commando wrote:We were camped at Cumberland River Campsite near Lorne which is protected from the wind other than a pure southerly
which it was... 40 knots continuous straight from Antarctica through the rock gates opening funnel of the site gusting 50 knots
the tent was deforming and thought we would be blown away. I didn't list the seller as that's free advertising. Google found it.
Its a tent which performs remarkably in strong winds at a disposable price.
That brings back a crack-up memory boyo.
I used to visit the Cumberland Caravan Park very frequently most week ends through Autumn, Winter and Spring (surfing Kennett, Wye, and everywhere in between down to Castle Cove) was almost always empty, through the eighties and always had my little dome tent that looked pretty much like yours.
Bought from the place that was at the top of Elizabeth St in Melbourne for $99. Two levels- all the tents were set up. What was it called? Anyone?
The pole cracked one night- man was there some deformation from the wind tunneling the other direction-down the gorge. Williwa style. As good surfers we knew the wind strength back to front and it was easily 40-50 kms. Gusts stronger. Took a hell of a belting until it finally broke (split type thing).
Cumberland Caravan Park and that area is a hell of a wind channel/tunnel.
Used a good heavy bandaid on it. No jokes. As dumb surfers that was all we had and forgot about it. Wonder if that thing had the same fibre type as yours?
Took it after that to NZ for four weeks car camping and slept in it for all of the twenty eight nights. Rain wind hail. Then took it to Europe where my Mum slept in it every night for four weeks. Left it in England only because after a year of travelling through Europe we wouldn't be moving much again-it was still functioning perfectly. Guessing now it would have weighed about the same as this one. Maybe around 1.5 -2 kg mark.
Wish I still had it.
ps -Saw many climbing rescues -seemed like every second visit someone was stuck on the rock face.