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Hi Guys

I'm in the market for a new tent and I seem to have expensive tastes.  I really like the look of the Randstad pyramid tents and now I've found the Cabanon Biscaya 370 tent.

Does anyone have one of these and how good are they? 

I would like a tent that's good quality, warm and with a groundsheet attached thats easy for two people to errect.  Any idea's?

My oh my! you do have expensive tastes  The Biscaya is lovely. However, I've only been inside a display one, so probably can't help you much. The only thing I can confirm is that Cabanon is an extremely good brand, and their tents last years & years.

Welcome to the forum by the way

Hi

Theres been a thread about the biscaya tents before, see the links below.

http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/chatter/search.asp?search=cabanon+biscay&searchMode=allwords&searchIn=Topic&forum=3&searchSort=dateDESC&Submit=Start+Search

Hope this helps, and welcome to the site.

Just had a look at those Randstad pyramid tents, they really do look the buisness

I think you really get what you pay for, we prefer a canvas tent even though it takes up more room in the car when packed, when we looked at tents in a camping shop last weekend OH commented that some would be like sleeping under a pac a mac.

Probably pack down as small as well.

Marie

I'd highly recommend the Biscaya.

Built like the proverbial this is not your flimbsy, light weight blow away at a sneeze tent.

There are good reductions on them and for a tent that can be put up in under twenty minutes in any weather they take some beating.

Have a look at the Cabanon Guadaloupe. Very similar to the Randstad but a bit cheaper and available in this country.

Carol

I have a Biscaya 500 images on my pofile, it is a bomb shelter brilliant Tent.

say no more

We are about to purchase a Biscaya.

 We were a bit concerned about where to put the camp kitchen etc so are very impressed by the pics on Sheriff's profile - which kitchen tent is that, by the way?

Would anyone who owns a Biscaya please let us know:

Does the tent get a bit stuffy in warm (or especially in hot) weather? Went to look at them yesterday, on a warmish day, and they were a bit more stuffy inside than I had imagined.

So, tried to open the window vents and found it really dificult to open the side ones on the 500; basically because I had to lean into the tent to do it (because of the angle of the side). I was almost falling into the canvas! Also, there are no toggles on the front windows to fix the panels when you lift them up for ventilation - we tried tucking them into the top of the window trim but not sure how long they would stay up.

Finally, is there a point in the zip in groundsheet to allow EHU into the tent?

It is a lovely tent, but an awful lot of money, so I want to feel absolutely right about it before taking the plunge.

Comments should be very much appreciated.

Thanks.

Kitchen tent is by cabanon

The easy option and quickest is to roll back the whole front window which can be done in a minute. The side windows are tricky but i manage mainly because I am 6ft +.

no entry in the ground zip for electric but can be done through front porch fine