Thankfully ours went down during the day. If it had been night I think we would have had some casualties and it would have been truly terrifying. We haven't camped since (no holidays left), and our kids are due to go to cub camp this weekend. Unfortunately high winds are forecast again - and we really don't want them to have another bad experience with the weather otherwise I think they will get very nervous..
The trouble with tents in the wind is that most tents the guy ropes are attached to the tent fabric and not to the poles, Ive seen a couple of tents flattened last week at barmouth in 11 mile a hour winds and last year in october, 2 tents were flattened in the worst thunder storm ive ever camped in, one tent was one of them old fashioned looking ones with the steel frame that are very strong, Ive camped in some bad weather and I think that khyam tents are the best in the wind with its Tri-guy System the connects to the 19mm aluminum poles and buy some delta pegs to go with it,I can usually pick the tents that are not going to make the night,usually they are cheap tents, from argos or some other supermarket, I laugh at people when they turn up with a 20,000 pound estate audi and they pull a aldi tent out the back, there not just letting there self down there letting there family down.You get what you pay for.
Our very first tent came from Aldi. We stayed on the coast at Southsea and during the night there was the most horrendous storm. Hubby an ex boy scout pitched it and made sure the guys were secured correctly. It stood up and to this day we always say if we got through that night we will get through anything. Since then we have purchased a Sunncamp Grange but also 3 x pup tents from Aldi and our weekend tent.
I am the first to knock things for poor quality but speaking from experience this is not what I find with Aldi goods.
that tent will cave in the roof area from the door end, the secret is to nail down your pods all of them as they form part of the strength of the roof to keep it up, also you should have tensioner straps inside across the roof space and needs to be taught.
but don`t expect it to not wobble alot its when they dont they break.
incredibly gusty here yesterday, my big garden umbrella took off and it felt more like Kansas than the south coast of england .. i was glad i wasn't camping!
We have a khyam Classic XL (tri-guy system) and delta pegs, so I feel fairly confident about camping on a cliff top in dorset in august. I have, however, been wondering if it would be best not to use the annexe or canopy. If we do, i must remember not to leave the canopy up at night, or if we are away from the tent.
We were also camping on the coast right at the beginning of September last year,. down in Pembrokeshire. I am still impressed that our Eurohike tunnel took the rain and wind and general battering without damage!
It was our first outing in said tent - which was very clear to the other campers who sat and watched us struggle to work out whch pole went where in the rain. One lady approached me in the showers the next morning and asked if it was our first ever camping trip; she was worried that we'd be scared off! Lucky for us, we get out under canvas regularly and have had far worse experiences (namely, my canvas C-frame tent blowing sideway at 6am, so that I woke up to see nothing but grey sky and drizzle above me. It's a good tent too - but you're a little stuck trying to pitch with wooden pegs on sandy ground (we were in a castle where metal pegs were banned, least we damage any archaeology).
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