Great Outdoors "2 Lite" tent
Submitted: Tuesday, Oct 25, 2005 at 22:15
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scooter77
I'm looking for a lightweight, two-person tent that can be pitched "fly first". Most of those are very expensive, but I've come across the Great Outdoors "2 Lite":
http://www.greatoutdoors.co.nz/Files/AdventureTents2.jpg which is about $300. The only problem is I haven't found a single
shop in
Melbourne that sells it and even the manufacturer is not aware of one. The closest is in Warrnambool!
Does anyone know of a
shop in
Melbourne that might have it? Or, if you have this tent, what do you think of it - is it worth buying? Can it really be pitched fly first, for one thing? Is there any other pitch-fly-first tent out there that's reasonably priced?
Thanks in advance for any help!
Reply By: Truckster (Vic) - Tuesday, Oct 25, 2005 at 23:05
Tuesday, Oct 25, 2005 at 23:05
[ View Image]This is my Cycle 2 tent from Rays Outdoors. Looks pretty similar to the one your lookin at, was round $100.00.. just fit a double airbed inside it.
I dont know what a fly first tent is... care to share what why and how?
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Reply By: Kata - Tuesday, Oct 25, 2005 at 23:49
Tuesday, Oct 25, 2005 at 23:49
Gday Scooter
Have you seen....
http://www.caribee.com.au/tent.asp?ProdID=121, I havent , dont know their quality but was looking for a 4wd mattress and thought that this tent was similar to the one you asked about
Here is the list of retailers...guess you would have to call them to see who has them on display
Cheers
Kata
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Follow Up By: Truckster (Vic) - Tuesday, Oct 25, 2005 at 23:57
Tuesday, Oct 25, 2005 at 23:57
You wouldnt be Kata Nicholls in Vic would u?
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Reply By: Kata - Tuesday, Oct 25, 2005 at 23:59
Tuesday, Oct 25, 2005 at 23:59
Nope sorry
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Reply By: scooter77 - Wednesday, Oct 26, 2005 at 20:10
Wednesday, Oct 26, 2005 at 20:10
Truckster, a "fly-first" tent is one that allows you to put the fly up first and then put up the inner underneath it. I think the basic idea is that the poles thread through sleeves in the fly. I spoke to a guy at a
camping store today and he was saying it's not really such a good thing, because you can easily poke a hole in the fly with the poles when threading them through. Hmm...
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Follow Up By: Truckster (Vic) - Wednesday, Oct 26, 2005 at 23:57
Wednesday, Oct 26, 2005 at 23:57
so why would you have wanted one.. just interested, I dont see any advantage...
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Follow Up By: Ted (Cairns) - Thursday, Oct 27, 2005 at 12:29
Thursday, Oct 27, 2005 at 12:29
The big advantage is when it's pouring down (
melbourne??;-)) and you don't get the tent wet while pitching it coz the fly is already up (hence fly-first) and you're underneath. Same when taking it down - only the fly is wet (in an ideal world)
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Follow Up By: scooter77 - Thursday, Oct 27, 2005 at 22:31
Thursday, Oct 27, 2005 at 22:31
Yep, that's pretty much it. I had tried to put up a cheap tent during rain. It had mesh at the top of the inner, so you can imagine the results. Thank God the rain stopped before nightfall! I had to actually tip
water out of the tent like it was a portable swimming pool and then scoop some more out with a cup and finally mop up the rest with a T-shirt.
Apparently, on some of the good tents it's not such an issue. The inner tent is not waterproof, but it is
water resistant. (There certainly isn't mesh at the top for
water to get through.) If you put it up quickly and the rain is not too heavy then it should be alright. That's what I've been told, anyway - anyone care to comment?
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Follow Up By: Truckster (Vic) - Thursday, Oct 27, 2005 at 23:49
Thursday, Oct 27, 2005 at 23:49
I see putting up a tent UNDER a fly thats already erected, as a pain in the arse, how do you get the pegs in? how do ... I just cant see it working.
YMMV
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