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On the search for an Ideal, light touring tent
Alan Loy:
Jon you see things that we don't, have you seen a tent like the Tourer tent except with modern material so it's lighter & folds smaller. I love the single pole & 4 pegs :cup:
Jon Burrell - Tentworld:
--- Quote from: Alan Loy on February 05, 2019, 04:36:53 PM ---Jon you see things that we don't, have you seen a tent like the Tourer tent except with modern material so it's lighter & folds smaller. I love the single pole & 4 pegs :cup:
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Hi Alan,
I had a huge reply written for you. Which has been lost into cyberspace, as I got logged out from myswag for some reason :( I will have to remember this logging out issue for my next massive post, and write it in Word first. I am quite upset to have lost it & dont have the time to replace it just now :(!!!
Sadly, in a shorter version.
Lack of affordable appropriate material & commercial viability are the reasons why this tent doesnt exist.
It would likely end up dramatically more expensive - and in my opinion - wouldnt be as widely appealing as the canvas is. Ultimately, most of these tents go into four wheel drives, or trailers. Where spending 3-4x the amount to save 5kgs or so isnt viable.
Regular, more affordable materials arent up to the task of taking the strain needed for this design - without adding lots of complexity.
Canvas, can take a strain - and is relatively cheap to make, because it's been made for so long & is common in many items.
Sadly, this design is also fairly out of favour at the moment. Fast Frame Tents & Air Tents are much, much more popular in this category currently.
I do agree with you on the need for a tent like this though. When I load my boat up to go to Peel Island etc camping, I use a 3 person dome tent for my wife and I. This is light, quick to pitch and compact. It's also not too expensive.
My choice of these right now for two people would be the Coleman Traveller 3P.
https://www.tentworld.com.au/buy-sale/coleman-traveller-3P-dome-tent
However, my families about to grow - my wife is pregant with our first. So I'll be looking at larger dome tents shortly for my boat camping needs.
When hopefully we go camping soon!
Right now the Zempire Neo 6 is standing out to me, but I havent thought much on this. It only occured to me just now that my camping kit was broken with this new family member!
Here's the link for it:
https://www.tentworld.com.au/buy-sale/zempire-neo-6-dome-tent
OR maybe I'll go an air tent. This one measures 69cm x 41 x 41cm and weighs 18kgs.
https://www.tentworld.com.au/buy-sale/zempire-aero-tm-lite-air-tent
Something to ponder on!!!
Alan Loy:
Cheers Jon
NickZed:
You could look at a Kodiak Flex Bow Tent...
It takes 3-4 minutes to put up and has a front awning. However, it isn't light.
https://longwayleisure.com.au/product-category/kodiak-canvas/
Jon Burrell - Tentworld:
--- Quote from: NickZed on October 08, 2019, 12:32:05 PM ---You could look at a Kodiak Flex Bow Tent...
It takes 3-4 minutes to put up and has a front awning. However, it isn't light.
https://longwayleisure.com.au/product-category/kodiak-canvas/
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Sadly it's been suggested already above - the Spring Bar & OZtrail Grand Tourer are the same design & similar materials.
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