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Buying a tent

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  • 12-06-2013 10:03pm
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    stenan
    Registered Users Posts: 182 ✭✭


    Just wondering is there anywhere online or around to buy good cheap tents? I see that lidl have one coming up for sale on the 17 july for 99euro. Not sure how good it will be though


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    Queen-Mise
    Registered Users Posts: 7,461 ✭✭✭Queen-Mise


    There is great value on Ebay, BUT check all the tents on the UK campsite forum for reviews. [What I do is google the name of the tent (copy & paste) and usually within the first few hits the UK campsite forum comes up. Some of the tents are truly atrocious.

    Otherwise Donedeals, adverts, buy & sells.ie, are all pretty good. Again do the above with the tents, to check the quality of them.

    What I have noticed with tents is you get what you pay for. That doesn't mean that you won't get a really good tent for good value though.


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    stenan
    Registered Users Posts: 182 ✭✭stenan


    Queen-Mise wrote: »
    There is great value on Ebay, BUT check all the tents on the UK campsite forum for reviews. [What I do is google the name of the tent (copy & paste) and usually within the first few hits the UK campsite forum comes up. Some of the tents are truly atrocious.

    Otherwise Donedeals, adverts, buy & sells.ie, are all pretty good. Again do the above with the tents, to check the quality of them.

    What I have noticed with tents is you get what you pay for. That doesn't mean that you won't get a really good tent for good value though.

    Ill have a look. Thanks for the advice


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    Queen-Mise
    Registered Users Posts: 7,461 ✭✭✭Queen-Mise


    stenan wrote: »
    Ill have a look. Thanks for the advice

    And don't get the one from Lidl. I was talking to someone last weekend while camping and the zip went the first night. That is something that happens with cheap tents (it happened ours). I didn't really mind though as we bought a cheap tent to see if we would like camping - trying to find a better one at the moment.

    The reviews on Argos & Halfords are always a good indicator on tents.


    Look at this for a second hand tent, it is sold now, but this thing could probably withstand a tornado (ok maybe not, but everything up to it ;))


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