Hi I am thinking of buying a cabanon jupiter tt, is this a good tent to buy, and do you know where i can get one from, near norwich if poss, i was also looking at the new neptune, but i am not to sure about it, What do you think, thanks gary.
Hi,
We have a Jupiter, & love it.
Haven't been out yet this year but we were camping last year in the high winds & heavey rains & we stayed dry (apart from the water coming up from the ground !!!)
It seems to have the largest living area of any TT we have seen. You do have to check the pitch size when you book, but we have not had any problems yet. As its large it can take a couple of hours to get everything up & sorted. We have just got back from out local camp shop & the new Cabannons look very nice with the sewn-in ground sheet being a big plus, but don't have the any where near the same amount of living space. Also the new ones are quicker to put up.
Hope this helps & what ever Cabannon you go for I'm sure it will be great.
The cabanons I have seen have been made well from high quality canvas and good strong poles, so if it's the right tent for you, then I'm sure you will love it.
A couple of things you might like to consider.
The cabanon has a more traditional folding mechanism which it shares with Sunncamp, where the frame folds out seperately from the beds. This has the advantage that it can be folded wet more easily without staining inner tents or mattresses, but the disadvantage that it is an absolute swine to put up on your own. It is also slower then other makes even with two, and if it is raining when you erect the tent, it's very difficult to stop your beds/inner tents getting wet. Other manufacturers like trigano, raclet and jamet have the more modern erection system where the canvas and frame comes out with the beds.
The legendary build quality of the cabanon applies to the canvas and the frame, but not alas to the finish within the trailer, which looks to me a little like an explosion at an MFI factory. It has to be said that very few other manufacturers are any better, with the exception of Trigano and Camp-Let, and it has to be said I was unimpressed with the Trigano build quality.
Cabanons are astonishingly expensive for what they are. If you have a look at, for example, a Raclet Flores 480 you will see you can get one for £2100 rather then the £3k minimum you would have to pay for a Jupiter, and the Raclet is bigger inside, and uses heavier weight canvas.
Also bear in mind that the Jupiter has an awning permanently attached, so even for overnight stops you have 40+ pegs to put in and a frame to erect, which is perhaps why it has now been replaced in the Cabanon lineup.
I don't want you to think I have a downer on Cabanons - as I said, if they are the right tent for you, then nothing else will do. They are beautifully built in all respects that matter, the customer service is excellent and I'm sure many people on this forum will testify to being delighted with their tents.
But don't buy one without checking out the competition!
Hi, We have a Statos the slightly smaller version of the new great shaped cabanon (has some folk almost crashing, they're rubber-necking so much on the way past). 1st thing it has lots of space and some to spare , we have 3 girls and counting DV will have 4 children to take in 2009 (can have an undertent under both double beds). The ground sheet is zipped approx. 3in off the ground right around the awning, No Drafts No Leaks great feature! The rounded shape stands up well to rough weather (well tested last August), also the entrance is covered over (even without the extra sun canopy) keeping that much used step-in point dry. Putting it up is a 2-man job, however the awning uses just 3 poles which come ready-joined like a regular dome shaped tent's rods would and they simply zip into place, might need a step someone who is how do you say, challenged in height ( my wife is 5ft 0in).
P.S. If you do purchase one with this shape ignore the instruction to peg out the groundsheet before erecting the awning its a lot easier. Happy hols, regards Keith.
Hi we have a cabanon stratos and used it for the first time last week! it withstood some really really bad winds in Wales, think the zip in groundsheet helped! the quality is excellent and quite easy to put up. It did take us 1hr45mins to put up but it was our first time and we made the mistake of following the instructions and pegging out groundsheet first........... casued us lots of problems, but we learn as we go along! great piece of equipment and would recommend
If you still want to buy a Jupiter, you might want to check De Wit in Schijndel, Holland. They had them for € 3.995,-, which wouldea little over 3.000 pound?
Good luck and btw, they sold TT''s that were meant for the English market.
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