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 ... ...have found this watertight, as Gelert "weathercheck " most of their kit. One bloke recently lay in his tent and had his old dad turn the garden hose on it with no adverse result, so enough said.
The only downside is the use of lightweight fibreglass poles that have cracked. I only had the smaller main spar develope a hairline crack which was fixed with parcel tape from Tesco's in Porth Madog. Job done. I have written to Gelert about perhaps using ...
pol10134 19.12.2008
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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 ... ...apart. But, come morning, my Gelert Solo was in one piece whereas my companions Gelert Mongoose (basically the same tent just a 2-man version) had sustained damage. The groundsheet will keep dampness out from the ground, and although cnodensation is a big issue in winter, in the summer it's not so bad. One unpredicted advantage must be that the mesh inner is a great way to ease you out of a phobia of creepy-crawleys! Knowing they can't get you is ...
RhysLawson 06.09.2009
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