Zephyros Owners Thread

The owners' manual says that Terra Nova "maintain a comphrensive stock of spare parts" so I suggest you give them a ring and see how much a set of poles is (www.terra-nova.co.uk or 01773 837373).

I can't believe they can be that expensive, so £10 sounds like  bargain...

Hi all,

New to the forum!  I'm considering purchasing a Zephyros 1 tent, but have one query which I have been unable to find a clear answer on!

With this tent is it possible to pitch it outer first and add the inner in later?  Considering this tent for a multi day route in Scotland.

Thanks.

You can, although I haven't tried it. It's probably quite a faff as the end poles are attached to both the inner and outer.  I think it's one of those "It's possible, but why would you want to" things.

Roger Cope wrote (see)

Hello - is this post still running..

Seems to be

Mark Haslam wrote (see)

With this tent is it possible to pitch it outer first and add the inner in later?

Yup. But it's a bit fiddly. I find it easier to carry it and pitch it 'as one'.

Maybe this is a silly question...

Whats the little orange stick for? Is it incase one of the poles breaks whilst you're on the hills?

You mean the length of gold-coloured anodised aluminium tube? As you guessed, that is a temporary splint to repair the main pole if it gets damaged.

Saw the Zephyros on sale in Blacks (Reading)* for £60 at the weekend, for you Zephyros fans...  Can't see it at that price on their website, though.

* or was it (bizarrely) Millets?

Your pounds (sterling) character seems to have printed as ??? (assuming you mean that the Zeph Lites are £180 and £210)

Given the Zephyros was initially marketed as the budget version of the Laser Comp, that does indeed seem a bit steep. It's certainly more than I'd pay to shave off half a kilogram.

PS: to get a pounds symbol in the universal ASCII character set, key in Alt +156

This thread seems to have reinvigorated itself this week

So I'll mention that I spent three nights in my Zeph 2 car-camping at a music festival last weekend. It was the first time I've pitched it in pitch darkness on rough ground aided only by a headtorch - in the morning it looked about as tautly and tidily tent-like as a discarded rubbish bag but at least it kept the dew off me

Hopefully be getting a 2 soon, just researching to find the best price.

captain paranoia wrote (see)

Saw the Zephyros on sale in Blacks (Reading)* for £60 at the weekend, for you Zephyros fans...  Can't see it at that price on their website, though.

* or was it (bizarrely) Millets?

damn it! I just bought one online the other day and it was more than that   not £180 though, sportsdirect (LOL) sell them for £100 and they come with a free sports direct gigantic mug (also LOL)

Thinking of getting a Zephyros 2. I'm guessing they're pretty good...seen decent reviews of it and like the wieght.

Also where is the cheapest you've managed to get it? Sports Direct for £120 is the cheapest I've seen so far...

Ed

Just googled it and Nevisport have it for £100 and I'm guessing Go outdoors would beat it by 10% again?

http://www.nevisport.com/pr/6651/zephyros-2-tent

Ed