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Tent Reviews: Royal Bordeaux 6 Select ZG
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6 (more 6 berth tents)
47.30 KG
3
Fully Sewn-in
Fly first
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Average User Rating:7.95/10 from 19 reviews
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19 Reviews of the Bordeaux 6 Select ZG
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By: Willow2 Reason: I own(ed) one Made in: 2009 Rating: 
I purchased the Royal Bordeaux 6 tent in June 2009 and camped in horrendous weather at the end of July. The performance of this tent in bad weather was outstanding with no leaks. The large lounge area enabled us and other campers to 'stay in' quite comfortably out of the rain.
We were really surprised to find that there is now the option of having two or three bedroom areas (it now comes with a 4 + 2 bedrooms set up, same as the Monty 6 with an included divider if you want to go back to the 3 x 2 birth set up) and this was great for us as we only have one child which enabled us to have two spacious sleeping areas. This was our only hesitation when thinking about buying this tent and as they have now rectified the matter this tent will be a serious contender for the Monty 6!
The fronty canopy that comes included with the price of the tent was a real bonus too especially in bad weather as it enabled us to still be able to sit outside and stay dry. It also enabled us to have our cooker outside but remain under cover which was really convenient.
We purchased the footprint and carpet and I would recommend buying both. The footprint provided us with much needed water protection but also acts as a good marker for positioning your tent when first pitching up. The carpet added that little bit of luxury and warmth.
The only downsides to this tent is that it is big and not all campsites will take high headroom tents (so check with where you are staying before you go!). The only other negative I have is that due to the size of the tent it comes in two large and heavy bags so you will need to eat your three shredded wheat to load them in and out of the car/trailer.
Overall a great tent and highly recommended.
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By: MickR23 Reason: I own(ed) one Made in: 2008 Rating:
We purchased ours in January 2009. It was an ex demo model and we paid £249-00 for it, and it is in new condition.We purchased the carpet and footprint groundsheet also. We first pitched the tent in July 2009 (Photograph Above). This was our first attempt at pitching it and although it took some time, (once we get used to it we should pitch quicker)we found it reasonably easy to handle.Living area is very roomy,bedrooms not to bad in size. 5 of us used it on this occasion and found it to be very comfortable. In short,we love this tent and consider we got a good bargain for the price we paid. This was our 2nd owned tent and I can personally recommend it. Some friends of ours own a Outwell Montana 6 and paid a lot more than we did. I consider this tent to be on par with the Montana 6.
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By: WelshBoa Reason: I own(ed) one Made in: 2008 Rating: 
We decided to purchase this tent for several reasons. One being we needed to accommodate 2 x adults, and 4 young children. Our only previous tent purchased from flebay (but a known brand) was a dome type and after using it for the second time leaked.
We decided to purchase this tent as would give more head room and with the poles should be sturdier and easier to set up than the dome type.
We did not pitch the tent before hand as our garden was not big enough, so were unsure what to expect. A friend of ours also purchased the tent and complained that a number of their poles had bent similar to a review on here which worried us slightly.
On unpacking the tent we were glad to see that certain poles were colour coded as well as the inner clips for the bedrooms. Having very little experience with erecting tents we were slightly disappointed with the tent instructions.
Ideally this tent needs 3 persons to erect comfortably. The poles slide through each canopy easily enough but when you start from the back and work forward, we found the tent would continue to drop down at the previous section which became quite frustrating.
As the poles are heavy even our kids were having difficulty holding up the previous section whilst we worked on securing the next one. People with more experience may not have found this.
We were slightly concerned about the stability of it until we realised there were poles that went inside also, to brace the tent. Once these went in the whole structure looked a lot better.
We had the zipped in ground sheet but did fine that the tent seemed to be stretching off the floor slightly and we didnt seem to know how to correct this - luckily the zip went round without too much trouble although at the main entrance there was a slight draft whistling under door.
We didnt bother erecting the side door, but the canopy on opposite side was good use for a Porta Potty! Nice touches with the bedrooms with small cut outs to peg down and then seal with the elasticated cover. Also zipped entry on ground sheet to bring EHU lead in or out.
The bedrooms all take a double aired but there is next to no room on either side of the bed. However the beauty of this tent is that if you are slightly claustrophobic the bedrooms all have a high ceiling so you dont wake up with your face stuck to the side of the tent.
Tent ceiling also has clipped on material to allow sunlight in or out - and as the tent warms up rapidly this was useful to try and keep temps down.
We also purchased the carpet for this tent and it was lovely underfoot and probably helped to make the living area slightly warmer.
As beginners to tents we were impressed with it - it took us around an 1 1/2 to erect which seems a little long but I am sure the next time we will shave at least half hour off this.
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By: Shelbell Reason: I own(ed) one Made in: 2009 Rating: 
After much searching for a family tent we purchased this tent at a Dealer for £499.00. As per instructions, we pitched in the garden - all OK.
Last May Bank Holiday we put the tent up on a sunny day with a little light wind and to our disbelief the Poles bent! In total 3 of the steel poles bent and 1 pole actually snapped.
The Dealer was quite happy to replace the complete set of poles, but we demanded a full refund. What was there to say that the same thing would not happen again. After 3 phone conversations, and quoting 'the sale of goods act 1979' the Dealer eventually agreed to a full refund.
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By: Bungle bear Reason: I've used one Made in: 2009 Rating:
Excellent family sized tent, we have four children and this accommodated all six of us perfectly. Very easy to erect and take down, lots of guide ropes to secure down. Very large living area, and can also use the space under front canopy to good use if you put windbreaks around front. Handy extra bit of space to the side, also can put porch up to the door. Bed compartments a little small. But then again you only sleep in there, so quite adequate. Light and airy, compared to tunnel tents and lots of head room, I am over 6 foot, and found there to be enough head height.
