Moskoselkatan tents from sweden.(available in the UK through LIGHT MY FIRE in Edinburgh. The best you can get, all my other tents are now redundant.If you live in your tent for long periods and want plenty of room,a source of heat, to be able to stand up, shower inside the tent, dry wet gear, put up/take down the tent in 5 mins, this is for you. It has saved me reverting to paying for accommodation after travelling for weeks in terrible weather, I have remained dry, warm and comfortable from Kirkness in Northern Norway to Italy. the tent packs up to the size of a 2/3 man dome tent weighs 6kg (or 3kg lightweight version) will sleep 5, sit 8 people. you can light a fire in it or use a heatpal heater. the floor zips back to let you stand up and have a wash down inside out of the weather, there is a washing line round the top vent to dry wet clothing if you have a heater/fire going. It easily withstood severe gales and storms in northern arctic area and is nothing less than superb bit of kit. All tents have bad points, I am struggling to find them with this one possibly size weight are worst but the size weight is easily overcome if you arrange the packing of your bike accordingly.

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jake

Hi Adventure950,
I've just looked at this thread and been checking out the Tipitent web site. This looks like a wonderfull product and the praise you give suggests you think its well worth the price tag.Having lived with/in this tent could you please answer a couple of questions.
1. Is it necessary to buy the inner tent with the Tipi?
2. Then do you have to choose a floor to go with it?
3. How good is the protection from bugs/mossies?
4. Do you find it possible to carry a panheater along with every thing else?

I know that this is an old thread but I would appreciate any info or discussion that comes from those who've used this tent as the sales pitch is all that I've so far been able to read. I'm planning a trip to Norway this summer and am looking for a more spacious option than the 2 man tent previously used.
Cheers. Les.

Hi mate, I still use the moskolkatan all the time even for one night trips. Several people who have seen it in use have also gone and bought one. If you buy the canvas one you do not need the liner. the floor is needed but cheaper options are now available but you could make your own floor, Mosies can get in but depending on the model that you buy they do have plenty of netting etc to keep the buggers out. The tents are designed and used in northern sweden so are very good for the climate. Drop me an e mail and I can ring you or let you know my number to ring me if you need any more info. I will be at the hu meet in derby if your there so you can see the tent up and running. They are pricy but I would not do without it now. Weight with floor is almost 8kg and still rolls up the size of a large 3 man dome tent.

http://www.wolfcamper.com/



Also fireproof, but cheaper then moskolkatan.

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Freek (NL)

Hi guys,

I was looking at these tipi tents, they look fantastic. I have a question regarding the floor. All photos show them planted on the ground, are they provided with some sort of flooring (maybezipped into the main tent?) ??? I'm thinking here in case of rain etc...? How does it work?
Thanks,
Maria

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Maria

www.franglais-riders.com

If you mean the Wolfcamper, then no they do not have a floor. But you can either buy one as an accessory or buy the inner tent that has a sewn in groundsheet and covers approximately half of the inside space. Both are about £54. I recently received a catalogue from the company as I was interested as well. I'm am tempted by the price, but hesitant because I read one report from a Danish supplier who cast some doubt about the quality of these tents.

I would be interested in hearing a review from anybody out there who has one of these tents. Anybody?

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I've got the Wolfcamper 8. I've not used it super extensively but did spend 2 weeks in Norway in it last Summer and it was great. The things I like about it is I can stand up in it, I can light a fire in it, it's very quick to put up, I can get my bike in and I like seeing people's faces when I finally put the centre pole up and they see it's a tipi.

The one thing that annoyed me was that there are ties sewed into the seams to tie back the doors on the font and the back and in torential rain water leaks through the seam via the tie and drips off the end of the ties straight onto the inner tent (though it's water repellent). Some fabseal would probably sort this. Also, with the inner tent it comes to something like 10-12kg but on a GS it wasn't a problem even with loaded panniers and a girlfriend.

Also if it bothers you, having also seen mine in close company to the Moskoselkatan, I prefered the Moskoselkatan. I also think the floor of the Moskoselkatan (assuming it zips to the outer) would provde a cosier interior in the cold. That said, I think I paid about 300 quid from a chap who sells them on eBay compared to something like 1300 quid (this is off the top of my head, someone please correct me) for the Moskoselkatan. Actually, the bloke off of eBay was charging less for the tents than I could get it for if I bought it straight from the manufacturer given the exchange rate.

Anyway, in summary, I love it.

Hope that's of some help.