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Subject Topic: Khyam Indiana 8 Post Reply Post New Topic
17/8/2006 at 3:53pm
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Hiya,

On way back from our holiday on Saturday stopped at a camping shop and found a tent which i'm totally in love with lol. Its a Khyam Indiana 8.......massive can even stand up in bedrooms.

Anyone had one or can give me any feedback on it I'd be grateful before i splash out a couple of hundred.

Thanks

Tracy



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17/8/2006 at 4:20pm
 Location: Surrey UK
 Outfit: Too many again! no more.
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Loads of people with them on here - it has always been a very popular, and well regarded, tent. Suspect you will get nothing but praise.

Personally, I would have no issue splashing my cash on one, if I liked it.



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Robens Valley Lodge & Cabanon Pyramide 6
"... kids you distract the bear, while I run to the car...."


17/8/2006 at 4:25pm
 Location: Wrexham North Wales
 Outfit: Campus Indiana 8 & Gelert Cadiz
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We have one, well we have the Campus Indiana, remarketed this year as Khyam!  Only slightly different in colour and window!  We love ours, just spent 10 days in Cornwall in it this year, went up a treat, stayed put despite some high winds.  We think it's great, plenty of room to put the table and 4 chairs up in the living space and still have room for the 4 of us.  We usually hang the large bedroom and one of the smaller ones, leaving the other area to keep all the kitchen stuff.

I'd splash my cash on this one again !!! Quinnys



17/8/2006 at 6:10pm
 Location: boston
 Outfit: Kyham Indiana 8 Swift Challenger
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I got one earlier this year, wot a great big luvvly tent it is too - had our first proper holiday in it last week & It was great to have all that xtra space on the rainy days. I deffinately give it a big thumbs up for design & value for money.

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17/8/2006 at 6:14pm
 Location: boston
 Outfit: Kyham Indiana 8 Swift Challenger
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p.s. why did they make such a lovely tent & still supply it with those stupid skinny pegs?, I've never found a soil or weather type which suits them yet!

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17/8/2006 at 7:13pm
 Location: Kent
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Has anyone got a picture of it ? Hubby saw a lovely tent at camping  shop , but cant remember the make , so ive been trying to spot it .


18/8/2006 at 10:36am
 Location: Surrey London borders
 Outfit: Harvard de lux. Indiana 8. Quechua 3
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We also have the Campus version of this tent. Brillant tent, enough space for ffour kids round a fold up table table plus extra two adults at either end. Still space to move round as well.

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btw this is last yrs colours!! this yr it is two shades of blue I think?



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18/8/2006 at 12:52pm
 Location: Warwick (Land of the Kingmaker)
 Outfit:  Espace Montreal Laguna Khyam Santiago
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Throw skinney pegs and invest in Delta pegs. Read the reviews on this site worth the an extra £10 for peace of mind.

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18/8/2006 at 2:58pm
 Location: Kent
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It was a canvas one , that we saw . i guess we'll just have to go back up   to the shop,. then i can ask everyones opinion .


20/8/2006 at 7:40am
 Location: boston
 Outfit: Kyham Indiana 8 Swift Challenger
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Quote: Originally posted by sapper696 on 18/8/2006
Throw skinney pegs and invest in Delta pegs. Read the reviews on this site worth the an extra £10 for peace of mind.
the skinny pegs will never be used - I have some big fat pegs made from the same steel as spanners - I can hit them with a 5 pound hammer straight into norfolk flint, they've never come out yet.

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25/8/2006 at 11:42pm
 Location: Blackpool
 Outfit: Transporter T5
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Just spent 10 days in Scotland in an Indiana 8, our first camping holiday. Can't praise it enough. It withstood the near gale force winds and we were on an exposed coastal site. We did need help though from other campers to take it down to stop it ending up across the bay! Before we went we tried putting it up in the back garden following the printed instructions, we did manage it but it wasn't easy. We then found the video on the Khyam website which showed a slightly different, easier method and that's how we ended up doing it.

I know we are newbies but I wouldn't hesitate in recommending this tent.

Will try to upload a couple of piccys when I can work out how to do it. First time on forums so need to investigate a bit.



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25/8/2006 at 11:47pm
 Location: Blackpool
 Outfit: Transporter T5
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Here is link to Khyam page with info for Indiana 8

http://www.khyam.co.uk/product_tent_search.asp



26/8/2006 at 8:13am
 Location: Tewkesbury Glos
 Outfit: LDV MAXUS camper
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We're well happy with ours. It was recently nicknamed "The Tardis".

The pegs are awful, but after 2 years I'm going to repeg it this winter.

We bought a new single bedroom from Khyam, hoping to get a little space, but it wouldn't fit. The hanging loops are in different places. Twenty minutes with a bit of kevlar line has now made the tent convertible


26/3/2007 at 1:03am
 Location: Devon
 Outfit: VW Camper TYpe 2 + Khyam Motordome
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The cotton one is polcotton and a little heavier ... 34kg but packs almost the same. Looks a great tent for a hot climate !!

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