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Topic: Sunncamp Shadow 800

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stirkmeister

03/4/2016 at 6:14pm
Location: Leeds
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Hi
I have been looking for a family tent for quite some time now and we stumbled across this one at a local camping shop. Does anyone have any experience of this tent and if so, is it any good? We like the fact that it has bedrooms at either end. We go camping in France so we don't spend a lot of time in the tent, we just use it as a base and to sleep in.
Any thoughts/opinions/other recommendations would be great.

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Scott

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03/4/2016 at 10:06pm
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Take a look here

I bought a different style of Sunncamp a couple of months ago (see my profile). I haven't had chance to use it yet but having erected it in the garden it seems pretty good quality.

Campernic

04/4/2016 at 12:26am
Location: Northern Ireland
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It's a great tent. I don't own one but I have seen one. It's one of the only tents that has a four bedroom pod at one end, then two separate two bedroom pods at the other end. Not a dividing curtain, but completely separate. Great for warring siblings! And...best of all if you don't need one of the smaller ones, just remove it an enjoy your L shaped living space.

This tent seems to be unique in this feature. I have yet to find another that does the same thing.

campasarow

04/4/2016 at 4:57pm
Location: Somerset
Outfit: Vango Solace TC 500XL

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I had one of these a few years back. We had the model that was made exclusively for Outdoor Megastore (sadly no longer with us)which had a different name and slightly upgraded HH; otherwise the same tent. I did a review in the Tent Review section on UKCS. Look under Sunncamp Kansas 8. My review is there along with some of my photos. If you can, get a Verano extension as well (I'm pretty sure they are still available). We had this attached to the main front door and used it as the kitchen keeping the living area in the tent completely free as family space. The Sunncamp carpets are good too. Unlike a lot of manufacturers who moved to more coarse carpets the Sunncamp ones are soft and fleecy.

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stirkmeister

05/4/2016 at 10:55pm
Location: Leeds
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Thanks for the info. I went and bought the shadow 800 and it is currently up in the garden waiting for the rain!

alex

06/4/2016 at 6:28pm
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I had the polycotton version and used it in France, it was excellent and great value for money.

You will have already found out how easy it is to put up.

Enjoy.

tentsandaccessories

10/4/2016 at 9:37pm
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Sunncamp are massively underrated in our opinion. They are one of the best in terms of actual build quality, double stitching around the groundsheet and flysheet for example. A small detail perhaps but small details like these make up for a great product! For whatever reason they aren't as popular as the main 3 if you know what i mean, but they are by no means inferior at all!

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stirkmeister

11/4/2016 at 8:39am
Location: Leeds
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Hi Alex and Darren

That is great to know. The tent has been up in the garden for the last 5 days and has survived a heavy downpour! So far so good!

Thanks
Scott

MonsterBear

11/4/2016 at 9:29pm
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Great to hear, but in all honesty, not surprised; our Sunncamp Vulcan withstood everything nature could throw at it when all around were giving up the ghost. If they had more dealers they'd be up there with tents costing a £100 more.

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04/7/2016 at 10:10am
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Can you still buy the polycotton version? It looks like it was discontinued.

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