Need a new Tent

[Arfcollins]

Happened to look in Millett's window today, and came out with a Eurohike Backpacker for £25 - reduced from £65. It weighs 2.5 kg. I put it up today and it is a bit of a squeeze for two but seems OK. I have another, larger, Eurohike tent that survived the torrential rain and Glastonbury drunks walking over it last weekend, so the £25 sounds like a bargain.

Anyone with long-term experience of these tents? Am I going to find they don't last?

 

[vernon]

Anyone with long-term experience of these tents? Am I going to find they don't last?

The fibreglass poles might not be durable.

 

[funnymummy]

Had a fabulous weekend, needed a wee bit of help to put the tent up, trying to bend the poles into the pins was definatly not a one man job! We took the bikes & cycled for miles round the quite little lanes, the weather was awesome during the day, but absolutley freezing at night. I woke up Fri at a round 3am & could see my breath!
I had to go get my hoody & a fleecy jacket out the car, but was still so cold by 4am I had both tthe cooker & gas lmap on which did begin to warm me up but made me worry about fumes in an unventilated area!
At 5am I wandered over to the shower block & spent 40 mins under a scaulding shower! But neither of my busb woke up & wern't the slightest bit chiily??!!
I rode into Chicester first thing Sat morn & bought a cheap Argos quilt!
Took a few attempts to roll the tent up & get into back into it's bag this afternoon...managed it on the 4th attempt, couldn't zip the bag up but was bebyond caring by then

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[Cubist]

Be very careful what you admit to. There is a growing consensus that people who can get tents back into their original packaging ought to be burned as witches......




Looks lovely, and sounds like a fun weekend once you'd warmed up!

 

[funnymummy]

Be very careful what you admit to. There is a growing consensus that people who can get tents back into their original packaging ought to be burned as witches......

I've been called worse