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6 (more 6 berth tents)
18.10 KG
Ł570.00
2
Fully Sewn-in
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115 Reviews of the Zenobia 6 Showing 61 to 70 Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

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

Great tent, has stood up to wind, rain, the cold and the occasional flurry of sunshine very well. We have never had a problem with leaks or breezes.

Very simple to put up and pack away.

We generally use just the one bedroom which allows oodles of room inside for when the British weather decides to do it's worst!

The inside storage pockets are very useful, as I imagine the zips would be for electrical cables if you were that way inclined.

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By: Waynec999 Reason: I own(ed) one Made in: 2010 Rating: 9 from 10

We used this tent recently (Aug '10), it put up with three days of rain, with one day of high winds. No problems experienced. We were all kept dry and warm.

Tent is very easy to put up, around half an hour. As mentioned by previous reviews, get the footprint as it makes set up easier and gives you the extra confidence in the ground sheet.

There is plenty of room. Porch is not necessary but gives you that little bit more room and area for cooking etc.

An excellent tent that I would recommend to anyone.

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By: Katymouse Reason: I own(ed) one Made in: 2010 Rating: 9 from 10

This is a replacement for a superficially identical 6 man tunnel tent. I love the tunnel shape, but the old one was a nightmare to put up as it was always going faintly diagonal, and you never realised until the bedroom pods wouldn't fit, so you had to go round pegging out all over again. The sewn in groundsheet makes this problem a thing of the past, and on its first outing we had it up and running in about 25 minutes. We bought the separate porch and footprint groundsheet too, which were both useful value for money extras. Without a porch, water will get in when you open the door if its been raining or there's loads of dew. And the footprint means (one) the tent goes up EXACTLY where you want it to and (two) you only have to haul out one large sheet of grey plastic afterwards and scrub the dead slugs off.

It held up very well to wind and rain for a budget tent - no leaks or creaks.

It was bought from Go Outdoors, Swindon, on a Friday, and first taken out on the Sunday in the Lake District. Since I had not had time to put it up and take it down at home, I had stuffed the old festival-going 3 man dome tent into the car just in case of a problem - and thank heaven I did. The bag proved to contain a Hi-Gear Sahara 6 tent with no pegs or poles.

I cannot compliment Go Outdoors Swindon highly enough, who immediately arranged for a replacement to be sent direct to my campsite by DHL. I assume someone at a factory somewhere in China will eventually get a rollicking for putting the wrong tent in the bag in the first place.

Like most so-called six man tents, it is really only comfortable for four, so it's perfect for us, a two adult, two child family.

I have to disagree with many of the reviewers about fitting it back in the bag though - we have given up trying and the sleeping pods, poles, pegs and footprint groundsheet have all moved to a separate bag.

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By: VSnB Reason: I own(ed) one Made in: 2010 Rating: 10 from 10

Took us over an hour to put up but we are 1st time campers with no idea on wat to do & little instruction with the tent. Taking down was faster & fitted well in the bag we even got the ground sheet in. We have a Kalahari porch (error by Company as put into the Zenobia pack) but this worked out ok as still fits but goes over the window a little unless its our fitting! Overall gr8 tent for a family with couple kids & a huge slobbering Dog. Had bad weather 2 of the 4 days away but tent held up well against the gale force wind and rain quite cosy with the carpet in and I put 2 car picnic blankets on the porch floor which worked well. Highly recommended and at an excellent price.

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By: Chris/Lynn Reason: I own(ed) one Made in: 2009 Rating: 10 from 10

This is a great tent! We can pitch it in less than 15 minutes and it goes back into the bag very easily. We took it to Cornwall for a family holiday this summer, and with the additional porch gave us loads of space for two adults and two children.

Having previously taken this tent (minus porch) to the Lake Ditrict we can attest to it's weatherproofing. We pitched on top of a puddle which was 3' deep and not a drop seeped through the groundsheet. The heavens opened regularly and it did not let a drop in. The only flaw is that when you open the side doors after rain, water can run into the tent if you don't shake it off the roof first! We now use it for two person camping trips with only one bedroom and there is loads of living space.

Regularly on offer at Go Outdoors, this is a bargain for Ł150!

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By: Darjay11 Reason: I own(ed) one Made in: 2010 Rating: 8 from 10

I bought a Zenobia 6 on the recommendation of a friend - bought it as a bit of an impulse purchase as I wanted to try camping.

For the money (Ł149.99) it is a great tent - it may not be the same quality as some of the other brands but it stood up to high winds and rain - just a small leak in the tent although noticed the water did come through if you touched the sides so will try treating with a water repellent coating.

Also bought the porch (which was a feat in itself as they were out of stock everywhere and had to make a 200mile round trip to get hold of one the day before our camping trip).

The tent was easy to pitch - which was great as I hadn't even had time to get it out of the bag before the holiday and after turning it into a kite in the wind it went up without too much trouble. (folding it back up again was a different matter in heavy rain! I'm useless at folding.)

Also had a bed chamber problem as others have mentioned - zips not working on mesh panel but not a major problem.

Lots space in the tent and the porch was an excellent addition for cooking/eating. Will make sure I position it correctly next time as there were large gaps either side and rain came in overnight.

Would recommend this tent as it is great value for money. If I only get a handful of trips out of it I'll be happy.

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

Bought this tent last year to replace a Gelert Cadiz 5 (which we still use occasionally) to get more living space in case of bad weather as we have a 3 year old. After 3 goes at putting it up a different way each time and both losing our tempers, we now have it down to a tee, and on last outing we had tent up, bedroom pod in, and all pegged and guyed in less than 40 mins, which we're more than happy with.

