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8 (more 8 berth tents)
25.40 KG
Ł300.00
4
Fully Sewn-in
Fly first

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8.54/10 from 81 reviews

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81 Reviews of the Tigris 800 Showing 51 to 60 Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

By: Clairecull Reason: I own(ed) one Made in: 2009 Rating: 10 from 10

Well what more can I say than we love it. We have only recently bought this tent after looking at hundreds(or at least it felt like that). We have been away a couple of times now and cannot fault it at all, it was warm dry and most of all spacious. The only thing I was going to fault it on was the fact that if you only wanted the large bedroom up that you could not do it on the far side to be able to put the main door open but after reading other reviews we have worked out that this is possible you just take no notice of the colour coding.

The tension band system is fantastic as well, no problems at all well recommended.

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By: Tanya73 Reason: I own(ed) one Made in: 2009 Rating: 10 from 10

I love our Tigris 800! After looking at & stepping in & out of what seemed like hundreds of tents, we stopped looking the day we saw this! The living space is fab for the four of us, but we have also had 8 of us in there, & there was still plenty of room The versatility of the sleeping pods is great;, if you don't need all the pods, it gives you a huge living area. The side exstension, (with a door) came as part of our package, & this is great for keeping the cooking/kitchen equipment in, & also somewhere to take off wet clothes if needed - although it (the extension) doesn't have a ground sheet, and the door is 'flappy' which I thought was just the way we put it up, but we've been back to the shop where we bought it from, & it's the same there! There's plenty of storage pockets in the main living area & also in each sleeping pod. I also like the fact that the ground sheet can be dropped down by the doors which means no tripping over!

We've used our Vango a couple of times now, but the last trip we had some heavy wind & rain & the tent stood up well to the test, & we were really warm & cosy. We have got quicker each time we've put it up (even in the tail end of a hurricane!), & putting it all back gets easier each time, and we managed to get it all back in the bag - no problems! All in all a fantastic tent, well worth the money, although what we paid for it was great value, we are now looking into getting the tunnel extension for the other side, & the carpet (everywhere we tried had sold out due to this tents popularity!) We can't wait to go on our next camping trip.

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By: R.judge1 Reason: I own(ed) one Made in: 2009 Rating: 1 from 10

I bought it because of the space and flexibility and the easy erection. I took it out August 1st 2009 for 1 week in devon, on day 2 one of the tension bands ripped away from the side while we were out (apparently the wind got up a little bit), that night it rained and it leaked from the centre tension strap fixing point. As some of the other reviews have stated the ground sheet is very tight and the material panels are baggy, when I returned home I contacted my supplier and he kindly sent it back to vango for repair which was done and sent back to my home address in 10 days, they said there was no sign of a leak but they have retaped the seam anyway as a precaution.

I have just returned from a bank holiday trip to Scotland which was wet and windy, I am very disappointed with the tent as two more tension strap fixings failed at the side and it leaked again at the same point. The tent is very unstable in lightish winds, the sides flap about making so much noise you can't sleep, a family member came with us using a vango venture 500 which I have owned for eight years and no such problems,( I also own a colorado 600DLX which I've owned for 4 years, no problem with that one either). I wil be getting in touch with my supplier again and hope I can get a refund,

All in all I am very disappointed with the quality and design of this tent and would recommend anyone thinking of buying one to stay well clear. In the future I will consider other manufacturers as the quality of this vango is poor to say the least.

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By: Matthew b Reason: I own(ed) one Made in: 2009 Rating: 4 from 10

We bought this tent in an emergency following the collapse of our decathlon model. The tent was fairly easy to erect but the first sign of poor quality was immediate when the tent poles were not all strung together. 1 hour later and all was well. The tent was warm and cosey inside compared to our previous model which did not have a sewn in groundsheet. But more things want wrong. 2 of the metel cleats into which the tent poles slot ripped away from the tent and an internal strap maintaining the arch of the poles ripped from its fixing. Lastly the door zip failed but I managed to get it going again using force.

After 3 nights it was clear the tent was sub standard so we took it back to the shop (Oswald Bailey)in Poole to get a refund. To thier credit the retailer accepted that the tent was defective and gave me a full refund. I am now in the market for something that can cope with British weather but is roomy and easy to erect. The review section here is a god send but I am surprised that this tent is rated so highly when our experience was so poor. Perhaps we just got a duffer.

