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Hope you went for the green one! That yellow job will attract the midges and mosquitos like no-ones business!

I can attest to the room it has



Stace and I did a little 'testing' last year at the Adventure Travel Film Festival.
That's the same tent that was blowing all over the place in a bit of wind! WTF do you want to park your bike in your tent for Might as well kip in a hotel and stick your bike in the garage
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"That's the same tent that was blowing all over the place in a bit of wind! WTF do you want to park your bike in your tent for Might as well kip in a hotel and stick your bike in the garage"

Its a little thing called security! Out of sight and out of mind and all that?
Its the same reason why travellers go to great lengths to find accomodation where their bikes are behind closed doors - away from prying eyes! I thought the benefits of hiding the bike in a tent would have been obvious? Obviously not...
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"That's the same tent that was blowing all over the place in a bit of wind! WTF do you want to park your bike in your tent for Might as well kip in a hotel and stick your bike in the garage"

Its a little thing called security! Out of sight and out of mind and all that?
Its the same reason why travellers go to great lengths to find accomodation where their bikes are behind closed doors - away from prying eyes! I thought the benefits of hiding the bike in a tent would have been obvious? Obviously not...
So obvious that your trying to hide in an oversized bright yellow tent ;-)
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now now you two...

Different tents for different people - I know we can get passionate about gear... but come on.

Now, I can attest that with both Stace and I in the tent it didn't blow anywhere. There may have been some wind inside the tent but poor Stace had just had some of my bacon curry.

I don't own this tent by the way - I just take the mickey out of it at the meets ;-)
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Agree with most of you. No need to spend mega buck. My Vango Spirit 2 has got me thro 2 Welsh winters. And will take it to the Arctic this May. The porch is essential for bike gear and very easy and fast to pitch. Light weight and compact, My sleeping mat cost more than the tent... down filled, Exped hand inflated , worth every penny Reflects body heat and very comfy.
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Hi Ted nice tent where did you get that from? I have the HALO 300 and it does me, it has more space than the Omega and packs about the same weight. Ted is right you can spend a fortune on tents with laser engraved poles and drilled graphite pegs but does the cost justify it?

I lost one tent in Cornwall when it turned into a kite as I was taking it down. Fortunately it was a cheap tent but it could have been an expensive one. By the time I had retrieved it out of the brambles it was like a set of lace curtains and ended up in the skip. Shell Island is the graveyard of tents but the best place to test any out. I have left at least one very expensive tent in a skip there. In fact I have thrown most of my tents away and they were a combination of expensive and ultra cheap bargain basement jobbies.

My advice would be buy a cheap one and test it out on any hill top in bad weather. If it works then great if it does not then you have not wasted a fortune. My current HALO has seen me through 6 inches of snow, temperatures of -7 and hurricane type gales. IT has not leaked, has not blown away or been ripped to shreds by the wind and it has loads of space in it to keep my gear dry.

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I am not saying this is the best tent as no tent is the best for everything but the Exped orion is very very good, (I still rate the moskol tipis as one of the best for everything) Able to withstand high winds is roomy, with excellent head room, the tent can be pitched with the inner in place, or the inner can be stand alone for hotter climate, it has two porches, two entrances, excellent stability, free standing very good ventilation and better than most build quality, zips and materials. Its cheaper to buy from Europe than in the UK generally but you might find a bargain one. http://www.exped.com/exped/web/exped...endocumentwell worth a look.
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That's the same tent that was blowing all over the place in a bit of wind! WTF do you want to park your bike in your tent for Might as well kip in a hotel and stick your bike in the garage

This is the tent you describe as blowing away all over the place in a bit of wind:




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rAcyTOiVJc


I believe you are referring to the Horizon Unlimited Meeting in Ripley 2011.
I was there.
I remember this tent blowing away.
I also believe it was put up either by a pretty drunk and careless guy or by an amateur.
I was actually lying in exatly the same kind of tent the exact same place at the exact same event and it was a very wet and windy weekend.
Even so, I had no issues with instability, wet "living room" or "kite-effect" when packing down.

But each to his own.
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How about a tent ferino chaos 2?
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