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31/5/2012 at 8:07am
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Hi all,
I'm looking to add to my camping equipment for this year's trip by buying a windbreaker. Looking online it appears to be hit or miss, there are lots of reviews complaining about the sturdyness of some. Poles and guy-ropes are criticised in many.
If anyone has any recommendations - or even a good windbreaker they have to sell I would welcome your responses.
Thanks 
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31/5/2012 at 8:36am
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we always use the wooden pole variety as we find them a lot more stable in high winds plus the lack of guy ropes means you can position your chairs etc wherever you wish behind them...if very strong winds are expected then we tend to add guy ropes temporarily for peace of mind...
we've always used the cheap brightly coloured striped windbreaks in the past, but we decided to smarten things up a little this year and treat ourselves to a couple of dry stone wall windbreaks so we can blend into the scenery a little better...
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31/5/2012 at 9:13am
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hi,,, last week we got a new windbreak. from go outdoors.. we put it up on site on saturday and it still looks great today very good in the wind....£24...higear..5 metres long.. 1.4 metres high.....hope this helps
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31/5/2012 at 9:42am
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Hi
Depends on whether you want a space saving windbreak or a wooden pole one, as the previous poster has said, the wooden poles ones are better cos you dont have guide ropes all over the place, plus, on the poly ones eventually the eyelets go and the material slides down the poles, but the poly ones dont take up much room
Look on ebay for a plain wooden poled windbreak if you dont want a stripy one
Also, some sites, Three Rivers in Clitheroe, charge for these which is out of order in my opinion
Pete
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31/5/2012 at 9:47am
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Aldi have a camping special which starts today windbreaks are £8.99 cheap as chips.Ian
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01/6/2012 at 6:29am
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We bought the Aldi ones last year....did the job much better than the ones with guys (for us anyway!)
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01/6/2012 at 7:01am
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We have the outdoor revolution ones - very sturdy and easy to put up. You do have to make sure the end guy is forward of the windbreak or it will just fall down.
Just thought - you need 2 guy's on the end pole to make it very stable.
We had ours up on the cliff top at Attwick in 25 mph winds and it never moved.
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01/6/2012 at 12:24pm
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All the response much appreciated thanks to everyone.
Am on the hunt for a nearby Aldi to take advantage of the current deals 
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01/6/2012 at 2:17pm
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We have two blue diamond stripey ones never had a problem keeping them up v good quality. In strong winds we attach a couple of guys to be on safe side but never been an issue
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01/6/2012 at 2:17pm
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We have two blue diamond stripey ones never had a problem keeping them up v good quality. In strong winds we attach a couple of guys to be on safe side but never been an issue
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Quote: Originally posted by birdistheword on 01/6/2012
All the response much appreciated thanks to everyone. Am on the hunt for a nearby Aldi to take advantage of the current deals
Did you get any from Aldi?
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