I hear very positive stories from you lot about the Argos tents but we don't have such thing in Holland. The cheapest tent that resambles the Argos Pro Action 1 Man tent is the Jack Wolfskin Weightwatcher for BP 115,-. Argos only dispatches to British Mainland and Northern Ireland but a Scottish friend could collect it for me at a local store. Can anyone tell me the pro's and contra's off this tent, size of the inner tent, durability etc. .
Thanks a lot. P.S. If anyone wants to buy a Hilleberg Nammatj GT, I've got one.
I hear very positive stories from you lot about the Argos tents but we
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have such thing in Holland. The cheapest tent that resambles the Argos Pro Action 1 Man tent is the Jack Wolfskin Weightwatcher for BP 115,-. Argos only dispatches to British Mainland and Northern Ireland but a Scottish friend could collect it for me at a local store. Can anyone tell me the pro's and contra's off this tent, size of the inner tent, durability etc.
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The Argos tent is pretty much the same as the Sierra Designs Light Year CD give or take the odd guy line, pegging out point, front vent, 400g and £120. Same basic design, and size, slightly heavier, lot cheaper. This link might therefore give you some idea of what you're missing.
Can anyone tell me the pro's and contra's off this tent, size of the inner tent, durability etc. .
Lightweight - 2kg. Quite small but large enough to sit up in and long enough for a long person. Inner tent pegs very tightly onto the poles - this worries some people. Biggest problem is the small porch - not much room for storing stuff and too small for cooking in but you can make do. Durability? No idea, I don't think anyone's had one long enough to really find out yet, but at the current price you can afford to buy one or two extra as spares, or even just throw them away after a few uses and get another (the world's first disposable tent?), but they seem more durable and better constructed than your average cheap tent.
The Sierra pitches inner first and that is not what I'm looking for. Does the Pro Action 1 Man pitch inner and flysheet together ? The info on the Argossite was very limited.
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It's really not a problem to have a tent that pitches inner first. Even in pissing rain you can keep it under cover whilst threading poles by laying the fly over it. A couple of pegs will even keep it there in a bothersome breeze.
Talking of rain. The argos catalogue says the pro action tents have a hydrostatic head of only 200mm, is this a printing error ? -- Muzz Reply to [email hidden] Replies to slash will not be read.
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I will Jim, I will. Like I did from 1995 to 2002.
I met a Dutchman in the Fannichs in '96 or '97. Me and my pal had just cut some steps in the hard snow and just after climbing to the top we heard a voice behind saying ' Thank you for the steps'. We had a wee talk about there not being too many hills in Holland. Were you that man? :-)
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The Argos tent is pretty much the same as the Sierra Designs Light Year CD give or take the odd guy line, pegging out point, front vent, 400g and £120. Same basic design, and size, slightly heavier, lot cheaper. This link might therefore give you some idea of what you're missing.
The Sierra pitches inner first and that is not what I'm looking for. Does the Pro Action 1 Man pitch inner and flysheet together ? The info on the Argossite was very limited.
The Sierra pitches inner first and that is not what I'm looking for. Does the Pro Action 1 Man pitch inner and flysheet together ? The info on the Argossite was very limited.
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The inner first, then the flysheet.
It's really not a problem to have a tent that pitches inner first. Even in pissing rain you can keep it under cover whilst threading poles by laying the fly over it. A couple of pegs will even keep it there in a bothersome breeze. -- Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks" 95/284 5/219 c.100/300 (>900m with drop>100m )
It's really not a problem to have a tent that pitches inner first. Even in pissing rain you can keep it under cover whilst threading poles by laying the fly over it. A couple of pegs will even keep it there in a bothersome breeze.
The Argos tent doesn't really go up like that though. You can clip the flysheet to the inner, that's how it's designed, but putting the poles up would be tricky since you don't thread them. You peg out the inner first, then you insert one end of each pole into the hole on the edge of the flysheet, bend the pole into an arch and insert into the hole on the other side. You then clip the inner tent to the hoop. Bit tricky to do this with a flysheet laying on top.
