I have just had a tent off my brother in law,Cant get out to put it up yet!!! It is a decathlon t6.2 We have booked a week in scotland in May......is it a good tent regards wind and rain? how easy is it to erect???? thanks pete
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My first thought is "Where's the groundsheet?" , the second one being "no stormflaps!" Many Decathlon tents are made for drier, warmer climates than ours, so don't need to be as wind and watertight. however there is a home remedy for the lack of above. Go to B&Q and buy a big tarp and cut it to fit the footprint of the tent plus about eight inches all round. Once the tent is up fit the groundsheet inside it, with the excess folded up the inside of the flysheet. You may need to trim a few bits here and there. plus hold the corners with duct tape. Cut a couple of slits at the door so you can fold the excess out the way when the door is open. You don't want any part of your groundsheet poking out from the flysheet, as this will collect runoff water.
Looks pretty simple to erect. Why not get BIL to show you first time? Oh, and how many of there are you? It will be very tight for six. For four though you should be fine for a week. Just don't take too much kit.
PS. A stormflap is a strip of plasticky material stitched onto the bottom of the flysheet. It tucks under the groundsheet to keep wind and rain out. Pretty necessary for our climate!
hi pete tent looks alright for you and the bride .you proberly need your thermals,at scotland.but have you enough room for a game of doms,with your mates
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We have the XL air, whichcomes with a groundsheet, but the Decathlon groundsheets that the sell for a fiver are the same stuff, and good and solid.
I love being able to open up the entire front, it makes camping a different experience, and the light colour of the tent makes it nice to be in during the day if it's wet.
The build quality is excellent, even the pegs are good thick strong ones, as are the guys etc. I've seen a lot of Dome tents without storm flaps, and so I wouldn't worry, but I do use a larger groundsheet around the edges to keep out wind.
Ours is quite a bit bigger (twice the living area) but we can still get it all up in 40 minutes flat. We generally leave the bedrooms in, which helps.
Putting it up, we put all the poles in with it flat on the ground, and then lift it up from the front, pin out the frontn guy lines and then stretch the tent out and pin out the rest. Once you've got the idea it'a a cinch, and the pole holes are colour coded. Becasue the pole sleves aren't as long it's also much easier to get them in and out.
Ours stood up well last summer- even on that wettest day in record, and as we camped a number of time on cliff edges or high hills, it was well tested by the wind. Idealy you should back it into the wind, but even face first (when we had little choice) it stood up well.
Thanks for that steve.. we are really looking forward to our trip to bonny scotland with our friends...as long as we can sit and have a game of good old dominoes!!! might even have a couple of glasses of wine!!! Must get a ground sheet...Thanks again
Pete
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