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Oisín

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Testing the tent in Carnfunnock
« on: May 22, 2011 »
The testing session went rather well. It rained hard, and we have found out that the tent does indeed work. It kept us dry and it withstood strong winds, seems a suitable model.


The poles only clip into their eyelets at one side of the tent, this is something I haven't come across before. But after realising that the tent was up and pitched. The pegs were quite slimline didnt have much surface area to push with.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/oisin_patenall/5748267160/in/photostream

The weather took a turn for the worse, so we tried to throw something together with wind breaks. It does not work, windbreaks are not waterproof.  :Dhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/oisin_patenall/5747737445/in/photostream/

We cooked smash in the mess tins to get something warm in us. The porch is a good size.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/oisin_patenall/5747751401/in/photostream/

We then treated ourselves with a Chinese delivery. The joys of being close to civilisation.  :)http://www.flickr.com/photos/oisin_patenall/5748312322/in/photostream/

And as we went to pack up this morning to sun came out to dry our tent. So a good weekend to test it out. No major disasters, would recommend it. :)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/oisin_patenall/5747775469/in/photostream



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Re: Testing the tent in Carnfunnock
« Reply #1 on: May 22, 2011 »
Looks good Oisin!
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Re: Testing the tent in Carnfunnock
« Reply #2 on: May 22, 2011 »
That looks pretty awesome:



Beats dehydrated food any day :D
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Re: Testing the tent in Carnfunnock
« Reply #3 on: May 22, 2011 »
It looks awesome sadly didn't taste so great:( I ended up eating the left overs of oisins.
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Re: Testing the tent in Carnfunnock
« Reply #4 on: May 23, 2011 »
Looked like you had a good weekend despite the weather. What is the tent model???
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Re: Testing the tent in Carnfunnock
« Reply #5 on: May 23, 2011 »
Its a Coleman Pictor X2 Two man tent.

Reasonable size for a two man wih a nice bit of a porch for the luggage.

The two doors are a nice extra.

Here is the URL:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Coleman-Pictor-Two-Man-Tent/dp/B0030BG9N8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=sports&qid=1305809880&sr=8-1
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