Quote: Originally posted by tentation on 06/8/2015
Quote: Originally posted by Billy x on 06/8/2015Unless you are going to spend a couple of grand on a tent you are just left with the usual Go Outdoors stuff.
Or you could get a tent like ours (posted above) secondhand for less than £100 if you take your time on auction sites.
Exactly and there are many good sturdy tents out there for less than a thousand pounds that I would be happy to use in strong winds. For example I would be happy to use most of the outwell range(particularly the poly cotton range)which use either just steel poles or a combination of steel and fibreglass in strong winds, I have seen many stand up to winds in the 45-50mph range no problem.
My friend had a diablo and to be honest it is probably just about the worst shape a tent could be in strong winds. That being said despite nearly being blown flat on the ridge way, in 40mph+ winds on one outing it did survive due to adding of extra guys etc. However I think that really did take it's toll on it as it was finally destroyed by the wind on a subsequent outing and as Billy said that was due to a couple of the guylines parting where they were attached to the tent.
If the wind is strong enough most tents will struggle, we had a canvas frame tent smashed by the winds one year in Cornwall when we were kids in winds that were steady 60mph gusting to 75mph+ but we learnt from that and after that my Dad(and me after him) always carried screw in ground anchors and ratchet straps that we threw over the top in heavy winds and one year on Skye thanks to those we were one of only three tents that survived similar winds, the other two were small proper mountain tents.
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In my own experience, my Khyam Freelander was not able to stand up to the elements, no matter how many guys I put on it, and I used storm guys and Delta pegs, the lot, and none of the pegs or guys failed.
In the end, one of the sleeves holding the poles ripped beyond repair by the strong winds, hence it had to be ditched, and now I have a cotton canvas Dutch pyramid that is much better at standing up to stormy weather.
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