I'm looking for a carpet to fit my Hi Gear Zenonia 6 tunnel tent. We only use one of the two bedrooms pods because there is only my wife and I so that means that the standard carpet isn't long enough.
Does anyone know where we can get hold of a "universal piece of carpet (we don't mind cutting it to fit if we have to)??
at this exact moment in time i'm cutting and sewing two bargain priced tent carpets (one hexagonal and one pentagonal) into two rectangular carpets (an extra large one to fill the living area of our Montana completely and one smaller one to cover the SIG in our Nevada where we remove the smaller of the sleeping pods to give us extra living space)...working with all these different angles i'm not sure which is hurting more...my fingers or my brain...!!
We used 4 overlapping picnic blankets in our Horizon 6 (basically same tent) but got a zenobia carpet for it when they were on half price offer. It is better than the picnic blankets but obviously more costly.
------------- Pally
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As tent carpets are flame retardant while picnic blankets aren't and unless sewn together the latter are trip hazards, I would personally opt for tent carpet. The living area of the Zenobia doesn't look too big at 240 x 240cm. Kampa did some generic carpets (blue, grey and cream checks) and eBay has had some Vango carpets that are being sold by their size (probably for out of stock tents). I bought and cut down a Gelert carpet for one of our smaller tents as it was considerably cheaper than the dedicated carpet.
All you can do is go through a retailer's website that includes tent plans for various manufacturers and see if any living spaces are close to the required size. Be careful though if looking at carpet dimensions as some would appear to be rectangular when they aren't (hence why it is worth checking the plan of the tent).
------------- Love our set-up and need no more tents or gear, so trying to stop looking!
Thanks to everyone for their replies. As I mentioned in my original post, as we are only using one of the two bedrooms pods the area we need to cover with a carpet is 500cms x 240cms. Sewing together two of the standard Zenobia living space carpets isn't really an option because of cost. Two carpets from Go Outdoor, for example, would cost almost £100.
Phew. I think I will have to continue searching ebay for something that will roughly fit.
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Topic: Tent Carpets
