This weekend just gone was very windy and I saw a couple of tents doing convincing pancake impressions by the end of Saturday. One was a Tunnel the other a sort of Dome tent (but was a cheapy brand)
My Wynnster Dome stood up quite well to the wind and rain and we were nice and cosy. But I did notice a Sunncamp Evolution on the site that did not even quiver in the wind. Im not planning on replacing the Wynnster -so lovely and roomy. But as a tent addict, I may add an additional tent for inclement weather.
Can anyone recommend a tent that would suit windy, rainy British summers and whats the best thing and way to anchor the thing down.?
Kyham is one of the best for very windy days,some years a go we camped at Billing aquadrome and our xxl stood up the best, other tents were just flattened.
Based on my experience - a Monty (but one of the good ones!).
The full outer SIG means the wind does not whip under the flysheet and try and lift everything, equally water does not get in. The poles are solid metal and so keep the tent rigit, without being over rigid.
Were you OK with pitching the Angelsey in the rain?
------------- Big Bunny
Robens Valley Lodge & Cabanon Pyramide 6 "... kids you distract the bear, while I run to the car...."
Quote: Originally posted by Big Bunny on 04/9/2006
Based on my experience - a Monty (but one of the good ones!).
The full outer SIG means the wind does not whip under the flysheet and try and lift everything, equally water does not get in. The poles are solid metal and so keep the tent rigit, without being over rigid.
Were you OK with pitching the Angelsey in the rain?
Yes Thanks, I had the inner up and was just putting on the fly when the rain started. The wind was more of a problem, but the tent was soon pinned the ground. Stayed dry and warm !
We went camping (for the first time!) over this last weekend, and it was VERY windy and wet. Our tent is a Vango Diablo 600, and (using the crappy supplied standard pegs), the tent had no problems in three days of high and very gusty winds. With decent anchors like the delta pegs, it would be rock solid.
We have a montana 4, went camping Bank holiday weekend, it pelted it down, was v v windy, thunder & lightening the tent hardly moved and wa bone dry, we were v impressed.
I was camping last week in overnight gale force winds in the Vango Gamma, with their standard pegs in.
I thought it would have disappeared off with me in it at times, as it doesn't seem to have very thick guy ropes on it. But, fair play to it, it never moved all week. Very impressive. Not something I would want to repeat too often.
I had a similar experience on the same site 2 years ago in the Colman Bi-Space, and I felt more confident that it would stand up to all that was thrown at it though. It really didn't move.
I was camping at Stiffkey in Norfolk over the weekend and the wind and rain was very strong, I am using a Outwell Jersey Popup tent and belive it or not it put some of the bigger tents to shame watching other campers trying to secure there tents was rather amusinng some just packed up and went home. On the Saturday the wind was at it strongest and I left the site for about six hours and expected my tent to be blowen into oblivion but no it was still sitting in the middle of the campsite all by its self and had not moved.
cliveu
------------- stiffkey september 2006
Norfolk Meet Rose Farm 2006
Now just need a tent that is a touch smaller than my Anglesey5, but big enough to stand up in. (and small enough to hide from the other half - some women by shoes, I buy tents and shoes )
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.
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Topic: Windy Tents and pegs
