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Gas_Up_Lets_Go 13-01-11 12:45
I've often looked at the Decathlon tents, has anyone got one ? and are they any good ?

The Tarp is awesome, if a little heavy (well heavier than my tent) due to the poles, I suspect the tents might well be a good buy.

duibhceK 13-01-11 12:52
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Originally Posted by Gas_Up_Lets_Go (Post 146207)
I've often looked at the Decathlon tents, has anyone got one ? and are they any good ?

The Tarp is awesome, if a little heavy (well heavier than my tent) due to the poles, I suspect the tents might well be a good buy.
I'm pretty pleased with them.
See my post earlier in this thread: http://www.xt660.com/showpost.php?p=146123&postcount=3

uberthumper 13-01-11 13:21
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Originally Posted by Gas_Up_Lets_Go (Post 146207)
I've often looked at the Decathlon tents, has anyone got one ? and are they any good ?
Never used one, but you see literally hundreds of the pop-up ones on any Euro campsite (and for that matter in the Dakar bivouac). So they can't be that bad. I'm wary of the cheapest single-skin ones for the same reason as any other single-skin tent. Feck all use for carrying on a bike though.

tripletom 13-01-11 14:00
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Originally Posted by Gas_Up_Lets_Go (Post 146207)
The Tarp is awesome, if a little heavy (well heavier than my tent) due to the poles, I suspect the tents might well be a good buy.
I have a DD Hammocks tarp, chosen for being a well put together piece of kit and light. BUT no poles so I just use a single pole I have spare, or the bike.

richardsracingmad 13-01-11 16:03
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Originally Posted by richardsracingmad (Post 146176)
Here's a possible bargain...Vango Equinox 350 @�99....ITS GOT NO RESERVE 7 HRS TO GO!!!!!!!!!!!! I would say still a bargain at �180.....A very roomy tent, weighs 5.3 kg, (add around 500g for a footprint), and will suit those looking for a bit of comfort in a tent. I nearly went for the Equinox 250, it is pretty stable for a "skyscraper", well made, a quality tent. It has inner tension straps that go diagonally either side of the inner tent door, and at either end, (you can chose not to connect them, but they give a much greater stability in high wind). Someone here MUST buy it!!!!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vango-Equinox-...item3a622e3766
it sold for �144.95.....a bargain! Half the retail price, 2010 model, brand new..

richardsracingmad 16-01-11 15:50
My new Vango Cyclone 200+
 
Here it is,in all its glory.

Was a bit fiddly threading the poles through for the first time, but everything else was easy.

The inner tent comes to the apex of the top of the tent, its raining now, so no pics of the inside yet...

http://i933.photobucket.com/albums/a...d/IMG_0964.jpg

http://i933.photobucket.com/albums/a...d/IMG_0965.jpg

http://i933.photobucket.com/albums/a...d/IMG_0966.jpg

midlife crisis 16-01-11 18:39
Can you bang up a shot of it packed up too... perhaps with an XT660 for an idea of scale?

richardsracingmad 16-01-11 18:52
yep i will...its staying up tonight as it started hosing down... more shots of the tent tomorrow. It is very very stable, 16mph winds today and it doesnt move.

RedDog 16-01-11 20:35
Here's my "tent" ;)

Double bed, fridge, gas burners, sink.

Bit of a bug**r to bungy it on the back of the XTX though.

http://www.xt660.com/gallery/display...p?imageid=1936

richardsracingmad 16-01-11 21:22
Looks quite stable as well....


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