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Subject Topic: Buying 5m Bell tent with ZIG
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22/7/2011 at 11:08pm
 Location: Johnstone Renfrewshire
 Outfit: Eldorado
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We're going to buy a 5m bell tent with ZIG

Looking around there seem to be three main sellers of these in the UK: SoulPad, belltent & Karma.

As far as I can tell all of these tents are the same tent! Details of each below

SoulPad 5m ZIG Bell Tent £439.99
Karma 5m ZIG Bell Tent £429.99
belltents 5m ZIG Bell Tent £499

That's a £80 difference between Karma and Bell Tent.

Is there any good reason not to buy from Karma as opposed to SoulPad or Bell Tent????



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23/7/2011 at 12:01am
 Location: North Yorkshire
 Outfit: Sterling Europa 460 NT
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I think the only difference I have noticed previously between Karma and Soulpad is that Karma charge £10 for delivery making cost same as Soulpad and that the Karma groundsheet can be laid flat at the entrance.  I think I also noticed that it said that it had an EHU entrance which again the Soulpad hasn't got anywhere specfic (we post ours in the zip at the back).  We bought our Soulpad as we met another member on here who erected her Soulpad for us to view so being happy with the quality decided to go with that.  Can't comment on Belltents version.

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23/7/2011 at 8:09am
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They do all look exactly the same except Soulpad has orange guys.

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23/7/2011 at 10:56am
 Location: Berkshire
 Outfit:  Kairos 400 3m belltent Alderney
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Soulpad apparently have very good customer service. Belltent not so good customer service and they allegedly took action to stop their supplier, Obelink, from selling tents direct to the UK market at considerably below Belltent's prices.


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23/7/2011 at 1:21pm
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I received great customer service from belltent. I bought the bell tent from Soulpad but bought a lot of accessories from belltent. Can't fault the customer service with either of them.

If you look at the 5m ultimate pics on belltent and then look at the pics on the Karma website, you will see the tents look exactly the same.

I've not seen one from belltent in the flesh but Val Barley has seen my Soulpad Hybrid 5000 and she said it's exactly the same (apart from the orange guys, of course).

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25/7/2011 at 3:27pm
 Location: Kent
 Outfit: 3m 4m and 5m bell tents
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We bought our tent from Belltent last year, and I couldn't fault their customer service. We have just ordered a 3m belltent from Soulpad and have received the same good service from them.

The only difference I could find last year was that the Belltent ones are made in Europe and the Soulpad ones are made in china. Not sure if this is still the case.

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25/7/2011 at 11:21pm
 Location: Stratford Upon Avon
 Outfit: 5m bell tent
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Belltent gave us great service, there was a part missing from the main pole and they sent it out the next day.

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