Is it my imagination or has the price of windbreaks gone through the roof.
I'm not into 'marking territory' but I do like privacy, and having spent quite a lot of money on colour coordinating tents and equipment, I am not going to spoil the overall look by having a green windbreak with our beige/fawn/black encampment. the only windbreak I could find the match is the Outwell, mocha.......£60.
Is it me or these ridiculously over priced. Its not as if there is any complex stitching like a tent!!!!!!!!!?
------------- CAT
Favourite site:
Camping Nanzel, Limone, Lake
Garda..perfect for MTB, Kayak, SUP and fell running training.
Favourite areas: Provence, French Alps, Savigny (as a stop over for Southern France: Rhein valley as a stop over for Italy. 78
It's not just you, I've been looking at them and so far it's just looking as the prices are just ridiculous and here was me thinking camping was suppose to be a money saving hobby/holiday lol.
Yep they can be expensive. The other point is that the good old fashioned bang them in the ground wooden pole windbreaks are quicker to erect and stay up longer! Modern windbreaks with guy ropes take longer to put up and don't do so well in the wind.
As I said its not as if there is much workmanship involved, and the fabric will be left overs from the tents.
When you consider how much other accessories are it is mighty steep.
I digress but I'll share this anyway. When we used to use the little 'pop up' in the days before the Quechua Base Full, I converted the winbreak into a tarp...very effective. The poles can be used to weight down the end, then use the spare pole to form a centre pole for stability. It kept us dry anyway. We now use a combination of the Quechua Base 4.1 and the Second full. The windbreak is a 'just in case' option.
Still overpriced
------------- CAT
Favourite site:
Camping Nanzel, Limone, Lake
Garda..perfect for MTB, Kayak, SUP and fell running training.
Favourite areas: Provence, French Alps, Savigny (as a stop over for Southern France: Rhein valley as a stop over for Italy. 78
Mcguire - the only problem with the wooden ones is the hideous colour options, which the pitch look like a gypsy encampment...now my OH would object to that.
It was bad enough waiting for a base seconds to vecome available in beige, no way were we having green or grey.
------------- CAT
Favourite site:
Camping Nanzel, Limone, Lake
Garda..perfect for MTB, Kayak, SUP and fell running training.
Favourite areas: Provence, French Alps, Savigny (as a stop over for Southern France: Rhein valley as a stop over for Italy. 78
I looked at them to match my filey 6 classic,shocking price if you ask me,and agree they are not as good as the old fashioned ones we all grew up with !!!!
Check out the polycotton versions! They can be circa £100 !! ! I'm anal about it *looking right* and the Outwell polyester shades aren't quite right for their polycotton tents.
Cheapest w/b in matching polycotton we could find for our BL was £65 inc delivery.
In our FC days we had the Blue Diamonds. They're the only old style ones we'd consider but they are heavy and bulky. At least the tent ones fold up but I'd certainly agree the extra guying uses up valuable pitch space round the tent.
Yer pays yer money etc
PS for a fellow Yeti owner, found this for you in Mocha at £49.99 plus del
------------- Mike
My advice is worth no more than the price paid for it
I am not matching a tent, and yes I had noticed that the Outwell ones' are slightly out by a few Pantone's. We also have a Hartford XL , so I alreasy have a green windbreak.
Got the link, and can 'barter' with GoOutdoors with this price.
Yeti - We are Yeti 'virgins'. We actually went to look at the KIA Sportage but were disappointed with the design and inflexibility. The Yeti garage was the next one along the road. As we have only had the car 5 weeks, we have yet to do a road trip with the new car but love it so far. We have had Renault Scenics for the past 5 years and found it spot on, and I have got used to all those 'secret' compartments. My OH is still getting used to a 'key' , a hand break and no ignition button. The SKODA stigma dosn't seem to apply to the YETI...so yes, we love it.
------------- CAT
Favourite site:
Camping Nanzel, Limone, Lake
Garda..perfect for MTB, Kayak, SUP and fell running training.
Favourite areas: Provence, French Alps, Savigny (as a stop over for Southern France: Rhein valley as a stop over for Italy. 78
Quote: Originally posted by ailurotoo on 24/4/2012
didn't someone post a while back with a link to a dry stane dyke windbreak? I thought it was gorgeous and would match multiple tents.
Wow, thats amazing...not waht I would want for this purpose but waht a fab idea.
I don't do stripes.
GoOutdoors have reduced their break to £49.99 , so I ma picking it up on Friday...sorted.
Thank you everyone.
------------- CAT
Favourite site:
Camping Nanzel, Limone, Lake
Garda..perfect for MTB, Kayak, SUP and fell running training.
Favourite areas: Provence, French Alps, Savigny (as a stop over for Southern France: Rhein valley as a stop over for Italy. 78
Quote: Originally posted by mcguire6078 on 24/4/2012
How about this
£68 !! You're worse than me We're trying to save money here !
Quote: Originally posted by BobCat10 on 24/4/2012
....Yeti - We are Yeti 'virgins'. We actually went to look at the KIA Sportage but were disappointed with the design and inflexibility. The Yeti garage was the next one along the road....
I think I know a road where Kia's are then Skoda. We got ours from D M Keith on Canal Rd in Bradford and went in expecting months of waiting. We wanted a Yeti for camping and the only requirement was the DSG (auto) box. Cut a long story short, they had a DSG S spec demo car in and a week later it was ours
Loving it and can't wait to take it on its holidays
------------- Mike
My advice is worth no more than the price paid for it
My OH had seen a promo for this car on Top Gear, so we had some idea that there was a waiting list. We had the option of a red one or an 18month old black one....black won out and we had the car 2 weeks later.
Both the salemen ion DM keith are sports mad, so knew exactly what we wanted.
I am an ex pat from Leeds, but now live in Calverley.
We are thinking about getting those footprint badges.
I love this car, and love how other Yeti drivers acknowledge us.
Roll on France 2012.........before we know it we'll be there on the dock at Hull Mike.
Best wishes Catharine. (OH is Bob)
------------- CAT
Favourite site:
Camping Nanzel, Limone, Lake
Garda..perfect for MTB, Kayak, SUP and fell running training.
Favourite areas: Provence, French Alps, Savigny (as a stop over for Southern France: Rhein valley as a stop over for Italy. 78
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Topic: Windbreaks...........expensive!!!!!
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