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01/7/2006 at 10:06am
 Location: BARNSLEY
 Outfit: cabanon marechal relum easycamp frame
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Hi

 

Anybody got one of these as i am looking for a new tent to use to cook in

http://www.yeomansoutdoors.co.uk/products.asp?partno=541962&pe_showimages=True

 

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steve



01/7/2006 at 11:05am
 Location: South Gloucestershire
 Outfit: Avondale Kingfisher Super 1979
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Have a look here, we use the Khyam garden shelter and have had it for about 3 years, the makers say that it's shower proof but all we had to do was use some seam sealer over some of the stitching holes, apart from that it's been brilliant for cooking and storage


01/7/2006 at 12:37pm
 Location: Heathrow
 Outfit: Coleman Bi-Space 500 & Alaska
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We've just bought the Outwell Oklahoma, ony used it the once but it was brilliant (especially as it rained most days and we had to squeeze 7 of us in to eat). To be honest I'm not sure what we would have done without it!

Anyhow, my point is that you may well want to consider the bigger day tents as it's amazing how the space disappears when all the equipment's set up. I think also it's easier to eat where you are cooking, it saves you dashing in and out when you've forgotten something - dodging the raindrops. (Am I being pessimistic by any chance).


01/7/2006 at 12:46pm
 Location: BARNSLEY
 Outfit: cabanon marechal relum easycamp frame
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Hi

 

i only want it to cook in and put a larder in as we have a large frame tent so we sit in the sun porch part of that.Thats why i have not looked for a day tent.

 

cheers

 

steve



01/7/2006 at 12:47pm
 Location: South Gloucestershire
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Thats exactly what we found, with the day tent you can either roll up one or more of the doors or prop a door open to form a canopy then if it is raining you can sit and watch whilst eating your spag bol


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01/7/2006 at 12:48pm
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sorry we posted at the same time lol point taken


01/7/2006 at 12:59pm
 Location: Gloucester
 Outfit: Gelert Stratus 4
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I bought the khyam day tent £45.00 from outdoor megastore

Very impressed very large easy to put up and back in the bag first time



01/7/2006 at 11:09pm
 Location: cumbria
 Outfit: vango diablo 900
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We've just bought that utility tent.  Looking forward to using it for the first time.  We just bought a diablo 900, and will use the utility tent to cook in.

Roz



01/7/2006 at 11:13pm
 Location: Shropshire
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We have the Sunncamp Handy utility tent, we use to cook and store things when we do not use the awning on our T T for short stopovers.

Love it .........  really good



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02/7/2006 at 3:10am
 Location: Portsmouth
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We also use the Sunncamp Handy utility, which is , by the way, identical to the model that you mention. We find it a fantastic way to cook out of the weather as well as storing the odds and bits that you don't need in the main tent.

I know that many people swear by day tents, mainly because of their size. But we found that we are already lugging a bulky heavy tent, and did not want yet another big load in the car. At only 7.5kg, the utility is no great stain on the car suspension.

Also, with the main tent, there is plenty of room in there to live and eat, negating the need for a day tent. By the way, I am not anti day tent or anything as they are very useful bits of kit, but they just lack practicallity for some with the large(ish) size and weight as opposed to a utility tent.



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02/7/2006 at 9:46am
 Location: BARNSLEY
 Outfit: cabanon marechal relum easycamp frame
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Hi

 

Thanks for the advice i bought the Peakland utility tent yesterday.

 

cheers

 

steve 




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