Carl and I had our third night in the tent in the backyard last night. It was rather cooler last night - a hot water bottle is a good addition to a sleeping bag. I slept 8 hours and kept the CPAP on.
post-Easter dinner (Monday?) - Carl liked having candle, and driving the remote of the camera.
in the tent
Lexi looking on
Of Tents.
The tent we have been sleeping in is a recent(ish) Gumtree acquisition - a fairly large, 3 room one. All seems in good condition. It was a little fiddly to put up (though straight forward as it didn't come with instructions). Unlike some other gumtree purchases, true to her word ALL the poles and pegs and ropes appear to be present! The fly is mostly dark blue so it will be a heat magnet in summer but can open up very well with entry ways on all 4 sides. It has little zip holes for entry of power leads to all 3 compartments.
But, I noticed it has a distinctive smell to me, which I suspect of resulting in mild asthma for me. Not sure what it is coming off and I've had it airing for 4 days now. Some of the floor coating is rubbing off (the lady I bought it off pointed this out at sale, not a functional issue).
so, I thought I would pop up the other older 'big' tent I have had for a few years now. [all tents Gumtree bargains].
We used this tent the last time I went camping with Pat and Carl. It absolutely bucketed down mid-setup that trip which was interesting but this tent proved to be very easy to put up. Unlike many other tent designs, you don't need to thread any of the geodesic fibreglass poles through sleeves but simply clip them onto the main tent. The design of this tent also means it basically stands up properly without needing any guy-ropes to be set out. The blue one above only really stands up properly once the fly is on and at least a couple of guy ropes.
It is slightly smaller in floor area than the blue one. It is older and a bit more worn than the blue one (but in the downpour it didn't seem to leak - some water ingress was run off I think)
It is by default a 2 room tent. The bigger room could be partitioned by a curtain into 2 - there are eyelets in place for that. It does it have windows on the 'back side' of the fly - facing the camera in this orientation - though that whole backside can be lifted up like a verandah [also true for the blue tent too].
The fly is silver in colour though, which has to help with heat in the summer (still gets hot though).
no guy ropes, main tent without fly:
avec fly, pegged down without guy ropes set up
So the question ... [with Thygo there is always a question]
on sell the blue one if it gives me asthma? try washing the floor and see if the smell goes away?
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