Advantages: Sturdy/Practical/Lightweight/Cheap Disadvantages: weak poles
I have owned a Gelert Solo since May 08 and have used it on a weekly basis until Nov 08 in Snowdonia.
The Solo costs peanuts and the next tent of comparable ability is twice as expensive. The tent is double skinned, so you don't wake up at 4am in a wet nylon mess.
At 1.5kg it is very light and the Solo's carry bag is as big as two rolled up newspapers. It ACTUALLY fits in it's zip up bag and has a repair kit in a zip pouch within. This small pack size means it straps neatly on any number of places on your bergen ("pack ", to you civvies!). To pack the Solo actually inside your bergen would be no drama either and it is ideal for all you cycling and canoe freaks who delight in shaving your legs, or drowning in rapids.
The tent has two poles. a big one and a small one, so even in the dark you can't mess up. The inner pitches first ...
pol10134 19.12.2008
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Advantages: stylish, good quality, perfect size, reasonable price Disadvantages: sore to stub your toe on!
As one of those people who had a really old, proper wood coffee tables (it became a sanding experiment gone bad!), I didn't fancy going for a completely modern glass type one. I first came across the Nexus range at the sale in Macdonald's furniture, and decided to go for the coffee table and the lamp table in light oak. The range is also available in chestnut. I think the oak looks better in small spaces as it's a lighter colour - the glass panel in the middle also helps to give the feeling of space in a room. In my opinion, the table is stylish yet not in a way that will make it ever look outdated.
It measures H41cm x W129cm x D62cm and has stylish slotted joints and a smoky glass insert and was apparently designed by a British designer. It is constructed from mostly oak veneer and some solid oak. It's easy enough to push around ...
Advantages: Roomy, Easy pitch, well made Disadvantages: Unusual shape when packed
As anyone who has ever spent a single night in a tent, the manufacturer's description of the number of people a tent will accommodate is based on the number of people who can lie down in the empty tent. Therefore, a one person tent is only going to be suitable for a small person who travels light.
I received the Gelert Twister 3 for Christmas and had to wait for a dry day to try it out.
That day came this weekend and I took it out to the hills behind the town to pitch it and check it out.
This is one of a new breed of tent that boasts a quick pitch feature, it comes packed in a flat disk shaped bag rather than the rolled tent that most people are familiar with.
The outer tent is rated to a 3000 millimetre hydrostatic head, that is to say, the material is tested by being placed under a 3000 mm column of water and remains ...
JeffFromPoole 25.01.2010
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