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Hi Gus,

Looks to me that the Haven8 is larger (every cm counts in tents ) and has the bonus of roof lights to let in more light. Whether that warrants an extra hundred pound I can't say but if it's what you want from a tent then it's up to you. Have you searched the web for the best price of the these tents......you may find you could reduce the gap between them.

Cheers

Pete.

Hi there

I have just taken delivery of a Campus Indiana 8. I read through a few articles and it is supposed to be a good tent. I have yet to put it up but it looks pretty big. I also managed to secure mine for £129.99 with £5 p&p as it had been used a couple of times in trade shows. www.outdooraction.co.uk   I had ordered the factory second and they called me to offer this. Will let u know what I think if I get the chance to put it up tonight. Its a bit wet & windy here at the moment.

Hi

We have a Haven 6 and are very pleased with it.  It's a massive tent with plenty of headroom.  We found it very easy to put up and very well made.  As there are only two of us we ended up getting a slightly smaller tent but still have the Haven just in case one of my nephews comes along with us anytime.

Leanne 

Caro64 - I believe you can pitch your Haven 800 as one (flysheet first), i.e. with the insides already set up (and not inner first) - is this correct?

Quote: Originally posted by Caro64 on 19/7/2006

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Basically YES - it's one huge piece with the flysheet attached to groundsheet.  Peg out the groundsheet bit, do the poles and it's up!  The bedroom tents are separate hanging inners you can put in or leave out as you please.

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Thanks.

we bought a haven 6 last year, and it suited the two of us down to the ground - plenty of 'lounging' room, and by not putting up the 'screen' between the bedrooms we had ample sleeping room too.

sad to say though we have now moved onto a folding camper - almost as much space but a far lot easier to erect.

I have never seen the Haven 8, but am an owner of the indiana 8.

Its a great tent with loads of room, and plenty of headroom too, we have 2 kids and there is enough room for us and the in-laws to go away and still not feel cramped.

the centre living space is ample for a family, sometimes when its only the wife and the kids, we leave the larger double bedroom out and have the whole end of the tent for storage.

There are two bedrooms at each end of the tent, both sleep 2 comfortably, but the bedroom at the one end, has a nylon divider seperating the two rooms, so we often leave that out and then we have a massive berdoom to ourselves, which is fantastic.

we went away in the tent a week ago and it survived torrential rain and gale force winds no problem.

Alos this tent is really easy to assemble, having colour coded poles and eyelets, so its just a case of sliding them through and attatching the clips at each end. It takes me and my wife 10 minutes to put the outer flysheet up, and then another 30 minutes to put down the groundsheet and inner compartments and pegging.

its a great tent, hope i have helped.

all the best with your choice.

.....Kev......

We have the Indiania and have had no problems, saying that we've only used it once. It is plenty big enough for us.. 2 adults and 4 kids.  can't really help as we've not used it in anger yet, we're away next week for our second trip.

what is it with all the sudden interest in the Indiana 8??? three threads in one day LOL

it could be its a big tent with a low price - I only went to the camp shop for some new pegs & left with an indian.

Cant reply to the Haven never had one.

But iv'e got the Indiana 8 and my main reason for buying it was the price as it left money left over for other equipment. Having used it i'm really glad i got it as its a fantastic tent and being 6'4" there is loads of room.

End of the day it is your choice. good luck.

Jim