This is a really spacious tent. We use with only one bedroom pod in at the moment as we want the 3 year old where we can see him - and this gives us loads of living space (which as yet we haven't really needed as we've been very lucky with the weather), but the tent gives us scope for when he gets bigger and doesn't want to be sharing with us any more.

We also bought the porch this year - mainly to be used in the future when we have both pods in to increase living space - and will be trying it out for the first time next week.

We've not had much wind or rain (like I said - been very lucky) when using this tent so can't comment on how it would withstand either.

We have a double airbed and a single in the pod and these fit but only just - there's no room for anything else in there, however this is fine as you've got the rest of the tent for storage.

First time we used it we didn't open the vents on the end during the night (foolishly I thought this would make us cold) and we suffered from condensation (which DID make us cold). Since then, vents are open and not had a problem.

We normally have the side doors open as these have the fly nets you can leave zipped on, but still let fresh air circulate.

We tend not to use the large door at the end as it's a bit of a faff to make 'weather proof' again if you're in and out of it.

All in all we're very happy with our Zenobia, and foresee it lasting us many years.

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By: Northern_dave Reason: I own(ed) one Made in: 2010 Rating: 10 from 10

I love this tent loads of room very sturdy and easy to put up. On first use it poured down and the tent had no leaks. We got the carpets (2) and porch, The porch we used as a cooking area and it was really good. We found no drafts in the tent, but it is easy to ventilate with the end vents and the 2 mesh panels at the top of the windows. Would recommend this tent to people.

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By: Godwin Reason: I own(ed) one Made in: 2010 Rating: 9 from 10

Bought this tent a few weeks ago to upgrade from Gelert Tornado 5dlx as my husband couldn't stand up in it. Went to Go outdoors where it was on offer and had to have one! Took it to Sussex for 6 nights found it easy to pitch as poles colour coded, found it best to peg down the ground sheet 4 corners first then work poles from middle outwards, only took about 15 mins. Only used one bedroom making it really spacious inside with enough room for picnic table & chairs etc. We found a pole had split and took this back to Go outdoors where they replaced it free of charge and gave us some spares and tips if it should happen again (really helpful staff there).

Overall I think it is a good size tent for couples or families which doesn't take ages to pitch. It may not be of the best quality but we had quite a few showers and did not experience any leaks.

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By: Dillan Reason: I own(ed) one Made in: 2010 Rating: 9 from 10

We bought this tent as a replacement for our previous tent, the Atakama 5. Not that there was anything wrong with the previous tent apart from the hole in the side caused by a windbreak pole which pierced it! We were going to buy another of the same model but decided we wanted less bedroom space and more living area. We also liked the idea of having a fully sewn in ground sheet. So we chose the Zenobia 6. It was definitely the right choice. Just what we were looking for.

Took the Zenobia with us for a test run this weekend. Found it very easy to put up, which was lucky because within half an hour of arriving on site the heavens opened. The poles are all colour-coded to match the colour-coded tabs on the flysheet sleeves. Start with the middle poles, work outwards and Bob's your Uncle.

We only used the one bedroom as there's only two of us. Again, colour-coding identifies the central toggle and the rest is a piece of cake. Unfortunately, we discovered three small tears along the bottom seam. Not a good start with a new tent.

Bedroom build quality notwithstanding, the rest of the tent was perfect. With only one bedroom in situ there is masses of room. We set up the kitchen area where the other bedroom would have been. Plenty of room for the cooker and stand, crates with food, pots, pans, utensils and coolbox. The middle we had as our living area with table and chairs. We didn't purchase any of the extras such as footprint, carpet or the canopy. Don't think they are for us. A doormat and some roll-up carpet mats on the floor made it cosy enough.

The tent has some nice features. There are 'curtains' to cover up the windows, two storage pockets which can be affixed to either side of the tent, two zipped access points for electric hookups and velcro cable holders for your hookup flex which extend all the way up from the access point across the main arch.

My only minor niggles are the zips on either side of the outer doors don't extend down far enough beyond the zips for the fly screen and that the outer flap between the zips is secured only by two small velcro strips. I'm not sure how waterproof it would be in driving rain. They were fine in the two or three heavy showers we encountered so time will tell. Wouldn't be difficult to add more velcro.

All in all, a very good tent which has ticked all our boxes for ease of use and space. Given that we paid under Ł150, a bargain.

As a footnote, the staff where we bought it from in Leeds were very obliging when we returned the faulty bedroom and promptly replaced it.

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Manufacturer's Description

This 6-man tunnel tent is practical and spacious making it ideal for family camping holidays.

The Zenobia 6 has a proven Tent design, it’s easy to pitch and resilient to the weather. The Vis-a-Vis layout has bedrooms to either end giving some privacy. Now with, for the first time, the inclusion of Nightfall Bedrooms providing a darkened sleeping environment. These come with curtain features which can let in the light when you need it.

The Hi Gear tent range are winners of the 2020 Best Family Tent award from the Camping and Caravan Club.

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4000HH Flysheet – Embossed flysheet with a more than adequate Hydrostatic Head.
Deluxe Peg Sets – Massively improved Peg Sets with coded location guide designed not to let you down.
Nightfall Bedrooms - With integrated curtains keep the dark out or let the light in as it doesn’t always need to be dark.
Extensive Venting System – Low and mid-level venting which is adjustable to suit your camping and weather needs.
Fully Fire Retardant – Flysheet, Bedrooms, Mesh and Groundsheet ALL now fully fire retardant to British Standards.
Packed size: 68 x 33 x 33cm
Pitch size and height: 700 x 240 x 210cm
Weight: 18.1kg
Fire retardant: Yes
Bedrooms: 2
Pole type: Fibreglass
Pitch time: 20 minutes
Colour: Blue

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