Comments on: I’m probably not going to buy another tent

By: Caroline

Caroline — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:15:03 +0000

Yeah – my little ridge was a bit like that – but SMALLER! It sloped down at the back (2 x 2 poles at front in an A, only one single upright at the back. V light, V.strong – V.small. It was a Eurohike (Millets) Ridgeway – bet you can’t find one of those! I’ll blog a pic of it if I have one

Spacepacker looks cool, but mine was a LOT cheaper!

I’ve seen that other one – like the look of that too, but like you say..!

By: Daddybean

Daddybean — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 07:32:16 +0000

Oh yes you can Caroline – Good old force Ten.

Still love my old Spacepacker

Anyway, don’t need another small tent at the moment, let alone justify buying anothet tent at this moment. Maybe next year

Though this is tempting
a good deal compared to what it’s mopstly selling for

By: Caroline

Caroline — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 01:31:31 +0000

Ah…to even think about small tents..! Our weekender for SOTP next year is our XL Vermont!! We don’t fit in anything much smaller – LOL. As it is the big boys need a ‘throw up’ tent to pitch in the porch if we don’t want to squash everyone in! One day…
I still have my tiny 1-2 man 15yr old A-frame ridge tent from my backpacking days of youth, and bar needing new elastics for the inner tent it’s in excellent nic. It stood up to some howling nights on the South Downs Way in it’s time, but you can’t buy them these days

By: HHaricot

HHaricot — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 09:15:00 +0000

giggle Alison, you have. he is rather nice isn’t he

By: Alison

Alison — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 08:35:11 +0000

I’m just commenting to see whether I get my little monocled man again!

By: HHaricot

HHaricot — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:20:10 +0000

well, yes, i was looking at some more expensive tents that really are proper 4 season tents as it were, but really, i don’t mean hurricane, i mean overnighters that are reliable in wind – that would be fine perhaps at SOTP

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:12:37 +0000

The Sigma has something like two feet less width in the bedroom than your Venture and a much lower roof. So you might end up feeling a bit cramped. Also, although it certainly looks very robust, the Sigma is not a 4 season tent… if you want something to survive a hurricane then get a Hurricane… but the price is very different.

Does cross my mind that at an undefinable point in the future you might want to think about two x two person tents for things like cycle touring, in the meantime the Sigma is quite cheap and I would have thought would likely serve you very well, …. unless you were being literal when you said hurricane.