Eurohike 220 > Reviews > Carry on Camping

Author's product rating:   

Waterproofing	Good
Durability	Durable
How easy is it to put it up?	Easy

Advantages:	Easy to pitch, inexpensive
Disadvantages:	Only suitable for light rain and short breaks maybe

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

Ooer missus!! No, this is not going to be any of that! This is going to be about my camping activities and my little tent in particular!

A few years ago now I purchased a Eurohike 220 Dome tent for £39.99 from Milletts outdoor/camping store for the purpose of my music festival-going activities. At the time I thought I was being clever by buying a red one – “unusual” I thought “everyone else’s will be blue or green” I thought. On getting to the campsite at Reading Festival I realised it may just not be so easy to find my little red tent among the mere 10,000 or so other red tents among the 50 000+ campers – dammit! I was so jealous of the leopard print tent I spotted (pardon the pun!)

Back to the tent itself – a two berth (at a squeeze) of simple construction and a breeze to put up so long as you don’t find yourself on dry, stoney ground where you cannot get the tent pegs in! The tent has an outer waterproof skin, with an inner tent/skin which includes a sturdy built-in groundsheet – so no messing about with multiple pieces of canvas. The basic construction is of two large, flexible plastic poles which contain thick elastic and are assembled in a cross shape through the loops of the outer canvas bringing your tent to a little dome shape as you tuck the poles into the four corner loops. You then clip the inner tent in place inside and – Voila! – that’s all there is to it – it takes me about 10-15 minutes to put it up, allowing extra time for banging in the tent pegs if you’re on hard ground.

It stayed put in wind and sun and rain – and remained waterproof although I have yet to experience prolonged downpours or storms in it. Make sure it is securely attached to the ground in case of wind though!

It also has a top vent flap which you can unclip to let the air in, cool it down (tents get very hot on a sunny day!) and avoid condensation.

The tent and its accompanying poles and pegs all fold and pack away neatly into a zip up matching canvas bag for easy transport. It’s quite a knack getting it to fit back into the bag but you need to use a “roll and squeeze” technique!

After use it is best to rinse down your tent – I hang my out on the washing line for a couple of days to give it an airing too to make sure any captured bugs and dampness disappears – otherwise the canvas may rot.

So far my festival camping activities have been an enjoyable success with this little tent. Probably the best sort to buy for short camping breaks for it’s sheer good price, practicality and design.