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Subject Topic: Lightweight alternative to Cabanon Etna?
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PersonCornerhouse
04/7/2009 at 9:14pm
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Hello all.
Have just returned from a miserable day at the beach for Surf Life Saving competition, where weather & sea conditions were rotten. However a last minute decision yesterday saw me putting my older Cabanon Etna in the car instead of the 1 man beach tent pop up thing. What a saviour it was. We were able to keep all our kit (several families worth) dry & accessible with room for the kids to change in & out of wetsuits & shelter several people during the (many) downpours that we had.

The only downside to using the tent was that all our kit had to be transported by foot a fair distance and as well as all the surf kit, the poles, canvas & handful of sand pegs was a 2 trip job.....

SO, I am looking for a lighter nylon alternative to the Etna to use instead - something that can be carried in 1 bag maybe. Some sort of utility/kitchen tent maybe - it's roughly 2.25m wide by about 3.5m long, high at the front & dips low at the back.

Please help - don't think I can do another competition without one!

Many thanks
Karen

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PersonPigletandTigger
04/7/2009 at 9:24pm
 Location: Dorset
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Decathlon Base tent? Clicky

Not as big as your Etna but wins hands down on the ease of pitching.

Remarkable stable in the wind as well.

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PersonCornerhouse
04/7/2009 at 9:44pm
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Hmm, thanks for that, but pitching is not a problem as there's always plenty of people about at our comps - the Etna really only took 10 mins, and the pop out things are not much bigger than what I already have! Ideal as a place to store all our bags & stuff to make more room for humans in the frame tent though!! The etna is also waaaaay easier to put away than them springy boingy things - sooo funny to watch though!!!   Reminds me of the springy snake in the peanut tin!!!!!!!

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Personhlk01
04/7/2009 at 11:21pm
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How about a utility tent - like this - the outwell Alabama?

http://www.dpbolvw.net/click-1428744-10475506?url=http://www.outdoormegastore.co.uk/acatalog/Outwell_Alabama_Utility_Tent.html

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