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stinkwheel Bovine Proctologist
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Posted: 00:55 - 06 May 2010 Post subject: |
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Dragging this thread up because I bought the afore-mentioned Vango Banshee after seeing this.
Used it for the first time this weekend.
Yes it weights 2kg. Yes it packs very small.
Putting it up was a pretty quick exercise. The 2010 model has short, external sleeves in the flysheet. You slide the two alloy poles through simply by pushing them from one end. There are two plastic clips on the longer one. Once the poles are hooked in, you errect the tent by pegging out either end. Then peg out the four guy ropes.
It isn't an inherantly stable structure. It relies entirely on the guy ropes to hold it up properly but is pretty stable once errected. I think it'll stand up to most inclement weather, the fabric has a 3,000mm hydrostatic head so it'll certainly stay dry and I reckon it'd take a fair old blow to knock it flat once the guyropes are out.
Could be issues with the flysheet touching the inner in a high wind but it's so waterproof, this shouldn't be a big problem. It'll only ever be condensation on the inside.
The inner tent clips onto the inside of the flysheet. You can leave it there once attached or errect the flysheet by itself.
It strikes just as easily and fits into the bag with no real drama.
I'm 6'1" and it is only just long enough for me. My feet touched the bottom occasionally but there is a good enough gap to prevent it touching the flysheet at that end.
There are two large vents at the front and back keeping condensation to a minimum.
You can fit two therm-a-rests in it. Two people can sleep in it but they need to be very good friends and it helps if one of them is small. You wouldn't get two of me in it but me and the GF were fine.
There is a little porch to the side of the sleeping area, big enough for two sets of boots.
Entry is from the side. There is just enough room to sit up in at the highest point it for dressing/removal of boots.
All in all, it seems pretty well put together, intelligantly designed and good value for the £72 I payed for it. It'll be ideal for my solo camping tour this summer with just enough room for me and my bike kit and not too much ballache putting it up and down. Also a good backpacking tent, each person carries 1kg. The JEEP of the tent world, Just Enough Essential Parts. ____________________ “Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
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Posted: 23:07 - 06 May 2010 Post subject: |
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So would Vango be the best brand to go for... the banshee looks quite nice, but what about some of the other (read: cheaper) tents? Such as the JUNO ____________________ Bringing Classic Bikes Back Into Fashion
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Grazoid Scooby Slapper
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Posted: 12:03 - 07 May 2010 Post subject: |
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Just joined the Banshee club as well.
I was first shown one last summer by Bowser who as a fellow R1100GS rider was keen to share the fact that he had found a tent that fitted into the panniers.
Stopped off at the Cotswold Outdoor shop in Nottingham on Monday to just have a mooch at any likely kit before we go off for a weeks off-roading in Bulgaria tomorrow and got talking to their Tent specialist. Hehad just scored a MacPac microlite for a fiver that weekend in a charity shop in Cheltenham and was returning his unused Banshee 200 to the shop ... one quick flash of the credit card later and I have an unused 2010 model for £50 quid and a full shop return warranty if I don't like it ... happy happy joy joy.
Off to the Stella Alpina again this year so a small tent for a solo jaunt will be a must have, and if I sell it after the summer will still likely get my pennies back |
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If you send these to the manufacturer's website - they might actually publish it. You are hardcore, I give you that.
The poor tent died like a pro then.
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 12 years, 67 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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