Hi, have just bought a Gelery Horizon 8 blue, needed a porch - not made any more. Called a camping shop & asked what would fit - they suggested a Vango tigris 800 side enclosed canopy. Not having ever erected a tent or canopy before I'm not sure if the canopy fits.
Firstly the height of the porch is higher in spec than the tent height. Is that right? Secondly, we weren't able to adjust the tent tension properly due to our garden being too small & so the whole lot was a bit slack - will it fit better when taught?
How do I know if the canopy fits, or am I being too fussy? Some advice on canopy fitting would be great!
The blue horizon porch does come up on Ebay every now and again
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I went to Go Outdoors the other day and the Hi Gear porch for their tunnel tent is identical to the Gelert Horizon porch and in blue (just different name on it)
We have a Gelert Horizon 5 porch on out Khyam Ontario 8 and its a great fit. I did however google for aGelert Horizon porch and there are loads available on line, I googled 'Gelert Horizon porch' on google shopping and got these results
You could phone them and ask nicely if they might sell you one without the tent, although it does let you add one to your basket without a tent - worth a try?
How about getting the Gelert Beyond porch? It's almost identical in sixe to the Horizon one, the only major difference is the bit that goes over the top is approx 50cms shorter so it won't go as far over?
The Beyond dimensions are 493 x 345 x 208
The Horizon one is 441 x 345 x 205 (so a teeny bit shorter but having got a Horizon porch myself I can't see this would make a difference?)
Here's a link to a blue one (although you'll probably be able to get it cheaper elsewhere) here
Post last edited on 12/05/2011 10:31:19
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I've just been going through the advertisements on here in the Tent category, someone is selling, blue Horizon 8 tent, footprint and porch - will separate so worth contacting them.
You could phone them and ask nicely if they might sell you one without the tent, although it does let you add one to your basket without a tent - worth a try?
So, I called them & all they had lefy was the shop model - I got my credit card out & they told me they wouldn't sell it to me beacuse i hadn't seen it & the top was filthy! Never mind! Will stick with my Tigris canopy which I have been assured my many camping shops that it will fit!