need help to pick a new tent
Submitted: Sunday, Jan 11, 2009 at 17:31
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Rock Crawler
Hi all. I want to replace my colman family tent. Been fantastic , but only a 2 room and I want a 3 room dome tent.
Now , I want to point out I dont want a canvas tent as I already have my travel tent, this for caravan parks with kids and wife.
I saw the colman CV9 ? on line , looks good 3 rooms , my old coleman was great. But , I would like a tent with side panels in the front to have a top and side sheltered area for cooking outside . It looks to me like it just has a top cover , I looked to see if the offer some sort of side panels , but no info on line.
I was in K mart late last year and saw one of the tiny displays on the jackaroo tents and it seem to have what I wanted 3 rooms and from memory large top panels and optional side panels , I think it was a jackaroo 8 .
Now I know Jackaroo "had" a crap name , due to bad water proof issues . Is this still the case ? did did I get it wrong with the side shelter ? + no stock at the min in k mart and no info on line
can anyone shed some light . another option brand ?????
im in
Melbourne
Regards Eric AKA
rock crawler
Reply By: Von Helga - Monday, Jan 12, 2009 at 12:02
Monday, Jan 12, 2009 at 12:02
Rockcrawler,
Had you condsidered using both of your tents and build a lean to from poly tarps and poles for the times you are in a CP.
Don't know how many children you have or thier ages but I had the same problem and found that during bad weather the fact that the kids can retreat to their tent was great and when you need to leave the
camp just zip up thier tent and walk away.
We used our two room tent for our bedroom and a meals/prep area for the family.
Our poly tarp went over our dome tent and out from the side for about four metres and with the miriad of spreader bars and the like available today you can make a very substantial set up that stands up
well to the weather. A second configuration of the poly tarp can be used for use with your canvas tent when you use it by itself.
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