We're about to buy our first tent (2 adults and one 4 year old) and we have
our eye on the Lichfield Arapaho 6 DLX 2006. Has anybody had any experience
with this tent?. From the various pictures we've seen it looks as if it
might be quite dark in the main living area - there only appears to be 2
fairly small windows on either side of the entrance.

Also, is there door between the entrance corridor and the main living area
and does it come with an insect mesh

Cheers,

Stephen

Stephen Burdin wrote:
We're about to buy our first tent (2 adults and one 4 year old) and we have
our eye on the Lichfield Arapaho 6 DLX 2006. Has anybody had any experience
with this tent?. From the various pictures we've seen it looks as if it
might be quite dark in the main living area - there only appears to be 2
fairly small windows on either side of the entrance.

Also, is there door between the entrance corridor and the main living area
and does it come with an insect mesh

Cheers,

Stephen

Really you shouldn't buy a tent until you've seen it up, go to a proper
camping shop where they have a good display and see what you like. If
you post a rough idea of where you are I'm sure you'll get some good
recomendations of places to view.

Just in the off chance you're in the West Midlands, I would recommend
(from personal experience only) Jackson of Arley and GO Outdoors in
Coventry who both have fairly large displays.

Geo,

Thanks for the reply.

That's what's putting is of it because we haven't had a chance to see it up.
We've spent the last few weekends going round camp shops looking at tents
but nowhere stocks the arapaho.

Thanks for the advice anyway,

Stephen

"Geo" wrote in message
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Stephen Burdin wrote:
We're about to buy our first tent (2 adults and one 4 year old) and we
have
our eye on the Lichfield Arapaho 6 DLX 2006. Has anybody had any
experience
with this tent?. From the various pictures we've seen it looks as if it
might be quite dark in the main living area - there only appears to be 2
fairly small windows on either side of the entrance.

Also, is there door between the entrance corridor and the main living
area
and does it come with an insect mesh

Cheers,

Stephen

Really you shouldn't buy a tent until you've seen it up, go to a proper
camping shop where they have a good display and see what you like. If
you post a rough idea of where you are I'm sure you'll get some good
recomendations of places to view.

Just in the off chance you're in the West Midlands, I would recommend
(from personal experience only) Jackson of Arley and GO Outdoors in
Coventry who both have fairly large displays.

Stephen Burdin wrote:
Geo,

Thanks for the reply.

That's what's putting is of it because we haven't had a chance to see
it up. We've spent the last few weekends going round camp shops
looking at tents but nowhere stocks the arapaho.


Where are you? I'm sure there are stockists that people here know about if
you give us a rough location.

--
Malc

Cheap, but not as cheap as your girlfriend

In message , Stephen Burdin
writes
Geo,

Thanks for the reply.

That's what's putting is of it because we haven't had a chance to see it up.
We've spent the last few weekends going round camp shops looking at tents
but nowhere stocks the arapaho.
There may be a good reason.....

If you're in the Manchester area, Decathlon may be worth a look, cheap
and cheerful tents that seem to last well in my experience.

Thanks for the advice anyway,

Stephen

"Geo" wrote in message
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Clint Sharp

"Stephen Burdin" wrote in message
...
Geo,

Thanks for the reply.

That's what's putting is of it because we haven't had a chance to see it
up. We've spent the last few weekends going round camp shops looking at
tents but nowhere stocks the arapaho.

Thanks for the advice anyway,


Hi Stephen,
The Arahapo is quite a big tent; 6m40 x 4m05 covers a fair amount of
groundspace and this may have its downsides. Many campsites have quite
limited 'pitches' and fitting a large tent can be inconvenient. Conversely,
sites which are more 'open field, pitch where you like' can have uneven
ground which can make it harder to get the canvas taut all round. If your
4yo will be sleeping in with you you won't need to use both inners, so you
may end up with more space than you need - which may make a nominally
'smaller' tent big enough and you'll benefit from it being lighter, easier
to erect and taking up less space in the car.

As regards your specific questions (based on descriptions of the tent rather
than direct experience).
I'd expect the inners to be insect meshed, but probably not the main area;
nor would I expect a door between 'entrance' and 'main living area'. The
main area will get a fair amount of light through the walls and windows.

