The Venom 200 provides a combination of warmth, extreme lightness and small pack size. The Venom 200 Square model provides added comfort and space. Perfect for travel where space... more
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The Venom 200 provides a combination of warmth, extreme lightness and small pack size. The Venom 200 Square model provides added comfort and space. Perfect for travel where space is at a premium.
* Comfort temperature +10 to +25 degrees
* Extreme rating zero degrees.
* Season rating 1-2.
* Length 210cm. .
* Width 80cm.
* Weight 880g.
* Square shape.
* Left or right zipper orientation.
* IFTH tested; independently measured performance
* 90/10 goose down excellent quality, will last longer.
* Polair Micro RSP fabric durable micro-ripstop fabric, soft, downproof, water resistent and washable.
* 60/40 (top/bottom) differential fill; insulation where it counts
* Box wall construction warmth and consistency, prevents down from shifting (not on 150)
...The Vango Predator 450 is a flagship synthetic bag packed with features to make this one of the best bags proving plenty of bang, for your buck.
"The Predator range of sleeping bags is designed for use at the extreme limit. Available in mummy or square. Predators will be used by experienced campers, mountaineers and expedition members who will only use the highest performance sleeping bag suitable for the most hostile environments. Highly compressible Dupont Thermolite Extra is used in conjunction with Thermolite Micro for the ultimate warmth to weight ratio."
As stated this bag is for use in slightly more 'wild' conditions, where some down bags would provide to much heat and most synthetic bags wouldnt provide enough. Although this bag has the disadvantage with most synthetic bags, the size, it does hold most of the properties which...
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Advantages: Sturdy & Roomy Disadvantages: Not a backpackers tent!
...Simply put...a good buy!
If you are looking for a mid range tent with ample room and that doesn't blow away in a slight wind then this is a great tent.
Shape.
The Vango 300 (there is also a 200 & 400) is decribed as a Geodesic design , basically it looks like two dome tents that have been merged together, so is quite an odd looking shape. But this means that internally there is a lot of space and has 2 entrances with porches on either side. This is excellent for changing your exit/entrance when windy or in driving rain.
Size.
240x 285 cm
150 cm high
Sleeps 3 (comfortably)
Weight 9.2 kg (a little on the heavy side, not a backpackers tent!)
Pitching
Relatively easy if you have a pitched a dome tent before. It has 5 collapsable poles that are colour coded. The Inner tent is put up first. The only problem is with lining up...
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Advantages: Lightweight, spacious, well made Disadvantages: fiddly to put up
...It’s only an op about a tent……honestly!
Who’s that fella Vango anyway………….?!
I consider myself a hardened camper. My experiences range from a bivvy bag above the Boulder Ruckle in Swanage, to a budget Millets 2-pole tent on the Orkneys, from family holidays in Harlech under a vast canvas and steel construction to New Years Eve in a Vango Force Ten Mk5 in Langdale, as well as several seasons in the Swiss Alps, plus many, many other trips. I have camped in rain, wind, sleet, snow, sun and thunderstorms. I have pitched a tent halfway up a mountain, in tropical jungle, in a lay-by and on the beach. I have had my tents blown away, been soaked to the skin, eaten by midges, infested by ants (and once a hedgehog) and still come back for more.
Right, we thought, it’s time to introduce the children to this fabulous pastime. Besides it...
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For those of you who use lip plumpers, does it tingle when you first buy it, and then a few days later you get used to it and it doesn't tingle at all? And yet for it to work in your mind, illogically of course, it must tingle? I used to be the same... more
Myself and partner stayed at this hotel during a visit in febuary 06, the hotel is very easy to find upon arrival and we were checked in quickly by hotel staff and shown to our room. The room whilst very basic was clean and tidy, suitable to our needs.... more