I am hoping that we aren't going to get any bad weather but nobody wants rubbish weather....but now after reading some of the postings I feel slightly discouraged about my purchase. Is there anyone who can give me some more positive feedback about this tent because I now fear I have made a wrong choice.

Thanks

Amanda

If anyone is interested have a Wynnster mercury 9 excell for sale on the free adverts on this site.The reviews on here for this tent are good.

Only been used one weekend.It's just another option for peeps looking for a value tent.At least the quaility is good.

Quote: Originally posted by Steve-Blyth on 08/8/2006

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Rage Tromso Deluxe 8 man tent Review

Bought this tent off an ebay seller and not knowing alot about camping being a first time camper was dissapointed.

On erection two of the main pegging out ring to tent straps came away due to poor stitching, overall stitching was poor quality.

The overall tent size was great and there was plenty of room, but there was a lack of ventalition and the tent got very hot, the orange piping on the tent attracted the insects in their swarms.

The tent material was thin and on chatting with others about this tent i found it only had a HH of 1500, this was stated on the ebayers sale  page, but being new to camping didnt mean anything to me until now.

We had no rain so i can not say what it is like in the rain or wind...

Overall i am dissapointed with this tent and plan to buy a decent make one asap and use this as a backup...

out of 10 id give this tent a 5 and would not recommend it...

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It's always worth a google or a search on here before buying a tent, should help you sort out the good from the bad.

Personally I'd stick to the well known brands but others will disagree with that.  We have the Montana 6 and it's a brill tent, our Vango 500 is good for a weekend too and only cost us £80 odd a few years back.

Ali

Snowy, I know what you're saying about reading reviews and I normally do but this one slipped past me.

Still, all's well that ends well and we returned to Hendra (with the Montana!) on Saturday to some fine weather. The kids had a great time in the adventure playgrounds while OH & I put up the tent (Following Yeoman Outdoors method from Youtube took the pitch time down to 15 Mins!). It was a welcome relief to get back into the Outwell, I can tell you and we spent a great day or so on site. The kids managed about 6 hours in the Oasis indoor pool in total, we visited Crantock Beach in twilight on Saturday night then went for a drink at the Bowgie Inn. On Sunday we had a superb cream tea at Carnewas/Bedruthan Steps cafe before heading for home via a look at Sun Haven Valley campsite, Mawgan Porth - the pitches next to the river look very nice. Off to the Motorhome & RV Show at the Bath & West Showground this weekend, they said on the phone that quite a few people just camp under canvas for the weekend there and they have no problems about it. Happy Camping!

The Monty 6s are great eh?  I love ours and can't wait until we can start camping abroad again.  So much room, I prefer it to the caravan tbh.

Ali

I did wonder if he worked for Rage....

Most apt brand name for the tent.  'Rage' relates to how you feel when you realise how much you paid for it, and pitch it for the first time