Stephen Burdin came up with the following;:
We're about to buy our first tent (2 adults and one 4 year old) and we
have our eye on the Lichfield Arapaho 6 DLX 2006. Has anybody had any
experience with this tent?. From the various pictures we've seen it looks
as if it might be quite dark in the main living area - there only appears
to be 2 fairly small windows on either side of the entrance.

Also, is there door between the entrance corridor and the main living area
and does it come with an insect mesh

Just a fyi ... this thread has also been posted on the forums operated by

whois -h whois.nic.uk gmails.co.uk ...

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Registrant's address:
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As is often claimed for forums of this type which use usenet as a free
resource to try and bolster their numbers, the information I have posted
above is also freely available to anyone, it is in the public domain and I
can therefore post it with impunity.

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"Paul - xxx" wrote in message
...
Stephen Burdin came up with the following;:
We're about to buy our first tent (2 adults and one 4 year old) and we
have our eye on the Lichfield Arapaho 6 DLX 2006. Has anybody had any
experience with this tent?. From the various pictures we've seen it looks
as if it might be quite dark in the main living area - there only appears
to be 2 fairly small windows on either side of the entrance.

Also, is there door between the entrance corridor and the main living
area
and does it come with an insect mesh

Just a fyi ... this thread has also been posted on the forums operated by


Surely your posting is inappropriate here.
The fact that you have a concern about the gmails forum has no bearing on
the subject of this thread but your post may have the effect of dissuading
people from replying to Stephen's query.

Paul - xxx wrote:


Just a fyi ... this thread has also been posted on the forums operated by

whois -h whois.nic.uk gmails.co.uk ...

Domain name: gmails.co.uk
Registrant: John Carver
Registrant type: UK Individual
Registrant's address:
42 Garrigill,
Wilnecote
Tamworth
Staffordshire
B77 4DD
GB

Registrant's agent: PIPEX Communications Hosting Ltd t/a 123-Reg.co.uk
[Tag = 123-REG]
URL: http://www.123-reg.co.uk

As is often claimed for forums of this type which use usenet as a free
resource to try and bolster their numbers, the information I have posted
above is also freely available to anyone, it is in the public domain and I
can therefore post it with impunity.

What are you wittering on about?
--
Malc

OG wrote:
"Paul - xxx" wrote in message
...
Stephen Burdin came up with the following;:
We're about to buy our first tent (2 adults and one 4 year old) and we
have our eye on the Lichfield Arapaho 6 DLX 2006. Has anybody had any
experience with this tent?. From the various pictures we've seen it looks
as if it might be quite dark in the main living area - there only appears
to be 2 fairly small windows on either side of the entrance.

Also, is there door between the entrance corridor and the main living
area
and does it come with an insect mesh

Just a fyi ... this thread has also been posted on the forums operated by


Surely your posting is inappropriate here.
The fact that you have a concern about the gmails forum has no bearing on
the subject of this thread but your post may have the effect of dissuading
people from replying to Stephen's query.

No not at all, he is highlighting the fact that the above mentioned
John Carver, posting as 'John & Lisa' is operating a scam.

He is running a site that looks to many like a Google gmail site, but
is in fact his own private forum. He steals post from
uk.rec.caravaning, uk.rec.camping, uk.rec.driving etc and addds them to
his own forum. He then adds a message to almost every thread (on
uk.rec.caravaning anyway) saying that a similar question has been asked
on the gmails forum, and suggest that we should go and reply there. He
lifts these posts without asking permission from the poster, but
doesn't lift the entire thread, he is selecting, editing and passing
off other peoples post. He is doing this to increase the traffic to his
own private website, where he is also running advertising. He is a
parasite, a thief, and a scammer. He also spams uk.rec.caravaning with
pointless stories that he has stolen from other sites. He starts cross
posted threads generating uninteresting noise on off topic subjects.
Obviousle he refuses to acknowledge that he is doing this.

If you take the time to go to his gmails site you will find that it
contains no original content, excpet minute by minute accounts of his
own caravaning experiences.

If you look back over his posts on uk.rec.caravaning (100+ (two sperate
mail addresses) since he appeared in May) he seems to have bought at
least three different caravans in this time and sold at least one, this
does not look like the behaviour of a recreational caravaner.

But please, feel free to make up your own mind.