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side for military use. It is ideal for camping. backpacking, travelling and trekking. It features: Reinforced quick-flow valve Non-slip surfaces Water repell...
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Advantages: Lightweight, Small Pack Size, Durable, Attractive Design Disadvantages: Small living/ sleeping space; Flysheet not easily secured to inner; Inner-First pitching
The Gelert Solo is a lightweight, 2-skin tent which is great for cyclists or walkers. It is also good for those campers who enjoy the group camping but not the sleeping in a big tent. You can think of this as a, seperate sleeping space once all the festivities have died down.
The inner-first construction can be seen as a disadvantage seeing as the inner is almost completly mesh and would get incredibly wet if you were pitching it in adverse weather conditions. On the otherside of that remark, however, the inner can be used alone in hot climates to keep insects off but a cool breeze blowing through.
The outer isn't incredibly easy to attach correctly. It has ribbons to tie to the inner to hold it all up nicely. I personally, have never tied these as they are hard to get to with the flysheet flapping in the wind and are also too short to ...
RhysLawson 06.09.2009
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Gelert Solo
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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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Gelert Solo
Advantages: Small, comfy, brilliant. Disadvantages: Not as good as a full size pillow.
My Inflatable Friend (You should have heard my first title!!!) ; )
These pillows are fantastic, in my case, I used to make do with an old pillow case stuffed with a couple of jumpers or whatever came to hand, but now I have one of these, I realise how good they are. I use if for the occasional bit of camping, but mainly nights away when truck driving.
I had heard of these a long time ago, but after trying several camping shops, as well as local high street shops, I had given up on finding one, but straight out of the blue, a mate of mine came round and threw one at me! I accepted it with thanks, thinking it was not quite as good as I thought. However, after giving it a good testing while on a night away in Norfolk, I found that it was the best thing that had ever happened to me. It's only something that supports me, but ...
