3 man Water resistant tents dunnes stores

bryaner · 19-07-2010 02:27PM #1

€20 for these anyone think they would manage 3 days at the picnic if the weather was mank?

I'm just slightly put off that they are stating water resistant as apposed to water proof.

NUIG_FiannaFail · 19-07-2010 03:15PM

don't mind yer tents, there are some great deals in hotels around the place at them moment

the groutch · 19-07-2010 04:07PM

water resistant means it'll take a bit of drizzle, but that's about it
better to pay extra for a water proof one

of course if it's for a music festival, I can understand alot of people might want to get a cheap one and dump it before they leave

ED E · 19-07-2010 04:11PM

Mate had one at Oxegen, was useless. Get a proper tent.

PeteEd · 19-07-2010 04:11PM

bryaner wrote: »

€20 for these anyone think they would manage 3 days at the picnic if the weather was mank?

I'm just slightly put off that they are stating water resistant as apposed to water proof.

Wouldn't last 1 day if the weather was mank!

zuroph · 19-07-2010 04:14PM

arent they the single layer ones? disaster at any realistic rainfall.

Keyser Söze · 19-07-2010 08:28PM

their good if it doesn't rain

bryaner · 19-07-2010 08:29PM

zuroph wrote: »

arent they the single layer ones? disaster at any realistic rainfall.

Checked one out today it has 2 layers.

zuroph · 19-07-2010 09:02PM

i'd still stay well clear.

Wudyaquit · 19-07-2010 09:02PM

Useless if there's rain. top layer touches the inside layer and the water seeps through.
Bought one last year and had a great snooze in the car.

bryaner · 19-07-2010 09:27PM

Ok I'm hearing ye, any idea where to get a half decent one at the right money?

ciano1 · 19-07-2010 09:52PM

My tesco 2 man dome tent survived Oxegen!!

Those dunnes ones looked awful though!

baldshin · 19-07-2010 10:11PM

Millets have a cracking sale on tents at the moment. Proper waterproof ones.

bryaner · 20-07-2010 12:13AM

baldshin wrote: »

Millets have a cracking sale on tents at the moment. Proper waterproof ones.

Sound just found this

http://www.millets.co.uk/camping/tents/3-4-person-tents/product/093040.html

eoinf · 20-07-2010 08:51AM

I bought a rocky 3 in the irish millets or one of the other shops around capel street a few years ago , cost me ~€30 and its survived both oxegen & EP twice.

Hose it down most years out the garden afterwards and dry it out.

good advantage is it has a sheet in the "porch".

no soggy knees or arse when trying to clamber in and out pissed as a fart.

its fully rain proof with two layers.

poles snapped on years and i knicked some out of one of the abondoned tents.

anyway if you can spot it anywhere its well worth the price.

The Gelert website has a RRp of £60 but there is no way i paid this price.

http://www.gelert.com/products/Rocky_3.aspx

Pigwidgeon · 20-07-2010 11:41AM

If they're the same as the one they had last year you should be fine. I got one for oxegen, and it was one of the three we had in our group that didn't collapse or leak.

bryaner · 20-07-2010 04:05PM

Got this today in Blanch

http://www.millets.co.uk/camping/tents/1-2-person-tents/product/096162.html

Should do the trick nicely cheers for the help.

3 man Water resistant tents dunnes stores

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