Tell me about windbreaks

[fruitful]

I need a windbreak to put around my cooker so that it doesn't take 6 hours to boil a kettle. We'll be camping at a festival on a flat site where the wind howls across, rushes in between all the tents and directs itself at my burners.

We've got an Outwell one but it's not that great - flaps around a lot and has lots of guy trip-ropes (not so good with 18mo this year).

Ukcampsite recommends the stripey hammer-in ones. But are they noisy, flapping at night?

[troutpout]

Well ...i'm not sure the blue diamond are better than a normal stripy one tbh...i have no experience. They aren't plastic so won't have that plastic sound in the wind...thats the only advantage i guess.

[fruitful]

Sorry, thread title wasn't specific enough.

So, I should convince dh we need to spend the extra £20 on a blue diamond one rather than a stripey plastic one?

Wonder what Outwell techie ones go for on ebay ...

[troutpout]

I did have a noisy kyham one which lasted about 2 outings
I have a blue diamond one now and (now that you say it) i haven't noticed it being noisy

It's just better ...it stays put better

[troutpout]

thread last week all about windbreaks
here

[WhereTheWildThingsWere]

Having had an Outwell one last year and returning it, I would say

The outwell ones are shit, they flap, move, fall down and generally cause a commotion.

The cotton ones should be very quiet, but I decided were too expensive and heavy, and I was worried about what they would look like after a) a muddy camp and b) being next to fat splahes from the cooker, and as I am a bit anal about stuff being clean, I reluctantly passed them by.

So this year I have an ultra cheap plastic, recomended by ukcs one, I imagine it will be noisy, but at least it is sturdy and easy to clean and cheap to replace.

[fruitful]

You're right, there was.

But no advice on loudness.

So. Are the cheapo stripey ones noisier than the posh Outwell ones? Are the pretty Blue diamond ones quieter?

[Overmydeadbody]

there was a long thread on windbreaks last week! If you do a search you should be able to find it.