Still looking for a suitable tent for OH to take off on her own for the occasional weekend. Just seen the above Lichfield. Only one review here - does anyone else have any knowledge about its suitability for pitching on ones own? It seems to tick lots of boxes in terms of size, headroom, etc but with its 'innovative' pole system we just wonder whether its an easy one-person pitcher?
Thanks in advance.
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The Findhorn's are based on Lichfield's sister company's (Vango) Kairos 500. We have the Kairos 400 which has 1 tied arch pole and its very easy to pitch single handed. Its also very stable in winds and overall an excellent design. If you start by pegging the rear of the tent, I can't see why the Findhorn 3 would be any more difficult.
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The Lichfield Findhorn 3 is very similar to our Outwell Carolina S in terms of size and pitching method, I would say that it would be a very easy tent to pitch on your own, in fact probably one of the easiest out there I reckon......
I'd recommend pegging the back corners, inserting the main pole, then pegging the front corners after pulling it all into shape, finally, insert the two smaller poles and peg and guy the rest.....Easy!
I bought my Sister the Findhorn 3 and was pretty impressed with the quality TBH
Too big, too tall, too dark, too wrinkly, too ugly, too untidy, too big a door, too much of a faff to put up, too much of a faff to take down and near impossible to get back into its stupid miserable bag. Getting hacked off just thinking about the thing and if I could afford the fare I'd sail from Liverpool on the New York ferry and pitch the b****y thing into the middle of the Atlantic.
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Well, its waterproof and stable in the winds. In light of that, I'd recommend it as a garden shed. S'got windows so you could probably crop your tomatoes in it ...
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Dinkydeb - Your feedback has made me even more happy that I got the Kairos 400 rather than the Findhorn.
I had been tempted by the higher HH, removeable inner and flymesh on the outer door, but the Kairos seemed to have better ventilation, a more windshedding shape, better room inside and far better shielded and flexible side doors. The Kairos 400 is so easy and a delight to use, I just wish it was made of 100 denier Kampa ultimate quality so it will last longer...
There was a review of the Findhorn 4 by one of the online journals including pictures last year I remember. The journalist who tried it just couldn't seem to pitch it right. It looked a real mess. He said there just didn't seem to be a way for one person to get it taught. I had put it down to him not having worked out how to do it, rather than an issue with the tentI He actually ultimately gave it to some Lichfield staff to pitch it. They did a better job but now you say it, it did look wrinkly and untidy. So different from the Kairos 400, which I can put up single handed without issue in under 10 mins, pitches well and taught, is very stable, goes back in its bag easily and is really one of my favourite ever tents (now we have lengthened some of the suspension elastics for the inner tent to increase the gap between the inner and flysheet).
Post last edited on 30/03/2012 12:06:06
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