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Advice Needed: buying a tent

  • 07-06-2012 11:34pm
    #1
    Hoku
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 213 ✭✭


    Hi everyone!

    A question to any (semi-)experienced campers out there - has anybody owned/stayed in one of the Quechua T6.3/T6.3XL tents?
    I'm just looking for any feedback/comments/recommendations regarding this tent, or other potential candidates.

    A friend recommended this brand and I actually saw many of its labels at a recent festival, and after trawling the Internetz I didn't see too many negative reviews for this tent (as was the case with Skandika for example).

    Now, the T6.3 XL weighs 25-29kg, but does anyone know if it's possible to separate the weight more or less evenly between two suitcases, so that it could be brought onboard a plane? I don't really see myself doing too much camping around Ireland, but it would prove very convenient if a tent of this size could be brought to the mainland by air to go camping with a few friends.

    Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks!


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  • #2
    vicwatson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,404 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    Hoku wrote: »
    Hi everyone!

    A question to any (semi-)experienced campers out there - has anybody owned/stayed in one of the Quechua T6.3/T6.3XL tents?
    I'm just looking for any feedback/comments/recommendations regarding this tent, or other potential candidates.

    A friend recommended this brand and I actually saw many of its labels at a recent festival, and after trawling the Internetz I didn't see too many negative reviews for this tent (as was the case with Skandika for example).

    Now, the T6.3 XL weighs 25-29kg, but does anyone know if it's possible to separate the weight more or less evenly between two suitcases, so that it could be brought onboard a plane? I don't really see myself doing too much camping around Ireland, but it would prove very convenient if a tent of this size could be brought to the mainland by air to go camping with a few friends.

    Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks!

    "brought to the mainland" - I don't get you.


  • #3
    Hoku
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 213 ✭✭Hoku


    I.e. go camping in Germany/France or anywhere else on mainland Europe. It's simple enough to drive around Ireland or even to the UK, but for the rest of Europe I figured flying would be more convenient.

    There is a huge rock festival that takes place in Germany every summer, and after trying it out this year, I was thinking of going as a substantially bigger group next year.


  • #4
    Tabnabs
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,790 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tabnabs


    TBH, I think it would be highly impractical to bring a tent like this on a plane. The tent is only the beginning of your gear. Sleeping bags, mats, clothing, cooking equipment, all the regular list of things needed for camping fit neatly in a car, not a suitcase.

    If you want to go "backpack" camping then I would recommend http://www.hilleberg.com/. But this is a massive change from what you've shown.


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