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Old 04-03-08, 12:31 AM   #7
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Default Re: Need a tent for the AR08?

That might be the same one I bought for my mate Graham, which snapped a pole the first time I pitched it... It wasn't cackhandedness before anyone says it, the pole wasn't capable of dealing with the required bend. My brother's Eurohike's survived a dozen festivals and at least 5 people falling on top of it, this one didn't even make it to its first. It didn't really inspire apart from that, the drapey inner tent made it effectively very small inside, fine for sleeping in but not much more.

So then I got him one of these:

http://www.blacks.co.uk/Tents-and-Ca...ct/094484.aspx

It's a bit more expensive obviously, but it makes the Eurohike look like a binbag on a stick. Bigger, too. Graham's a huuuuuuge geezer and he fits in it nicely along with 3 bags of logs and 2 crates of beer.

2 people in a 2-man tent only works if you've got bunk sleeping bags
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