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Tent Reviews: Vango Tigris 800
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25.40 KG
£300.00
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Average User Rating:8.54/10 from 81 reviews
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81 Reviews of the Tigris 800
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By: Munzilla Reason: I own(ed) one Made in: 2009 Rating: 
My partner and I have just purchased our first tent (the Tegris 800) and took it on its first outing this weekend!
It was blowing a gale when we had to erect it and that did slow us down erecting it (even though we had practised; definitely worth watching the DVD first!) We used the tension straps during the night as the wind was so strong; but the tent was solid and stood up well to the wind.
On the second night I rained very heavily and again the Tigris didn't let us down, the water beaded off the top and was warm during the night!
The space inside is amazing and the head room is great in the bedrooms and living area. We entertained 6 people to a sit down meal inside the tent whilst we were away and even with a large kitchen unit and fridge there was plenty of room and not at all cramped!
Would definitely give the thumbs up for this tent - however like everyone else has already said make sure you buy some spare pegs as they are the only bad point I can mention.
Definitely worth shopping around as the price varies - we picked up ours for 200 pounds.
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By: Moomin76 Reason: I own(ed) one Made in: 2009 Rating:
We have just used our new Tigris 800 for the first time and I am absolutely thrilled with it. We are camping novices and even we found it easy to put up. I wouldn't like to do it on my own though - I think it's too big for that. My husband and I took less than an hour to get the tent into position and I then left him to do the pegging out (lots of guy ropes!) while I put the bedroom pods in. In total it was about 1.5 hours from start to finish but I'm sure we could easily cut that in half with more practice.
Inside there is loads of room and the space is really flexible. There are three separate pods, but the biggest pod can be further split down by using a divider. That just rolls back if you don't want to use it. We used the big pod for sleeping and one of the smaller pods for bag storage. We then left the third pod out and used that space as a dining area.
We bought the carpet too, but our dog has managed to pull out lots of threads with her claws so will make sure they're well clipped before we go next time!
We paid £250, which seemed like an excellent price compared to some of the other tents we looked at.
It is great quality and has lots of nice touches like pockets for storage. The groundsheet is fully sewn in, which I like as it keeps it nice and dry and crawling bugs out. One word of warning though, do make sure that you unclip the bit by the door before going out (it folds flat) - I didn't bother in the early hours of one morning thinking I'd remember to step over it, but of course I didn't and managed to break off the toggle.
All in all, a wonderful tent. I would have given it 10 out of 10, but like the other reviewers have said, the pegs are rubbish! The V pegs in particular are far too flimsy - couple of bashes with the mallet in the wrong place and they closed up on themselves.
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By: VanillaP Reason: I own(ed) one Made in: 2009 Rating:
I am so pleased with our Vango tent. It was easy to pitch and so versatile. We put the big bedroom pod at one end and used a single pod for a toilet / dressing room and this still left room for the kitchen stuff next to the pod by the big back door and allowed for a HUGE living area in the middle. I was impressed with the price and that king poles were included and loved the storage pockets. They were extremely useful. We had no rain to test us and so I can't comment on that but I do know we were snug in our beds and it was very easy to air the tent in the day.
The only reason for not giving this tent a 10/10 is that the pegs were a bit rubbish (we bent two and the ground was not hard at all) and that one of the tensioning straps came off on in my hand when I was helping to put it up. The tent has been returned to Vango for repair without a quibble though so I think we were just unlucky. We bought the carpet and the footprint and I am glad we had these as they did add to the experience. I want the tunnel extension now!
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By: Mudmonster Reason: I own(ed) one Made in: 2008 Rating: 
We recently up graded from a Vango Orchy 600 to the Tigris 800 and I love this tent.
We've used it twice now and it's taking us about 30 mins to put up between 2 of us. We bought the tent as a package and had the footprint and carpet included in the price, I would recommend both products also.
Plenty of space inside (but there are only 3 of us and we only use 2 of the 4 sleeping pods!) and the amount of storage pockets inside are plentiful. I especially like the way you can use the larger front door (if you are not using that area as a bedroom) as a sun canopy. This is especially useful if it is raining as I took out the cooking equipment and cooked under cover, away from my little one.
Great headroom in the main area and in the sleeping pods. The TBS tension band system really helps to strengthen the whole tent. As everyone else says, the pegs that vango supply are appalling!
As with all tents we have to battle to get it back in the bag, but what's new there?!
I would recommend this tent.
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By: TRAINEECAMPER Reason: I own(ed) one Made in: 2008 Rating:
I purchased a Vango Tigris 800 tent due to the information on the Vango website, as it seemed high quality and as my wife is not into camping I thought this would sway her to try camping to show her the fun she is missing.
Well it didn't work she still doesn't do camping, but I took my 3 young children on my own but was worried on how I would manage putting the tent up.
Well what a surprise from a novice camper, I managed to erect the Tent within 1 hour without help. It went up easy but would recommend having help if possible.
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By: Carolineandandy Reason: I own(ed) one Made in: 2009 Rating:
Just returned from our first trip in our Tigris 800. We spent many weeks looking at various tents before deciding that the Tigris was best for us in terms of layout and price.
We found pitching the tent straightforward - we bought the footprint groundsheet and this was invaluable in deciding where the tent should be placed on the pitch.
Pegs as mentioned in previous reviews are a bit flimsy and we'll be replacing ours before the next trip.