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The inner first, then the flysheet.
It goes up pretty quickly though.
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It's really not a problem to have a tent that pitches inner first. Even in pissing rain you can keep it under cover whilst threading poles by laying the fly over it. A couple of pegs will even keep it there in a bothersome breeze.
The Argos tent doesn't really go up like that though. You can clip the flysheet to the inner, that's how it's designed, but putting the poles up would be tricky since you don't thread them. You peg out the inner first, then you insert one end of each pole into the hole on the edge of the flysheet, bend the pole into an arch and insert into the hole on the other side. You then clip the inner tent to the hoop. Bit tricky to do this with a flysheet laying on top.
Paul
I can put up my Hillleberg Nammatj GT in 5 minutes, but it weighs 3,5 kg and is bulky (=spacious). Inner and flysheet go together and that has been a good thing on several Scottish occasions. Inner first is a very strong contra for me.
I can put up my Hillleberg Nammatj GT in 5 minutes, but it weighs 3,5 kg and is bulky (=spacious). Inner and flysheet go together and that has been a good thing on several Scottish occasions. Inner first is a very strong contra for me.
I agree. My Pheonix Phreak was a flysheet first job. My Nallo has both connected. Never seen a need to separate them yet.
The Argos goes up fast though. Unless it's really bucketing down it won't get very wet if you know what you're doing.
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I can put up my Hillleberg Nammatj GT in 5 minutes, but it weighs 3,5 kg and is bulky (=spacious). Inner and flysheet go together and that has been a good thing on several Scottish occasions. Inner first is a very strong contra for me.
I agree. My Pheonix Phreak was a flysheet first job. My Nallo has both connected. Never seen a need to separate them yet.
The Argos goes up fast though. Unless it's really bucketing down it won't get very wet if you know what you're doing.
Paul
Would it be possible to convert it into a inner and flysheet together tent ? Use the poles on the outside with velcro ? Inner attached same way as Hilleberg tents ? I even think of making my own tent but where to get the right material ? Off course that would be easier than building your own camera. Ever thought about it, Paul ?
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Would it be possible to convert it into a inner and flysheet together tent ? Use the poles on the outside with velcro ? Inner attached same way as Hilleberg tents ? I even think of making my own tent but where to get the right material ? Off course that would be easier than building your own camera. Ever thought about it, Paul ?
Theo
Yes, that is possible. Your local Argos will have the details. Just ask one of the girls on the tills for more info.
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Would it be possible to convert it into a inner and flysheet together
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Use the poles on the outside with velcro ? Inner attached same way as Hilleberg tents ? I even think of making my own tent but where to get
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right material ? Off course that would be easier than building your own camera. Ever thought about it, Paul ?
Theo
Yes, that is possible. Your local Argos will have the details. Just ask one of the girls on the tills for more info.
Ian.
Just one tiny problem. I live in Holland and coming over costs more than a PA1MT. (but I will have a look around on my side off the North Sea for shops and manufactorers).
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Thank you very much Sandy. I will go to my drawingboard and design the world's first TheoTent (or Theotre :-).
Theo, why don't you just come to Scotland, buy an Argos tent and try it
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while you're here? I meet loads of Dutch people when I'm in Scotland.
Regards: Jim Ford
I will Jim, I will. Like I did from 1995 to 2002. Couldn't come last year but most likely I'll come end augustus/beginning of septembre this year if everything is ok with the new baby and wife. Scotland is my favorite place to be, I'm a (little) bit of a Munrobagger. Nothing fanatical though. An Teallach and perhaps some more northerly Munros are the next goal. The thing with tents is that they always seem to have something that could be better so why not try to design something myself ? Perhaps I will not succeed but at least I will have tried. I like to be able to make things myself. I think it's stone-age-male- behaviour. And 20 pounds for a ready-made tent won't hurt.
