They are both made by the same company "Oase" so either should be ok however "Robens" was supposed to be the "better" brand. Have a look at the tent reviews on here
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Hi, I have a Cabin 300 which I bought to try and persuade my sister to come camping this year. (See my review.) I did think it would be great for me and my Jack Russell too if I couldn't get my sister out, but the downside for me is that the front doors (the outer door and the mesh door) don't zip across the bottom edge, so Lily (that's the dog, not the sister) could escape. I also have a real wasp phobia. So I've just (yesterday) given in to temptation and pre-ordered the Outwell Oakland M, which has a completely sealable door. It has a neater profile than the Robens which is quirky to look at, in a good way.
The Cabin 300 doesn't have a cable entry point, or hanging point for a lantern. The Oakland M does. The Cabin is flat sided and boxy, so very spacious and you can get in and out and have the doors open in the rain, the Oakland's walls slope, so less spacious and when you open the door when its raining it will let some rain in.
Both tents are fantastic quality and build, easy to pitch and strike and both should keep you camping in a high degree of comfort. The Robens is, I'm told, slightly more exclusive, but useless for me if it lets Lily out and wasps in!
My sister completely refuses to entertain the idea of camping (she thinks campers are all mad), so I've reluctantly put the Cabin 300 in the for sale adverts here.
I would swing towards the Oakland m only because I have one! I use mines for quickie weekenders (max 2 nights). The slope on the (only) door makes it impossible to enter without rain getting in and the workable living space is greatly reduced because of this. It needs a tarp up front to avoid the rain getting in and to shelter under when cooking. I wouldn't advise cooking inside it. The door has a full mozzie net which has a rain valance at the bottom. That gives you full bug protection. the door has 3 velcro flaps at the bottom. This ensures an air flow up and out the vents at the top.
It performed very well in December in some foul weather (better than I expected it to) so no worries if you intend to camp in bad weather.
On saying that, the Cabin looks nice! And as Arsenal says - same company.
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Thanks guys for your input, decided to go for the cabin 300 after reading reviews and watching videos on youtube, like the idea of the vents on every side of the tent will help a great deal with the condinsation also the canopy at the front will help a great deal when getting in and out of the tent in the rain, which is the main reason i am not going with the oakland m seems as jim and alot of others say it is impossible to not let the rain in & since i will be mainly camping in scotland there will always be the worry of the rain lol.
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Prettyboyfloyd, I'm sure you'll get a lot of fun out of it, they are built like tanks (and fold down very easily into a small holdall, including the poles, which makes everything just so easy when you want to go home).
JimCall, makes me feel cold just looking at that picture! Tent looks VERY good in the snow.
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Topic: robens cabin 300 VS outwell oakland m
