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My two cents:
- I have had a Maggiolina Columbus Variant tent for over a year now, but have yet to actually sleep in it ;-) I brought it because 5 nights out of 7 on all of my my trips I would sleep in a different place each night - and almost every day I would want to drive somewhere. So looking forward to the ease of use and increased sense of freedom when I set off again next year.
- The Hannibal Impi wasn't a very good design when it first came out - Dutch friends of mine who bought one in SA (after starting the trip with a Eezi Awn) complained it leaked badly in the rain - and I've heard similar things from others - so maybe check with Hannibal to see if it has been redesigned or modified etc. This was no more than 2 years ago.
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Heading north
N71 10' 21" actually, all the way to Nordkapp. Just checked my log - it was nearer 1000km. Awesome!
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Hi Darrin,
You'll love the Columbus, such a doddle to use and as comfortable as the conventional types. Plus better mpg.
Not sure if Hannibal are still manufacturing the Impi. I believe there were copyright issues as Maggiolina thought they'd ripped off their design. Not a great fan of Hannibal - my 1.2m was replaced twice and they still couldn't get it right. Bought an EeziAwn second hand in perfect condition which then had 3 years' hard use with no problems. Ended up selling it for more than I'd paid for it and put the money towards the Columbus.
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Quote:
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N71 10' 21" actually, all the way to Nordkapp. Just checked my log - it was nearer 1000km. Awesome!
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Okay, roadmiles... Cape North is approximately 500 kms from the Arctic Circle.
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Quite right!
Had to take the road as I've not tried the roof tent on the Cessna yet...
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ok ok
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Originally Posted by AliBaba
Okay, roadmiles... Cape North is approximately 500 kms from the Arctic Circle.
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OK guys, stopping pissing. Its 517 km due north as the crow flies.
Nice idea to try the roof tent on the Cessna, like to see that.
cheers,
Noel
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Well, Hanibal are definately still making the Impi, whether they have improved or not I don't know, but the price was just tooo good! Never really had an issue with my folding normal type Hanibal, so hope the same with the hard shell one. Will put up some opinion when it arives (hopefully 5-6 weeks). Thanks for the reviews as always folks.
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I've got a Columbus roof tent (medium). I'm 6'4" and it's just long enough. It has an external thermal layer that velcros on for cold confitions. I've got a 3" memory foam mattress in it that's very comfortable.
It doesn't like high winds, other than that it's great.
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Tents to tyres
Hi Bronze,
I was idly going through your links and saw that you are running Grabber AT2 tyres... I would be really interested in feedback on them as we buy a lot of tyres and I just confirmed 50 of these tyres! We were using Maxxis 751 as a general fleet tyre and found them very good, hard wearing (but not on heavily loaded pick-ups) and quiet. We couldn't get the Maxxis so went for the General Tyre option. The General certainly looks more off road biased than the Maxxis, but that doesn't mean it will wear any better...
Would be cool if you had any feedback on them thanks,
gil
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