kathmandu tents?.

steve coles

06/10/2011 at 20:01

anyone had experience with kathmandu tents?.

in particular the lansan light?.

i am 6'2 and am looking for the holy grail, of a tent that i can sit up in, is relatively light, and dosent cost the earth!!.

so far i am looking at second hand lightwave t0's, terra nova voyagers, and msr hubbas.

any more i can add to the list would be handy!.

internal headroom of 100cm should be enough.

cheers!.

stevie.

Bedouin

07/10/2011 at 17:34

Have no experience of the brand other than a few trips into there shops which have been strange experiences in themselves.

Crimp'itch

09/10/2011 at 06:33

Although I haven't used any of their tents seeing as nobody has replied I thought I'd give some advice: The companies clothing as a whole is decidedly mid-range. They use top quality fabrics but are very badly cut and have no quality control with one piece of clothing in one size varying in cut between diffferent samples. I did look at the specs a year or two ago and thought they were 0.5-1kg overweight when looking for similar tents, certainly not in the same class as other tents you mention. The TN voyager wouldn't have had enough headroom I'd have thought (or if it did would only have it in the middle), from TN look at the solar 2.2. I ended up with a Big Agnes Copper Spur which has the space of a geodesic without the weight (or snow loading strength and as expected is noisy in wind). Main reason I got it over others was price at the time in a sale from US (but no top quality tent is going to be cheap). It's very good but I'm sure all those other companies products are similar. So although not directly answering, hope that helps and adds another brand to look at.

Bedouin

09/10/2011 at 09:53

Passed the branch just off Oxford Street last night and it twigged my memory into remembering the "Summit Club" that gets you 25% off RRP for a £1 membership fee. Can't help but feel looking at the prices and the quality etc that prices have been inflated to accommodate the discount.

Not an unusual tactic.... I noticed that a number of Mountain Warehouse T-Shirts were showing RRP's of £20 the same as Arc'teryx charges YET just looking at the MW ones they looked used dishcloths interestingly they were in the "sales" down to £4.99

Addick

09/10/2011 at 11:29

Arc t/shirts at £20 are a shapeless pile'o' shite. Peter Storm at £4.99 are quite nice

Bedouin

09/10/2011 at 13:45

I'll leave with your your "quite nice" then!

Parky Again

09/10/2011 at 14:17

Dead bird sells something for only £20! must be rubbish at that price. Dumbing down their products obviously.

Bedouin

09/10/2011 at 14:58

Obviously!

Parky Again

09/10/2011 at 17:07

Like to share with us where we may purchase these dead bird full price £20 bargains bedders?

Bedouin

09/10/2011 at 17:38

An Arcteryx dealer I would have thought would a good place to start.... then again you might want to try the new Patagonia shop in Covent Garden you never know?

Addick

09/10/2011 at 17:45

Ellis brigham, Covent garden.

I paid £15 in the sale. Very poor quality, shapeless after 1 wash.

Urbanrock have some for £12.

Bedouin

09/10/2011 at 17:49

>Very poor quality, shapeless after 1 wash.

Tut tut what do you expect from a brand thats universally known for its poor quality oh well back to Peter Storm that Gobal brand of excellence. Ho hum

Addick

09/10/2011 at 17:52

Care to explain why a product of Arcs reputation would be of such poor quality?

Parky Again

09/10/2011 at 17:59

I'm lost on google bedders. There aren't any full price dead bird t shirts for £20 as far as i can see.
Are you comparing like with like or are you comparing something that costs £20 with somthing that costs £4.99? In which case the peter storm ones are unbeatable.

Bedouin

09/10/2011 at 18:00

To what Arcteryx reputation do you refer? theres a bit of a clue in there!

Just been having a look at the Peter Storm website....

"no wonder we sell these garments as 'the most comfortable wet weather gear in the world'."
Modest bunch aren't they! BTW love the line drawings