Camping

Kern · **Posted:** Fri Oct 19, 2012 14:04

MaliA wrote:

The woodburner is £230 and the flue is £190 for goodness sake!

Don't scrimp and use a barrel:

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Zardoz · **Posted:** Fri Oct 19, 2012 14:06

Jesus, Mali.

Why not just buy a caravan?

Zardoz · **Posted:** Fri Oct 19, 2012 14:08

Kern wrote:

MaliA wrote:

The woodburner is £230 and the flue is £190 for goodness sake!

Don't scrimp and use a barrel:

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It would have been fine if Private Numb Nuts wasn't chucking rocks at it.

MaliA · **Posted:** Fri Oct 19, 2012 14:10

Zardoz wrote:

Jesus, Mali.

Why not just buy a caravan?

I'm not buying the burner or flue. The 3m is good, but having extra space inside would be good.
Inside we can get a camp bed either side of the pole, with a folding table between them, and stuff in the middle. We think the 4m would be a bit better, and we'd quite like an awning. I love it. Everyone should have one.

Kern · **Posted:** Fri Oct 19, 2012 14:12

Zardoz wrote:

Why not just buy a caravan?

Or book hotel rooms. Like camping, but with central heating, television, room service, and bedbugs.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Fri Oct 19, 2012 14:22

I was going to suggest that, but I know Mali loves the romance of the outdoors.

Wullie · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 6183

MaliA wrote:

As it turns out, we want a bigger tent. Looking at the 4m Soulpads now. This si getting expensive, quickly. The woodburner is £230 and the flue is £190 for goodness sake! I think we'll go without them, although I've convinced MrsA that winter camping is a good idea. We'll be getting some duck boards for the ground by the tent entrance and make a shelter using <stuff> for outside the front.

Mind that for camping in winter you want as small a tent as you can manage so that there's less air to heat...

or just use bivi bags & a tarp

MaliA · **Posted:** Fri Oct 19, 2012 14:31

Wullie, thems a good point. I'll consider that.

this is what i want.

Wullie · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 6183

MaliA wrote:

this is what i want.

Campsites are for poofs & England's access laws are silly FTFY

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Aug 23, 2017 20:33

zaphod79 wrote:

MaliA wrote:

markg wrote:

Bollocks it takes minutes unless you're a spacker who can't do it. (I remember seeing one bloke walking through town back to the shop with a popped up tent).

If she says no to pop up tents then she should be the one to pitch it, in the rain, while you sit in the car.

Like Bi, she thinks they're a dog to get in the bag as well. I'm disinclined to try and change this as it would be somewhat like trying to topple Nelson's Column with a fly swatter.

The latter idea is superb, though.

The trick is the way you twist the hoops together - for a more reasonable tent though your really talking a few hundred pounds (specially if you want one to stand up in) , and they can be difficult to setup.

Apart from pop-ups the easiest ones we've had to pitch are wigwams - have a look at these

http://soulpad.co.uk/

Positives - easy to pitch , loads of space inside
Negatives - very expensive

We are considering getting a 5m one. But the 6m is only £70 more and has the port for the flue...

Should we get 6m?

flis · **Joined:** 26th May, 2008 **Posts:** 3333

MaliA wrote:

zaphod79 wrote:

MaliA wrote:

markg wrote:

Bollocks it takes minutes unless you're a spacker who can't do it. (I remember seeing one bloke walking through town back to the shop with a popped up tent).

If she says no to pop up tents then she should be the one to pitch it, in the rain, while you sit in the car.

Like Bi, she thinks they're a dog to get in the bag as well. I'm disinclined to try and change this as it would be somewhat like trying to topple Nelson's Column with a fly swatter.

The latter idea is superb, though.

The trick is the way you twist the hoops together - for a more reasonable tent though your really talking a few hundred pounds (specially if you want one to stand up in) , and they can be difficult to setup.

Apart from pop-ups the easiest ones we've had to pitch are wigwams - have a look at these

http://soulpad.co.uk/

Positives - easy to pitch , loads of space inside
Negatives - very expensive

We are considering getting a 5m one. But the 6m is only £70 more and has the port for the flue...

Should we get 6m?

Go big or go home. And if you buy one extreme of these, you can go big AND be at home in it. Win/win.

MaliA · **Posted:** Thu Aug 24, 2017 13:18

Yes! Am discussing it with MrsA and trying to not say "Yes, that's how mathd works" when the salespetson tells her it is "44% bigger than the 5m tent".

Downsides: 48kg. Possible 2 people needed to put it up.

MaliA · **Posted:** Thu Aug 24, 2017 13:45

https://soulpad.co.uk/products/soulpad-5000-hybrid

Ordered one of those in the end.

MaliA · **Posted:** Fri Aug 25, 2017 18:41

It has arrived. It is heavy. And totally not a body.

asfish · **Joined:** 5th Dec, 2010 **Posts:** 3353

MaliA wrote:

It has arrived. It is heavy. And totally not a body.

Be interesting to get feedback on how easy this is to set up, looks a really nice tent.

Never been into camping just had a few shit experiences as a kid, (mostly due to us being idiots and not having the right gear)

Fancy giving it a go once 2nd child is a bit older as I think kids will like it.

myp · **Posted:** Fri Aug 25, 2017 19:56

I am camping in Edinburgh right now!

MaliA · **Posted:** Fri Aug 25, 2017 21:12

asfish wrote:

MaliA wrote:

It has arrived. It is heavy. And totally not a body.

Be interesting to get feedback on how easy this is to set up, looks a really nice tent.

Never been into camping just had a few shit experiences as a kid, (mostly due to us being idiots and not having the right gear)

Fancy giving it a go once 2nd child is a bit older as I think kids will like it.

1) Don't use a Forester to carry a 5m tent and all the atuff MrsA deems necessary. Use a megabus.

2) The 3m tent is a doddle to put up. This is why i take it to BeexBBQ and Meatfests.

3) The 5m should be like the 3m but heavier.

4) This is the 3m tent interior with my very comfortable bed and MrsA's lilo. Which is stupid.

MaliA · **Posted:** Sat Aug 26, 2017 14:58

First go, about 30mins to put up. Dead easy.

MaliA · **Posted:** Mon Aug 28, 2017 19:00

20 mins to take down and get in the bag.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Mon Aug 28, 2017 19:03

We went camping this week too. One friend also has the 5m tent you used, Mali. It's an impressive beast.

Ours is one of those inflatable ones that doesn't have poles. A doddle to put up and take down.

myp · **Posted:** Mon Aug 28, 2017 21:14

Yeah, those inflatable ones are brilliant. I have a new pop up which is really easy to put up, not so easy to put down again.

JBR · **Joined:** 2nd Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 3213

I got the knack of taking down my pop up tent after many video watches. Now I get to feel a bit like a jedi when I can swipe it down super quick. Practice recommended for a warm feeling!

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