Cabanon Pyramide tents
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These tents look great and the Dutch use them all over Europe. Has anyone got any useful 1st hand experience before I purchase one? My main concen is survivng UK shoulder seasons with a bit of indoor space for kids. Frame tents I can’t stand. I also notice the Dutch can get hold of different shapes and sizes not available in UK. The net doesn’t help. Can you? Thanx Jim
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>These tents look great and the Dutch use them all over Europe. Has >anyone got any useful 1st hand experience before I purchase one?
I have had a Cabanon Pyramide 6 tent for about 7 years though it did spend a few of those years in an attic. I am pleased with it and never regretted the decision. I was camping near Brecon Beacons last week and there were loads of Dutch campers there all using Pyramid tents, but not made by Cabanon though. There is a Dutch company which makes a range which includes pyramids even bigger than the Cananon. I could be tempted to upgrade. The advantage of the Cabanon Pyramide 6 as I see it is that it is canvas so very heavy duty, and I can in fact erect it myself alone. You might wonder how but it is quite easily done. Comes in one bag only and has good height (in the MIDDLE) with lots of floor space for storage. Do get the extra sun canopy if you can as it adds a very useful outdoor covered space ideal for cooking or eating. The drawback is the sloping walls. Duh….. well that is obvious but you do have to stoop a lot. I used to have a totally over the top Cabanon Espace which was quite fab, except for the 4 bags, 200Lb weight and 2 hours to erect. It was so high inside that it was tricky reaching up inside to attach the roof lining. I never had to stoop though! Cabanon Pyramides are supported by one central pole so get their strenget largely from the guying so once the tent is up you do have to go round and round adjusting & re-tensioning the guying points which is a bit slow. But for the benefit of a relatively light canvas tent with one pole & all stored in one bag I find it unbeatable and it is a tent that I use again and again. The Dutch ones are mostly supported in the middle by 2 poles so they have a wider area of maximum height. Have a look at http://www.bacotenten.nl though their biggest pyramid is nearly 1,500 Euro so it’s a lot more expensive than the Cabanon. It is 6.3m x 4.6m, I certainly would like to have one of those. When I looked around the campsite last week it struck me that both Cabanon and Baco were using the identical canvas. I may be wrong but it certianly looked the same. Cabanon tents are all excellent quality and better than nearly all other. I suspect a pyramid is far more weather resistant than the typical ‘wendy house’ frame tent. Rain runs right off them most effectively. What I also saw which was slightly amusing was a teeny weeny little pyramid tent accurate even down to the little windows at the front which the children of one family were using. Made by another company beggining with letter M, but I can’t remember the name right now. Dominic
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