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By: Kevs Reason: I own(ed) one Made in: 2007 Rating:
I have been very impressed with this tent, especially the spacious living area. The bedrooms are a little on the small side but are adequate. We bought this tent as we wanted a larger living area and a storage area, we find the porch on the side very good for storing any wet items. We have also purchased the carpet, it is so nice if you have to get up in the night to put your feet on a warm surface.
It takes us approximately an hour to put the tent up, it definitely cannot be erected by 1 person.
The tent fits neatly in a pull along case, and the poles are packed separately - however, the poles are extremely heavy (I cannot pick them up at all - hubby has to every time)
The only thing I am disappointed about is that in the 2008 version they have side panels on the front awning and they are not on the 2007 version. It would be a good idea for these to be made to attach to the previous version.
I would definitely recommend this if you want a spacious tent.
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By: Dave Monks Reason: I own(ed) one Made in: 2008 Rating: 
We bought this tent with the view to accommodating 2 adults and four children, we had a trial run at pitching the tent prior to visit to St Ives in August 2008, the trial run went very well and took us about an hour, the tent is very large and in my estimation would be extremely difficult for one person to pitch and ideally would require three especially in windy conditions.
Once the tent is erected it offers a very generous living area, however the three bedrooms are a very tight squeeze for the six of us to use at once due to the inline design so much so that we gave the bedrooms over to the children and we slept in the living room!
We also purchased fitted carpet which is available for the living room which is very comfortable under foot, during our stay at St Ives we endured horrendous weather and high winds to which the tent handled without incident.
So if you're looking for a large comfortable tent then I would recommend this model.
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By: Gapcap75 Reason: I own(ed) one Made in: 2008 Rating:
Having read the only review on this, I thought I'd write one too. We had this tent last year and thought it was our dream tent, spacious, airy, light and big enough for our family. How wrong were we! We went to Torquay in August like we do every year, we had pitched the tent before we went so as to get familiar with it.
Got there pitched it fine pegged it fine, perfect. One day we had gale force winds and ours was the only tent that blew down, the wind hit the back of the tent and bent all the poles in one go. The tent has limited guide ropes on the back and it could not take the force of nature, we had to try and repair the poles as best we could as we were only 4 days into our 2 week hol. We had to use old poles which the campsite we were on gave us, gaffer tape and rope to hold it back in place for rest of hols. The fly sheet had ripped as well. When we got back home we took the tent to the place we got it from and within 1 week we had all our money back and an apology.
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By: Markmassey461 Reason: I own(ed) one Made in: 2007 Rating:
We bought this tent purely for the size and layout. We had no idea what it was like to pitch etc beforehand.
The layout is the best Space saving design we saw both in internal space and actual pitch area which we have since realised is important as we saw 1 family having real trouble fitting 1 of those 3 bedroom dome tents into their pitching area. The tent is half living area with the rear half 3 separate bedrooms which have their own groundsheets, so there is 2 groundsheets in the bedrron areas. The bedrooms also hook to the flysheet seperately so if you do not need all 3 bedrooms you dont have to. We only used 2 as our 2 young children shared a bedroom and the space left by not having the 3rd was used to store 4 bikes and the food etc.
The living area is spacious and rather tall, I am 5'10 and still needed to stand on tip toes to reach the sky light blinds . The 4 large windows with the 2 skylights make the whole interior bright and airy this was particularly nice as it rained for 3 whole days constantly. There is a very usefull separate room for use as a tiolet. The front awning is completely removable and can be attached or removed in less than a minute. The manufacturers do not recommend that you use the awning in high winds so I only attached it when we wanted it as is waqs so easy to attach and remove. Even though it rained constantly for 3 days and at times this was very hard rain the tent did not leak at all, there was condensation on the windows but that is expected.
In terms of pitching the tent, the flysheet and bedrooms come in 1 very neat almost luggage looking bag whist the poles come in a separate bag. The poles are all colour coded and spring loaded. Both bags are rather heavy. We have only pitched the tent twice, once in the garden for practice and once whilst camping. The 1st time took nearly an hour as we were reading the instructions carefully and making sure everything was right, but the 2nd we did not read the instructions as it is quite easy to pitch and we did it in less than 40 minutes, I dare say this will get quicker with practice and not having to run around after kids needing the tiolet every 2 minutes.
The is however impossible to pitch alone but a tent this size is defintely not designed for 1 person. We also bought the fitted carpet for the tent, which is essentially a large picnic blanket, this fits perfectly in the living area and was great as my then 4 year old son was quite happy playing with his Bob the builder toys during the rainy days.
I would not hesitate in recommending this tent and in fact my brother is now seriously thinking of buying 1
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Manufacturer's Description
Royal ZG tents with zipped on groundsheets offer the same features as our stitched in tents, but with a groundsheet that can be removed to help preserve your grass pitch
The Bordeaux tent is very spacious and comes with a 1.5m canopy and a side porch giving it that little extra versatilty and space. Also the Bordeaux 6 has steel poles giving it that bit extra stability in windy conditions, that we are so used to here in England!
Flysheet material: Ripstop polyester.
Proofing: 3000 mm
Pole sleeves: 250 D Polyester to give extra strength.
Features
Pole tension adjustment system
Zipped in groundsheet
Side annexe for extra storage/ added access
Wheeled tent storage bag.
Features:
Ripstop polyester flysheet
Zipped on living area groundsheet
Side Annexe for additional storage
Zip on canopy
Reflective guylines
Steel poles
Wheeled storage bag
Water Column 3000mm
Packed weight 47.3kg
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