Folks,
Coming back to camping after a wee while away, looking at 6 man tents...Two tents appear to suit for ease of use and size, the Vango Evoque 600 airbeam and the Berghaus Air 6 but I'm not too sure of the quality of the Berghaus. Both have good offers on them at the moment,any advice appreciated ?
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The Vango has 150 Denier fabric and the Berghaus has 70 Denier fabric so it's a no brainer for me, Vango it would be.
The Vango has the TBS system too, which I have in my Vango Icarus and it really is a useful thing to have. It stops the tent fabric being under stress during windy conditions with all the pressure going through the straps instead.
Thanks for that Campernic, any other 600 size tents recommended by anyone and how much of a difference does it really make with regards the 70D to the 150D fabric make ?
The D is denier so the higher deiner the thicker the fabric is. Tents will with age wear out because off sun light so the higher deiner the longer your tent should last.
As Mack 84 says, tents are affected by UV damage. Some Outwells are coming with roof liners now to prolong the life of the tent, so you may want to look at some of those.
Found an old thread from 2014 Gary from cross camping said that the 70 denier would survive 4-6 months in direct sunlight where as 150 deiner would last 8-12 months.
Myself went from the one end off the scale to the other started out with a tent from halfords and was went to save up for an airbeam this year but managed to get a outwell hornet xl for £400 cheaper last august so went for it and the diferrence in fabric is amazing. Did only manage to get away for a long weekend in it but pretty sure it will stay cooler during the day in the sunlight and had the heater on for one night and when waking up in the morning the tent was nice and warm.
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Denier is an unit of measurement of yarn density, so the higher the D number, the higher the density. It does however mean that a tent made of 150D fabric will be a lot heavier than one of the same dimensions in 70D fabric.
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