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Hi All

Its that time of year again,where we are getting ready to go on the annual trip to Wales and just wanted some advice about Gazebos the pop up version etc.

Here goes,i am trying to buy a Waterproof Pop up Gazebo and would like to know what the numbers mean,in particular is a 420 Denier better then a 190 PU ?.

Also where the cheapest place to purchase on is?

Any help or advise is much appreciated.

Kind Regards and Happy Camping 2011.

Harriet

Had read on here somewhere that Gazebos were banned on some sites, because they fly away and do damage to people/property when they return to land

Steven 

Quote: Originally posted by tentfluff on 07/8/2011

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Had read on here somewhere that Gazebos were banned on some sites, because they fly away and do damage to people/property when they return to land

 

Steven 

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We had a cheap one at a show at Taunton Racecourse several years ago. The area is high, flat and open. We used 3 of our pegs on each corner and the weather was foul.

A trader with the same cheap gazebo, which he was struggling to keep up, asked why ours was surviving the wind. When we showed him our product, he had to buy some pegs off of us and his gazebo was OK for the rest of the weekend.

Basically, it's the way it's anchored....

Gazebos are not necessarily bad things.

Hi there

We got a brilliant Pop up gazebo from argos,it has steel sides not aliminium poles and it is quite strong withholding quite a bit of wind and plenty of rain that we had!! It was in the sale from £70 to £35 so it was a bargain, but, having said that now we have got it if anything happened to it I would happily pay the full price for it again. We got the 3meter by 3meter one and you have to purchase the sides seperately, we also got them in the sale so we were very lucky!!

What about a day tent, we have one and all the sides roll up also plus its very sturdy, nd had not issues with sites not allowing it.

Jackie

I would suggest buying the type of gazebo which has a one-way covered vent hole in the roof at the apex. This allows any gusts of wind that get under the canopy to escape.

...or guests with wind for that matter  

I have a gazebo

Its assembled like a tent and has guylines and pegs to secure it, it can withstand the wind and would never fly off (if its pegged properly) It can also be zipped up with see through netting to give you complete protection from insects, fantastic bit of kit and it cost about 20 quid, not too sure if they still do them.

Hi all

I think the reason Gazebo's have such a bad name on camp sites is people don't always peg them down properly, have read on here some don't bother pegging down at all. Can't imagine the short of damage them metal legs would cause when they touch down, tents and cars can be repaired but people,kids no sorry buy a day tent.

 Steven