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HI check out my thread on these tents has links to manafacture etc in it

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A friend of mine has a Quencha (a huge 3 bedroom dome), stood up to some battering last year and came out of it unscathed. Only drawback was that it didn't have a SIG and the side walls let a lot of draught through (obviously designed for better climates than the UK ).

To be honest I quite liked the tent, plenty of room, easy to erect as it was flysheet first (just hang the bedroom pods up once erected).

Quote: Originally posted by pobrey on 13/09/2005

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Decathlon isn't a 'cheap' store. It is a massive French chain. Their tents are far better quality than places like Aldi and Macro. I would recommend the store to anyone. I buy most of my cycling and walking gear from there, and it is on a par with the more expensive named products but much cheaper. They have a team in the Tour de France who use their own bikes, so they must be pretty good. They have a web site but I don't think they do mail order.

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Your comments about walking boots are interesting. I bought a pair for £25 from Decathlon, and they have been faultless, including doing 4 peaks in Snowdonia on very wet ground in July. They went into a couple of hidden streams (stupid me) and were completely waterproof.

Quote: Originally posted by teencham on 14/09/2005

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Quencha are one of the biggest selling brand of tents on the continent and have a brilliant reputation there. On our last trip to Galway, the field was 70% full of them as the majority of tenters were also from overseas, we had some serious gale force storms and they all withstood them no problem (unlike the 3 outwells!)

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