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Hi Kateboo , we have both the extension and the front canopy for our montana 6

 We bought our montana 6 and a front canopy back in 2006 , before the extensions were available  , a limited number of extensions for the montana 6 became available early in 2007 , liked the look of it and we were lucky enough to get one , so have already camped throughout the 2007 season with the extension .

The extension is worth it's weight in gold in my opinion , especially when it rains , and lets face it , this is the uk , it does rain quite a bit .

Everytime we used it in 2007 we had montana owners come over and ask about it , and ask where they could buy one from .

I have to say , since buying the extension , our front canopy has become somewhat redundant and we havent used it since 2006 , I have been told that the front canopy will fit onto the extension , should we want to , though have never tried it , never felt the need .

We use Delta pegs on the guys , and also peg through the ring on the ring & pins , and have never experienced any problems with it lifting  , though , as Cliff has said , if we found ourselves in a "head on " gale , I wouldn't pitch it or I would take it off till it had passed .

Thinking back to 2006 , when we last used the front canopy , we put windbreaks along the sides  creating a  extension , if you will , so on that note the front extension gets our vote .

Similar situation, when we bought our Monty, we got the front canopy and the side canopy. With the side canopy reaching the floor, we use this to cook under (also had it hooked up at the front once). Never used the front canopy, but bought an extension at the Caravan, Boat and Outdoor Show at the NEC recently so will be trying that out this year.

We will see how we get on with th eExtension and maybe I might have a front canopy up for grabs later in the summer.

Roll on the school half term holiday at the end of May when "our camping season" begins.

Martin

Hi all,

having read your reviews we are extremely tempted by the extension however as i understand it it will make the tent nearly 8 1/2 metres long. Can you overlap the extension with the tent to shorten it? Only ask as our first ever trip is to Polmanter and they say tents have to be under 8m including guy ropes.

I know Irn Bru is off to the same site - are there anyways of making it smaller for the trips where they have size restrictions or does it not really matter as it is just oversize?.

Don't really want to buy it if i can't use it.

Thanks for your advice