It took us around an hour to get the tent up along with the canopy - but most of this time is spent on the guy ropes. The tent itself goes up in no time at all. Once up my wife was impressed with the amount of storage pockets! We were still finding them after 3 days! The amount of space inside is impressive as well and gave us as a family of 3 lots of living space even when the weather was too bad to venture outside.
I couldn't quite see the point of the end door - if you use more than 2 bedrooms then the door would never be used and I can't see many people buying this tent and not using the bedrooms.
The canopy we found invaluable and would certainly recommend this. My only criticism is that the guy ropes are too short for the part of the canopy which goes over the top of the tent.
All in all a great family tent which in 4 nights withstood 30+mph winds and heavy rain with no damage or leaks anywhere. Very impressed!
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By: Fee123 Reason: I own(ed) one Made in: 2009 Rating:
This tent is perfect for us. We are a family of 4. The tent takes us about 45 minutes to put up (we are getting faster each time) It is easy to erect (well worth watching the instruction dvd, we didn't the first time and it slowed us down). It looks nice and is very sturdy. I love the storage compartments as I don't have to scrabble around on the floor searching for stuff. I think it would definitely benefit from have a porch area attached but this is the only extra it needs. I agree the pegs are a bit rubbish. There is plenty of room inside and it is very light and airy. Definitely worth every penny. We bought the footprint and carpet which make it really comfortable. Would recommend 100%
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By: Mar1e Reason: I own(ed) one Made in: 2008 Rating:
I owned a trailer tent but sold it last year as I was fed up of falling out with my husband putting it up, I cant begin to tell you just how easy it was to erect the Tigris 900. I was also very impressed with the living space loads of room for everything a family of 6 needs especially when 4 members of that family are growing boys.
We also researched on the net and walked the camping shops in and out of tents and when we saw this one up in one of the shops we knew straight away it was the one for us due to the sheer floor space and great value for money.
I have to agree though where the pegs are concerned though they bent virtually as soon as they touched the ground.
Apart from that I loved my Tigris 800 and look forward to lots of trips over the summer.
I would highly recommend the Tigris to anyone
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By: Rodney Hewitt Reason: I own(ed) one Made in: 2008 Rating:
We're just back from our first weekend in our new Vango Tigris 800 and we're very happy campers
We've put a lot of thought into our new tent, I've read loads of reviews, looked a what seems like hundreds of tents, we finally settled on this and we couldn't be happier. We came close to spending £500+ on a big Outwell tent, but in this tent we saved a lot of money and I think get a tent just as good.
On the Plus Sides :
It's very easy to put up, took us about an hour first time, but I think we'd have it down to a half hour in future.
It has a huge living area, we comfortably sat with 7 adults and 3 children one morning inside the centre.
There are different layouts and entrance doors to set it up with: We put our daughter next to us and our 2 sons the other side and used the other room as a dressing/ clothes room, which was great as you could fully stand up in it.
It's not that expensive, we paid £250, a lot cheaper than other tents of a similar size.
It stood up to some strong winds and heavy rain without any trouble.
There are loads of handy storage compartments.
On the Down Side (these are very minor points)
You have to duck your head to walk in, only slightly and once your in there's all the room in the world.
There's no porch area, again it didn't bother us, but if it had an entrance porch it would be the ultimate tent.
On the whole we would recommend this tent to anyone looking for a good size family tent.
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By: Cartmin Reason: I own(ed) one Made in: 2008 Rating:
First outing for our new tent which, within the space of a few days, was subjected to different types of conditions.
The proposed pitching time of 20 mins (even after a few practice pitches) still seems a little optimistic and we think 30 to 40 mins (including inners) seems a little more realistic.
Living space is good even for four adults, two large dogs and quite alot of kit. Eight would be 'cosy' but of course you still have the bedroom areas which can be adapted for your individual requirements. We purchased the tunnel extension . A word of warning here though .Make sure you get the correct one that fits where you expect it to .And this provides a great cooking and 'wet' area without taking away internal living space.
We also used the matching footprint and carpet to protect our investment.
The first day was quite warm and the opposite doors provided a nice through put of air , with the ability to open the 'end' door to really air the tent through.
On the second day came the wind (very gusty) and rain , but it stayed dry and stable, although the inners seemed to 'flap around a bit' for some reason, probably just due to gusts through the vents. Dried out well and relatively quickly though.
Loads of storage pockets, drop flaps at the entrances a nice touch as we always manage to trip over them when up, but a few more hanging points for lamps would have been good though. The zips can get caught in the protective flaps though so don't be too quick with them, and get into the habit of running a forefinger in advance of the leading edge to prevent snagging.
My only real gripe and it's not really aimed just at the Tigris 800, as the windbreak , canopy and another make of toilet tent suffer the same problem is the supplied pegs .Why oh why do they supply pegs that a one year old could bend . The ground we pitched on wasn't even hard but a slightly mis-placed hit with the mallet or indeed pulling them out results in a banana !
The 'V' pegs are rubbish too as all you end up doing is closing the head up around the plastic 'D' rings which makes un-pegging a hassle.
I am sure Vango are not alone in this department though . So get yourself some decent standard pegs along with a selection of rock pegs and delta's.
All in all a very flexible family tent, and we are currently looking into getting a complimenting Tigris 400 for just the two of us.
Nice Job Vango . But please sort out those damn pegs !
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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: £300.00
Total Weight: 25.45g
Pack Size: 71x47x32cm
Pitching Area: 940x500cm
Pitching Time: 20min
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