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1 Reviews of the Gotland 6
By: SteveGoulding Reason: I've used one Made in: 2011 Rating:  Date: 28/06/2012
Just back from a week's camping holiday in North Devon – I say a week, but we survived just 4 days! This was the second time we had used the tent, which had stood up well to a poor week's weather in Dorset last Autumn.
Although we would have liked to have pitched the tent bedroom-on to the prevailing wind (thus presenting minimum wind resistance) we were restricted by the site rules to pitching it sideways-on. Apart from some water seepage through the doors and windows that faced the wind, there were no no real problems for the first few days. However, the last night we were there the wind must have picked up to 40-50 mph, causing the tent to seriously bow down. It finally gave up the ghost by collapsing altogether at 4:25 am. We retreated to our vehicle (which I was using as a windbreak, along with two other regular windbreaks!) to await a lull in the weather so that we could dump everything into the vehicle and retreat home. Needless to say it was pelting down with rain throughout the ordeal.
The tent itself seems to be none the worse for the experience, but I found that one of the pole sections had split along its entire length.
Good Points
. Truly cavernous! If the doors were slightly larger I could maybe get my vehicle inside.
. Good build quality.
. Main tent fabric is damn near waterproof. (As should be expected for a 5m water column rating.)
. Quick & easy to erect.
Bad Points/Room for Improvement
. Roof vent and the bottoms of windows let in wind blown rain.
. The doors have no side protection, hence rain gets blown inside the tent whenever the door is used. Could do with some (detachable?) zipped side skirts.
. The entry points for an electric hook up are only about 2cm diameter – how can one get a standard connector through without having to disconnect and then reconnecting the socket?
. The side guys are positioned approximately a third of the way up the poles which allows significant bowing and twisting in high winds. Provision of some high level anchor points on the middle poles would, I am sure, allow a vast improvement in stability.
. Wind buffeting causes wind facing doors and windows to rub against the insect screens, thus allowing water to penetrate the fabric.
P.S I solved the roof vent problem by attaching two plastic gripper clips to each side and stringing them to the conveniently placed loops on the outside of the tent. These loops enable the side doors to be be secured when they are rolled up, and needless to say, the doors can not now be rolled up unless the clips are removed! The clips are sold as Clingons, Power Clips, Sealeys et al.
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Manufacturer's Description
SKANDIKA GOTLAND 6 PERSONS FAMILY TENT TUNNEL NEW 5000 MM WATER COLUMN! SEWN IN TENT FLOOR! INSECT FREE!
Spacious 6-berth family tent with a peak height of 200 cm, lots of handy extras, sewn-in groundsheet, plenty of space for all your equipment and quick and simple to erect! 2011 model!
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