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Re: following on from my intro

Postby pogue on Sun Feb 07, 2010 8:06 am

we have seen the montana a few times now and its the one we would go for,love all the gear you can buy,cookers on stands all of it looks great.even if we keep the caravan im sure we will get this tent and all the gear to give us more options for weekends away.one fear i have is putting the dog on a tether outside,he will without doubt get tangled up in all those guy ropes. :lol:
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Re: following on from my intro

Postby merlin1973 on Sun Feb 07, 2010 12:36 pm

i have noticed that at go outdoors in wolvo
It's very rare they shut the doors
You should have a nooch at the camping show later this month Yeomans are having a big display on.
Any man, in the right situation, is capable of murder. But not any man is capable of being a good camper. So, murder and camping are not as similar as you might think.
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Re: following on from my intro

Postby Andy on Sun Feb 07, 2010 12:45 pm

merlin1973 wrote:i have noticed that at go outdoors in wolvo
It's very rare they shut the doors
You should have a nooch at the camping show later this month Yeomans are having a big display on.


Nor forgetting that throughout the year yemomans also put displays on up and down the country. Dates not on the site yet. but some dates are listed in camping magazine this month. I'll post them later when i get home :)
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Re: following on from my intro

Postby Kool Kamping on Wed Feb 10, 2010 8:01 am

The biggest problem regarding condensation is that 90 + % of all tents now are sewn in units which mean that the groundsheet is sewn into the flysheet. This creates a lovely cosy draught free tent....but............it also creates a sealed in box of a tent. People want tents to be totaly waterproof and this means putting a coating on the outside of the material which allows it to be waterproof but of course will not allow moisture from inside to get out. We could of course make tents with a breathable fabric but that would push the costs of tents very quickly upwards and that would not suit 99% of the tenting population.

The simple answer to the majority of condensation problems is to have as many venting places as possible to allow the circulation of air within the tent.
I see and talk to so many people with all their vents shut especially in the bedroom areas and then they complain that the tent leaks ,which is weird as its not rained for a week whilst they were on holiday.
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Re: following on from my intro

Postby merlin1973 on Fri Feb 12, 2010 11:33 am

Hiya
one fear i have is putting the dog on a tether outside,he will without doubt get tangled up in all those guy ropes.


I should not worry about this.. there are usually not many guy ropes out front of the tent and there is usually enough room on pitches to give him enough space.
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Re: following on from my intro

Postby pogue on Fri Feb 12, 2010 4:09 pm

you camping guys amaze me with your tact ,much better that the tin tent lot so far.
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Re: following on from my intro

Postby in-a-tent on Fri Feb 12, 2010 5:11 pm

LOL @ "the tin tent lot"
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Re: following on from my intro

Postby pogue on Fri Feb 12, 2010 5:12 pm

you must excuse my irish craic lol
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Re: following on from my intro

Postby pogue on Sat Feb 13, 2010 2:33 pm

ok lighting,what would you use on ehu,and what would you use non ehu?
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Re: following on from my intro

Postby merlin1973 on Sat Feb 13, 2010 6:10 pm

For when we are on EHU we have 2 of the tube lead lights

http://www.abbeypowertools.co.uk/car-ma ... 87687.aspx
£12.99

For when we are not using EHU we usually have a rechargeable lantern
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RECHARGEABLE-REMO ... 35a3a142d6

and 2 led saucers

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/3-Mode-60-LED-Cam ... 2a043e67b0

one in the main tent and one for the canopy
and a couple of small led lights

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/24-LED-MULTI-PURP ... 19b89e0d7a
for reading in the bedrooms.
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