New tent woo!

[mr.z]

https://img240.imageshack.us/img240/9381/dscf00342qj.jpg
Now its tiny..
https://img163.imageshack.us/img163/1255/dscf00333gn.jpg
Now its fugin huge!
https://img240.imageshack.us/img240/7614/dscf00307be.jpg
(obviously not fully propperly put up)
£50 from argos, bargin

The two man tent was great but fitting all my stuff in and my girldriends gear just wasn't happening :/

Anyone looking for a newone should have a look at the argos stuff, loads of money off some of them (this had £10, there was up to £40 odd off some)
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[T1z3R]

now lets see you get it all back in that wee bag like when you bought it
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[mr.z]

(i actually cheated with the pic, the first pic is after puting it back, but yeh i was worried for a moment )
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[gimpy limp]

ooh, plenty of room for us to strip nekkid and get cosy together in the sleeping bag.
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[McGee]

[gimpy limp]

we're gonna need a bigger sleeping bag to fit all three of us in their
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https://pre-auto.com/cx500/rat_and_survival_gallery_2006

[Nath]

How easy is that to put up?
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Hard livin', hard luck.

[daz|n00by]

Tent looks good but i wouldnt envy you having to have to carry that bloody watering can around so you can erect the tent.


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[mr.z]

[WR450_geezer]

Nice tent mate, good price aswell. Hope it last you some good trips. Where do you go camping and for how long?

Heres my carp fishing tent. Costs £350 and the new camo model cost £450. Bleady excellent bivvy though, have it erected in under 10 seconds and can withstand hurricane conditions and trees falling on it (waits for some smart ass comment)

WR
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[0ddball]

[mr.z]

[Nath]

The rally in the next couple of weeks would be rat+survival right? Are you thinking of heading down for the Friday night, or just for the Saturday?
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[mr.z]

Yep thats the one (allthough mines practicaly a tart mobile)

(sent ye a pm)
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[palmer]

Ours is bigger.

Has a hall way leading into 3 big bed rooms, a roof that folds out of the front for the kitchen/sitting area, also has a hole in the top of the hall if your cooking inside

It's made of funky material that keeps it warm in winter, and cool in summer, only downside is it weights a fook load.

[mr.z]

Yeh theres some crazyly bigones now, and not really hugely expensive either consideringwhat you get..

Cooking area sounds nifty, still not sure about firse inside however well trated it is (even if the tent is fire proof your clothes probably aint)
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[WR450_geezer]

[stinkwheel]

Cool.

Something you may find a bit of a problem with on that sort of tent is if it gets hit by a strong sidewind. They can bend over quite a lot.

My new tent is a similar design but it has an extra addition that sorts this problem out and it struck me as both clever and simple.

It has these 'tension bands', just bits of flat nylon tape that run from where you peg the ends of the poles down to just before the top of the arc of the pole (inside the tent). Fitted quite loosely, what happens is that the pole flexes so-far then the tension band 'catches' it and transferrs the force down onto the peg.

It would be really easy to retro-fit some if this was a problem. I did a picture (tension bands in red).
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[satans_BIG_helper]

nice looking tent for the money

i have 2 tents.. one lighter one for the bike, rallies and backpacky stuff

https://www.elliotts-outdoor.co.uk/shop/images/products/rt10.jpg

and a bigger one for when i am going somewhere for a week or so i can fit a double air bed in it and a kingsize sleeping bag and i can stand up in it, it doesnt pack too big so i might even use it on some rallies this year if i can get a decent luggage rack sorted to carry it

https://www.tents-direct.co.uk/images/db/SAVANAH_m.JPG
https://www.tents-direct.co.uk/images/db/SAVANNAH.JPG

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[mr.z]