Don't know about this tent (I'm looking to buy the Vango Aspen) but I know that if you have any problems with it Argos are very good in sorting it out.
Friend bought the Starter tent + accs for £99 in July, we went away for 2 nights, weather really bad, poured down both days and nights and tent leaked. Called argos they couldn't do enough and upgraded her tent. Well done Argos
What was this like to put up and is it roomy inside?
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We had the Arizona 8 man tent, we put it up in the back garden and noticed the sleeves were the poles feed through coming away from the tent. Shame really, we really liked the style, Argos gave us a full refund and now we have got the coleman wyoming 6 and you can notice the difference in quality
Took me about 1 hour but I was on my own, and that included checking all the bits there and followin ginstructions.
Looks good, and stable.
Mud flaps a little on the short side, and feel light weight suspect in the wind they would certainly flap! But will add eyelets
Bedrooms very long - one bedroom has a bakdoor which leads to a backdoor of the tent - not particularly wanted because I was going to put a child in it. But a small padlock will stop escapees!
Last Night it rained which I was hoping it would. This morning there is condensation on the inside, but what do I expect.
There is a small pool of water in part of the roof, but this was probably because I didn't tighten it all up properly. May also contribute to the Fact that mud flaps appear short!
The rain itself has not leaked in, other than through a small tare, which I had noticed whilst erecting it! Phoned Argos and they will deliver and pick up for a replacement.
It is 25kgs. Which is half the wieght of the Aspen 700.
There are 2 side windows and a roof window, there are 3 mesh windows too. There are three main doors plus the back door. All in all very light and airy.
For £90 (when I have a replacement) I think I will be happy.
We have the arizona tent and find it absolutely fine. We bought it in July as a starter tent and have had no problems with it. Went away Bank holiday monday till friday and had a absolutely horrendous storm. Woke up to find lots of tents around us flat or knee deep in water and ours survived with only a small puddle.
update - Argos replaced the tent due to the small tare. Messed up collection of old tent a bit, but were fine about it. And to be honest the mess up did us a favour.
We put up the replaced tent, but one of the poles bent (woryingly easily). But just swapped it for one from the tent to be returned.
It rained a lot yesterday, the ground is sodden, there are huge puddles in the roads etc etc. The tent is not perfectly dry - it is suffering from condensation, and also it is clear that rain water has leaked into the tent in various places. But not in copious amounts. Just little splashes. All the bedrooms are too long, and if I move on rainy nights all the stuff that I dont want to get wet into the bedrooms then they will stay dry.
Given that this was bought to cover those 'lets get away, the weather forecast is good for the weekend', this will be an excellent tent.
I know it hasn't had wind yet, but it has lots of guys, and with the tent has a combination of steel and fibre glass poles. it comes with 54 pegs, and I think if a wind can lift 54 well placed pegs it has a right to take your tent away!
We love our Arizona. Got it brand new off ebay for £70 last year (a real bargain). We love it. Had a little bit of water coming in through a seam once during a very heavy storm but that's the only problem we have had with it. Well worth the money we paid for it. comes with spare rods. We camped during some windy weather and the tent coped very well indeed - just use all the guys. The pockets on the outside of the inner tent are very useful. I wouldn't want to sleep 8 people in it but our 2 adults, 2 kids fit in very nicely thank you. Inner tent has double zipped mesh/fabric doors to keep bugs at bay. Ground sheet is nice and strong. The pins you have to put into the poles at the base are a pain but we've looked at Coleman tents and they seem to use the same thing. Good luck choosing.
We started with a tent from Argos and then we were hooked. Think it is a good idea not to spend to much to start with, cos once you get the camping bug it cost a fourtune.
hi we have the same tent it has stood up to some heavy storms this year,with no leaks my advice would to get a extra ground sheet so you can put it under the living aerea so it can overlap at the front it helps reduce draughts
We bought an Arizona from Argos last year as our first family tent and it was OK. There were a few leaky seams, and one of the tags holding the inner tent to the outer came off. Also after a couple of uses we noticed some of the stitching around the ground sheet coming away (after the warranty was up). Our main problem was the weight; we use it for camping at music festivalsas well as standard sites and a 10-15 minute walk with 23kg isn't much fun. Also it took too long to put up. We've since realised that as we'll be camping only for weekends that the tent is bigger than we need so we've ditched it and bought a Vango Venture 500 for £68.99 from Gaynor Sports. If we do need any more storage space our 14 year-old Vango Discovery Dome is perfect, and the 2 together weigh less than the Arizona and take less time to pitch.
All that said, I'm glad that we bought the Argos tent, and didn't spend £200-£300 on a tent that we then decided wasn't right for us.
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