The rain test!
It is not leaking.
I have been using my other new tent – here – for the past couple of weeks in Scotland. It stood up well to Storm Betty, whilst we were at the Skye campsite and was a good tent, but now I want a bit more room.
For £124 I got a Vango Banshee 200. It is listed as a 2 person tent but it would be very cramped for two adults, unless they were on very friendly terms, or it was an emergency. It is listed as a tent suitable for Duke of Edinburgh Award activities and the illustrations show two smaller people sleeping head to tail in it – that would work.
I liked the asymmetrical design. On one side there is a large porch, suitable for a brew up with my small stove or for storing a rucksack, on the other enough room to put some boots or a folding chair in out of the weather. It has doors on both sides and plenty of ventilation, including a low level vent with a bug net which can also be closed off.
Another good point is that the inner tent and fly go up as one – so in the rain the inner tent does not get (so) wet.
It is up in the garden waiting for a rain test.
Jeremy now has the Lost Nature tent.
I have made some changes to this year’s backpacking gear, replacing some failures, a few new things and a few Christmas presents.
See the new page here.
This Neoair XLite mat is probably the biggest change this year – the valve failed on my old mat – this one packs smaller and weighs less than the old mat.
However Therm-a-Rest were a bit mean with their £120 mat as there is no stuff sack supplied to protect it!
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