We've uhmmed and ahhed over getting a new tent for over a year now. Our old one leaked from the top down and the bottom up last trip. It was a small dome that had sitting up room height only. We did like it because it looked small and neat and could fit into odd spots but dd has this habit of growing so figured we ought to get something a little bigger.
We were going to get an Outwell colorado - its for 3 of us. I nearly ordered one on the internet but then dh found an outdoor display nearby.
So we traipsed along in the heavy rain and sleet this afternoon and admired lots of tents. The colorado we saw had loads of water coming in to the main bedroom - a huge puddle in there. Water was sitting in a dip on top of the tent and just running in. Obviously not been put up properly but it did make us think. Water also coming into living area.
Lots of other tents also had water coming in from various spots - apart from the unaffordable cotton gorgeous ones.
Then dh spotted a gelert utah 4+4. We went inside and wow - it looked so nice inside. Sturdy, warm and dry. Bit bigger than the outwell colorado but sooo much nicer. Cheaper too.
Need a bit of reassurance that its not a silly size: is 6.2mx3m. Thats ok isnt it?
The pack is big and takes up half our boot size - oops. I think that will be alright.
I'm awful. plan something for ages and when I finally do it, spend forever dithering I got the right thing and feeling guilty about the money.
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OhYouBadBadKitten · 24/03/2008 19:44
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