Fairydown Tents
tony dyson
retailers (email or phone) please?
Some of the staff at Snowgum in Perth have become so offhand that I
don't want to deal with them and am prepared to pay for delivery from
elsewhere if I can get a good deal and/or service.
Bron
http://www.greatoutdoors.com.au/
regards
Bronwyn Davey
Gareth Edwards
I don't know if they've improved their design over the last couple of
years but I was turned off Fairydown (tents - I like some of their
other gear) after their Trilogy tent (not mine) was blown over one
night on the main range of Kosciuszko NP. I awoke to find the
material rather close to my head. I was rather surprised by this,
given that it was marketed as a snow tent. It is very cold there at
2am in the morning, turning a tent around so its smallest side was
into the wind. Maybe that particular model wasn't so good?
Cheers,
Gareth.
anthon...@wanews.com.au (tony dyson) wrote in message news:<9eca021a.02082...@posting.google.com>...
Ben Williams
In Brisbane I believe that Silk Road stock them. I don't think they
keep too many in stock, but last time I was in there they did have one
Fairydown tent there. Silk Road seems to be more of a travel shop than
a bushwalking shop. Having said that I always found the staff there to
be fairly knowlegeable and friendly.
Their details are:
SILK ROAD TRAVEL OUTFITTERS
130 Wickham St Fortitude Valley 4006
(07) 3257 4177
P.S. No I don't work there or have any vested interest. I have a semi
obsession with macpac stuff and Silk Road don't stock it :)
Cheers
Ben
On 28 Aug 2002 05:03:07 -0700, anthon...@wanews.com.au (tony
dyson) wrote:
Ben Williams
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PeteM
> years but I was turned off Fairydown (tents - I like some of their
> other gear) after their Trilogy tent (not mine) was blown over one
> night on the main range of Kosciuszko NP. I awoke to find the
> material rather close to my head. I was rather surprised by this,
> given that it was marketed as a snow tent. It is very cold there at
> 2am in the morning, turning a tent around so its smallest side was
> into the wind. Maybe that particular model wasn't so good?
Was that the one with the little mini pole across the top to make it more
roomy?
I had heard there were problem with it and I saw a newer version recently
where they had extended the little pole so that it was a full hoop.
When I looked at it, I remember thinking that it was quite small for the
weight that was in the specs.
tony dyson
I'm now leaning away from Fairydown, having discovered that the Escape
is only a metre wide, despite being marketed as a two-person tent.
The latest top candidate is the old faithful Sierra Designs ClipFlash,
which seems to be wider, longer, higher, lighter and cheaper. And
blue, as opposed to Fairydown's vivid yellow.
I appreciate that it may not be quite the same quality, but I don't
plan on tackling Everest, either.
And to all the MacPac fans out there, I'd love to join your ranks, but
the prices really are getting silly.
kak...@safe-mail.net (Gareth Edwards) wrote in message news:<678ea7d1.02082...@posting.google.com>...
Gareth Edwards
> roomy?
Yes - and the wind simply pushed one side of this down (like a
see-saw). As there were no velcro tabs or anything connecting the fly
to the inner, the entire thing was warped out of shape and basically
collapsed!
> I had heard there were problem with it and I saw a newer version recently
> where they had extended the little pole so that it was a full hoop.
I think you're talking about the Fairydown Assualt II - looked much
better than the Trilogy to me, but I'd still be concerned if there
wasn't any points connecting inner & fly.
> When I looked at it, I remember thinking that it was quite small for the
> weight that was in the specs.
Fairydown tend to be this way from my experence and what I've heard.
The Trilogy was supposedly 3-person, but was barely wider than my
2-person tent...
Gareth.