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Subject Topic: Please Help me to decide!!!
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Personcampbug
03/9/2009 at 6:13pm
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ok we have narrowed it down to 3 tents but we can't decide which to choose so could do with some helpful advice.

The 1st is the Hartford XXL,

The 2nd is the Vango Diablo900dlx

The 3rd is the Royal Biarritz 9

Also if any knows somewhere where we could see them we live in cheshire but willing to travel upto an hour! :)


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Personsuns
03/9/2009 at 7:15pm
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This Any good for you ?Think its the bigger red balloons that have the outdoor display.


Personcampbug
04/9/2009 at 4:26pm
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bump!


Personhall68
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Hi

I don't have any personal experience of any of these tents but in previous posts people have mentioned being unable to book onto some sites and be charged double at others with this style of tent. This is because the multi pods take up a much larger area than say a tunnel type tent.

 

  



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Forgot to say there is a special thread for people with large tents here showing which sites accept them

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PersonDannyRingKing
04/9/2009 at 6:27pm
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Coleman Mackenzie 8, sorry its not on your list but we were looking at pod tents till we saw this one......


Danny

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Personhalsteadl
04/9/2009 at 10:02pm
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 have just seen the coleman mackenzie 8 last week & i WANT one!!!

I cant believe how simple it is to put up, the windows, the doors, the canopy & the flexible sleeping inners & it is a simple tunnel tent.

My own tent is ok - i wish it wasnt so i could justify one this year - roll on next year!!!



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Personnumbersix
04/9/2009 at 10:04pm
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You don't have to justify - if we did that most of the camping industry would be redundant !!

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PersonCrossinCampers
19/9/2009 at 2:32pm
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Be very careful when thinking about buying this style of tent - their footprint is huge.  We had a Hartford XXL and found many sites didn't want us!

We love a big tent but go for the tunnel shape.



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