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06/7/2009 at 6:17am
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Does anyone own a gelert twister tent? I'm looking at getting the twister 5 and would like to hear from anyone thats got one. I'm after an easy to put up tent with sewn-in groundsheet and the twister 5 looks ideal but I'd appriciate any comments 17

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06/7/2009 at 6:12pm
 Location: Middlesex (yes it still exists)
 Outfit:  Izmir:TT: Holkham:Adventure
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Hi,

I have one that is rebranded to curlaway 5.

What do you want to know?

I would say it is really easy to set up. It pops up as soon as you undo the velcro straps (2). There are 8 pegs on the inner, then 6 pegs for the outer - set up is  well under 10 mins , packing up is between 10-12mins from start to zipped away.

The groundsheet is SIG but really flimsy - we will be using a homemade foot print under it.

OH is 6'2 and can stand in it .

We have not 'used' it yet but it has been up a few times in the garden.

We got it for 1 or 2 nighters and we are really pleased with it for this purpose, for longer camps will will use our other tent.

We are hoping to get away this or next weeekend to try it. We are a family of 4.

Yesterday it went up to show our friends - they are going to get one for the same reason as us, they also have another tent which they want to use for longer camps.

HTH



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06/7/2009 at 7:35pm
 Location: Rotherham
 Outfit: Khyam XXl Classic and Gelert Twister 4
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I've just bought the Gelert Twister 4 and hopefully it will arrive this week! They look really good don't they.

Thanks for the tip about the groundsheet DOZY!
Donna x


07/7/2009 at 5:28am
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Thanks for the replies. I've read mixed reviews about getting the tent back in the bag so I was wondering how hard/easy it is to get it back down.

i was just going to use it for 2 maybe 3 nights stay, I have another tent but it doesn't have the sig and we have a dog now so sig is a must or I'm going to be running around the place chasing the dog 17

Thanks for the tip about the groundsheet 17



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