Having been a "green tent type" for years because they blend in I decided bright wasn't so bad when I found how hard it was to spot the Tarra from offshore even when I knew where it was. But I suspect it may be quite handy to do the terminal guidance from within 100m for something bright if it's a bit foggy, for example.Rob D wrote: ↑20 Oct 2024, 10:04pm It's certainly hard to pick out! But you'd definitely not see the Nallo 2 in (2016) sand, it is pretty well exactly that colour. At Loch Coruisk 3 years ago, I'd begun to think someone had nicked ours. On our return to the tent, we knew exactly where it was but oh boy, it was hard to spot! Had to get bins out to establish that it really was there. So too at Loch Etchachan one autumn.
On a recent trip we stopped for some lunch by a loch with a stand of trees and I went down to the water to get a kettle full of water. I was quite surprised to find a bright blue family-sized frame tent down at the shore, completely invisible from just a few tens of meters away thanks to careful siting, so any degree of cover can obscure even large and bright tents very effectively.
But ultimately we know from experience that people use both, find their way back to "blending in" tents and don't get views significantly ruined by bright ones so I'd just go by preference. I bought my first red tent because it was in the bargain bin and that's also why we got our Bach Guam which is dark green, and while I prefer red these days the green is fine in practice.
Pete.