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By: Warehousedog Reason: I own(ed) one Made in: 2009 Rating: 8 from 10

I purchased our Tigris 800 in May 2009. I bought this tent for the size and for the features. Before we went away we did a practice run in the garden and discovered that following the Vango setup instructions was awful, so we worked out a better way. Put the poles through the guide holes until they are central, then both of you insert the pins together. This seems to put much less strain on the poles and the guide fabric. We then secured one end and spread the tent out.

We have now taken the tent on 2 trips. The first one was glorious sunshine and no rain, and you really appreciate the ventilation on the Tigris, still got very hot inside though. The 2nd trip was the real test, a real battering in Cornwall where we were on the receiving end of the remnants of Hurricane Bill! Well the tent stood up to it, but we did get a snapped pole section on the end facing the wind, soon replaced by the local camping shop. Luckily we didn't rely on the pathetic tent pegs that are supplied with the Tigris, as others have said these are a joke, my kids could bend them. We purchased rock pegs which played a major role in keeping the tent where it was. Vango, please supply decent pegs, it's worth a few quid on the price surely? We also found, like others, that the ground sheet wouldn't touch the floor at the entrance as it seems way too tight there, despite several attempts at moving supports.

Overall? Well the space is wonderful. On the 2nd trip we met up with another family we know and there was ample space in each pod for 2 people easily. There were 7 of us in there on the last night and there was never a cramped feeling, quite the opposite. No rain got in with a couple of days and nights of very wet weather. You soon appreciate the storage areas, (which we kept finding more of). We also like the fact that you can put the pods where you like or just put one or two up. Overall very happy with the tent, it survived an absolute battering and we lived to tell the tale. It only loses 2 marks because of the laughable tent pegs, otherwise I can't recommend it highly enough.

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By: Sarah708251 Reason: I own(ed) one Made in: 2009 Rating: 1 from 10

This tent is a great design and really big but we have we are just about to send our replacement Tigris back. On the first tigris one of the tension straps came away from the side of the tent on a test run in a friends garden.

The replacement Tigris had a hole in the ground sheet, a ripped seam in the pole bag, and holes in the mesh around the main door and one of the bedroom door seams.

The ground sheet around the door would not lay flat when pegged down, putting a lot of strain of the groundsheet door corners which would eventually cause the floor to rip. The tape on the floor around one of the loops to secure the bedroom was coming away from the floor. The zip on the main door kept popping apart and one of the tabs to hang the bedroom was poorly stitched and coming away from the seam.

We were recommended Vango by friends and our friends Vango tent seemed to be of a much better build quality. To our minds and other experienced campers the fabric was ill-fitting and bagged and pulled in the wrong places, also causing one of the poles to split.

We are really disappointed because we went to great lengths to look at all the reviews on this website. We won't be getting a Vango replacement and neither will our friends be buying another Vango after seeing the problems we have had with 2 Vango Tigris 800 tents. A real shame and we look forward to hearing from Vango when we write to them. Thank goodness the supplier of the tent has been amazing and even couriered a new pole to us while on holiday.

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By: Boughey Reason: I own(ed) one Made in: 2009 Rating: 9 from 10

Have camped all my life in smaller tents. Now having a husband and small boy, with all associated junk and comfort that we now want, I chose this tent although I was torn between this and the gelert horizon 8. Not been disappointed. Love it and all it little bits including footprint and carpet. We call it the house extension. I have just four small niggles.

1. Tent pegs need I say more.

2. The dvd shows you how to put it up and instructions on the bag do the same. How about showing how to get it back in the bag instructions.

3. Love the mosquito net on main door but needed them on the other two doors or able to buy as accessory as my little boy reacts badly to them and in France he was massacred.

4. The pod layout needs to be the other way around so that you can use the big door on the end.

Apart from these small niggles which I will find away around some way we love it Had 2 trips away, one in UK, other in France and both unequivocal successes in a portable 'hotel'.

I would Like to buy the extension but bit worried about reports saying some of the guys that go over the tent are short. Will have to look into this. Have recommended this to quite a few friends looking to upgrade.

