bargain tent for mini adventure?
bargain tent for mini adventure?
https://www.aldi.co.uk/adventuridge-2-m ... 1580104800
£29.99 2 person so effectively for one.
I have no idea how good it is, but it does seem to have ally poles.
posted for info only, I don't need another tent.
£29.99 2 person so effectively for one.
I have no idea how good it is, but it does seem to have ally poles.
posted for info only, I don't need another tent.
Sweep
Re: bargain tent for mini adventure?
I had a similar one once from Aldi.
OK for settled weather conditions but on Benbecula the rain was blown under the flysheet and it was a problem to keep it down far enough and I ended up with a wet sleeping bag. Managed to get it dry the following day.
Later camping behind the toilet building at Lochboisdale I wakened again in a pool of water after a rainy and windy night.
I was going for the early ferry off so managed to get myself dry on the ferry but the tent got dumped soon after.
OK for settled weather conditions but on Benbecula the rain was blown under the flysheet and it was a problem to keep it down far enough and I ended up with a wet sleeping bag. Managed to get it dry the following day.
Later camping behind the toilet building at Lochboisdale I wakened again in a pool of water after a rainy and windy night.
I was going for the early ferry off so managed to get myself dry on the ferry but the tent got dumped soon after.
Re: bargain tent for mini adventure?
No shortage of okay for nothing-too-stern tents from the likes of Decathlon for very little money. While "proper" tents will have alloy rather than plastic/glass fibre poles, note that you can get rubbish alloy poles as well as good ones and no shortage of folk doing just fine using glass poles if all they're doing is benign camping
I think Decathlon are the go-to for this end of the market with a reputation for good basic products at low prices.
Pete.
I think Decathlon are the go-to for this end of the market with a reputation for good basic products at low prices.
Pete.
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Re: bargain tent for mini adventure?
Similar is the appropriate word and it defines the gamble that is buying any of these short stock items from the likes of Aldi.
it might be a fantastic product or complete junk, it isn't in stock long enough to gain any meaningful reviews and the next batch, quite possibly with the same name and description, might come from another supplier and have enough differences to make any previous reviews irrelevant. People tend to buy such stuff on the basis that if it's no good they'll bin it and not much lost, I disagree.
As Pete says, you don't have to spend a lot to buy something which will be much more of a known quality.
Re: bargain tent for mini adventure?
The Decathlon 2 Man basic tent is on the heavy side, but survived torrential storms without letting in a drop.
https://www.decathlon.co.uk/p/camping-t ... 471&c=GREY
https://www.decathlon.co.uk/p/camping-t ... 471&c=GREY
I wish it were as easy as riding a bike
Re: bargain tent for mini adventure?
Glass fibre poles though.MarcusT wrote: ↑14 Sep 2022, 5:55am The Decathlon 2 Man basic tent is on the heavy side, but survived torrential storms without letting in a drop.
https://www.decathlon.co.uk/p/camping-t ... 471&c=GREY
Sweep
Re: bargain tent for mini adventure?
They must have changed. The tent I have has Aluminum poles.Sweep wrote: ↑14 Sep 2022, 11:59amGlass fibre poles though.MarcusT wrote: ↑14 Sep 2022, 5:55am The Decathlon 2 Man basic tent is on the heavy side, but survived torrential storms without letting in a drop.
https://www.decathlon.co.uk/p/camping-t ... 471&c=GREY
I wish it were as easy as riding a bike
Re: bargain tent for mini adventure?
OP Tent now discounted to £ 7.99
EDIT: In my local Aldi.
EDIT: In my local Aldi.
Re: bargain tent for mini adventure?
Its a pity decathlon don,t even offer olive green as an option over their ubiquitous grey, and a pity now fibreglass poles.MarcusT wrote: ↑14 Sep 2022, 4:25pmThey must have changed. The tent I have has Aluminum poles.Sweep wrote: ↑14 Sep 2022, 11:59amMarcusT wrote: ↑14 Sep 2022, 5:55am The Decathlon 2 Man basic tent is on the heavy side, but survived torrential storms without letting in a drop.
https://www.decathlon.co.uk/p/camping-t ... 471&c=GREY
Glass fibre poles though.
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Re: bargain tent for mini adventure?
I have one of those Adventuridge tents from Aldi, and it serves me well. I go camping all year round, and have camped mid-winter on Dartmoor in it.
The hill is not IN the way, the hill IS the way.