Husband has bad back I'm electric wheelchair user and unable to help much putting it up it replaced Vango Icarus 500. I would not, however, buy one of the newer airbeam tents because of the poor layout and so guess I will be going back to Khyam in a few years!īy: Bryanfan Reason: I own(ed) one Made in: 2013 Rating: In my experience, if you want a good night’s sleep, you want to have your children or friends up the other end of the tent for a bit of privacy and so you don’t hear them too much in the night! A T-shaped tent and awing are just so much better for family accommodation and we have never had a problem getting a pitch for our tent plus awning and our event tent/gazebo! I would recommend the Infinity 800 wholeheartedly. To return to the Infinity 800 I think it is a real shame that Vango no longer make them and seem to have moved away from the tunnel tent to squarer tents with all the sleeping accommodation at one end. They all fit upright under the table to give more room when you are cooking, unlike folding chairs, which get in the way. I have some cheap stacking stools from Ikea which go upside down in the boot of the car and have the event tent packed upright in the middle to save space. We have never had a condensation problem in the main tent. It also keeps condensation out of the main tent from cooking, as does using the awing for drying stuff and keeping the main door closed in damp weather. This always works brilliantly, especially if the weather is bad, because we have a table in it for meals and playing games and gives you an extra room to get away from being stuck in just one tent. We have a small Vango event tent for our camp kitchen and table – a third bright space which is weather and insect proof. The awing we use as a sitting room and also for storing wet boots and gear to keep the main tent clean and dry, and for drying towels/coats etc. We use the main tent for sleeping mainly or as a space for some solo down time/reading. We have 2 teens and a newly twenty something and they all still want to spend all or some of the family holiday camping with us, sometimes with friends, and have done so for years. I think you need to think about how you want to use your camping accommodation. We are just off to Southern Ireland this year and I have no doubts that our tent will be fantastic! It was great again for a much warmer holiday in Northumberland the following summer in 2013. We had twigged that the awning was never going to fit tightly enough to be weather proof, but was necessary to keep the main tent dry in poor weather when both ends of the main tent are required for sleeping accommodation, and so had replaced the awning footprint with a woven tent carpet which lets any water soak away, yet is fine for bare feet and sitting out on. It was warm and cosy and very comfortable. We didn't use our new tent until May 2012 and it leaked like a sieve! With a week of the guarantee still to go our supplier changed it without a murmur of dissent! We used the new 2012 model for the first time on a family holiday in very wet and windy conditions in Cornwall that summer and it was brilliant the best tent we have ever had. We originally bought an Infinity 800 in 2011 to replace an aging Khyam, which we loved but was just too heavy and cumbersome to put up and take down. 0 from 0 people found this review helpful, was it helpful to you?īy: CampingBell Reason: I own(ed) one Made in: 2012 Rating:
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |