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Tiley
02-03-2008, 09:57
Does anyone have any experience of or thoughts on this? I'm looking for a lavvu/tipi style of tent that I can actually carry and use as a means of luring my kids out into the wilds more often. It seems light enough and large enough but is it well-made, durable, functional, worth buying, etc..

Many thanks for any help!

SimonM
03-03-2008, 18:42
Hi Tiley,

I have one of the Lavvu Light tents and use it for back packing when I want to use a real tent (school DoE expeditions etc), but still want to feel the grass between my toes in the morning!

The 4 man description is optimistic, I would say 2 with kit would be luxurious, 3 cosy & 4 intimate!

The main use it gets tho is for my kids when we go family camping - they wanted their own tent like Dads, & who am I to argue?

http://www.bushcraftuk.com/gallery/data/506/medium/DSC00284.JPG
In the foreground is my Porsanger 8 - 10 for comparison.

HTH

Simon