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By: Shelly Welly Reason: I own(ed) one Made in: 2009 Rating: 9 from 10

Just returned from our first trip in our new Vango, which we bought to replace an old Outwell which we had grown out off as a family.

Really REALLY impressed with this tent. Very easy to put up. The basic tent went up in about 15 minutes. Took longer for all the ropes and inner pods, but no problems at all. We've also got the tunnel extension which I'd recommend as it provided a really useful space.

Loads of room inside, and my 6'2 husband could walk around in comfort.

Our one (very small) niggle was that unlike our previous tent, the doors didn't zip up across the bottom. The ground sheet folds up, and then the fly overlaps it on the outside. This wasn't a problem at all until in the middle of the first night our dog realised she could wriggle out of the tent, and we had to leap up and rush out to call her back. From then on we barricaded the doors with bags and chairs overnight and she was fine.

All in all, an excellent tent and great value for money.

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By: Warbie5 Reason: I own(ed) one Made in: 2009 Rating: 9 from 10

After returning to camping after a break, we considered just about every 'family tent' on the market and eventually settled for the vango tigris. We have 3 small children and this fits the bill. Each of the kids can have their own bedroom, and there is plenty of living space in the middle. We found it straightforward to put up and take down, with 3 kids running circles around us, literally, and generally 'helping' it wasn't too bad. Our package included the tent carpet and footprint, an absolute essential in my opinion. Plenty of nifty little storage pockets, and two doors, one on each side so you can get a nice breeze through the tent when it's hot. Very pleased with it so far, even managed to get it back in the bag!

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By: Toxtethogrady Reason: I've used one Made in: 2009 Rating: 9 from 10

It took me a long time to finally decide on buying this tent. I looked at a lot of others but my wife was obsessed with being able to stand up in the sleeping pods and this was the only one in our price range that offered this.

I had never put up a tent of this size before though I have had two previous vangos and I was pleasantly surprised as to how easy it was to put up we did have a little trouble getting everything square but after a quick re-jig we had all the zips working fine by far the most time consuming part was detangling and putting out of the guide ropes there's loads of them! Though it does help with the stability it's pretty solid. Once the fly was up we had no trouble in getting the sleeping pods in.

One feature both me and my daughter really liked was all the little storage pockets they are great for a three year old to make sure every single one had at least one thing in. Thankfully we didn't have any rain on our maiden outing so we don't know how she'll hold up to the usual British weather but I'm confident it will be fine.

There are one or two little niggles though we found a small hole in the 4 man pod and another in the ground sheet and I don't know if it was just me but I nearly went A over T more thane once in the sleeping pod the floor was so slippy but all in all have to say this is a great tent well worth the money and should stand the test of time.

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Manufacturer's Description

The Vango Yukon range of tents has been replaced by the Vango Tigris range - which in turn are very similar to the Nevada Range already produced by Outwell. The Tigris has a very simple 5-pole fiberglass pole structure but one that gives great head height and therefore one that gives a light and airy feel. There are also flexible bedroom arrangements and storage options a plenty plus three entrance options. The tent frame is constructed with Powerflex fiberglass poles, a Protex 3000 Polyester flysheet (3000mm hydrostatic head protection) and as is the norm these days, the groundsheet is fully sewn-in to keep out unwanted pests and draughts. The other key features of the tent include a waterproof exterior storm skirt, flysheet first pitching, 2+2+4 (with divider) sleeping compartments, colour coded poles, TBS tension band system for extra strengthening in adverse weather, 10,000mm HH internal polyester groundsheet, cable entry point and tidies, mesh double doors, mesh vents, pelmet and inner tent pockets, 'Crystal Clear' windows, double zip windows (for vent/light/cover flexibility), breathable fabric inner tent, inner tents and divider can be removed when not in use, parallel zipped front door can be used as a sun canopy, canopy over side door, rain gutter zip covers. Saddle bag and repair kit included. Flame retardant throughout.

Capacity: 8 people
Price: Ł300.00
Total Weight: 25.45g
Pack Size: 71x47x32cm
Pitching Area: 940x500cm
Pitching Time: 20min

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