Jeannette
How easy is this tent to assemble?
Answer
It's fine. It's a tunnel design and all tunnel tents are easy to put up.
Litchfield is a nice company, been going for years. The symbol comes from Litchfield Cathedral, which has three spires.
The Yuchi is quite a popular tent and it's roomy, easy to go up, and a good buy.
However, there is another Litchfield tent, the Mohawk 8-person tent, which although it has more poles is just as easy to put up and it has a better shape.
It's a straight through tunnel with no funny bits so you can put another cover right over it as easy as hanging the washing out.
All tents can benefit from an extra cover because it not only keeps windblown grit off the main fabric it provides more space easily for storing bulky things like chidrens toys and it also makes a porch, all from a plain and simple groundsheet from B&Q, Aldi, or whichever is your local DIY or garden store, or even from supermarkets, plus some washing line for guy lines and a packet of pegs.
A straight tunnel design means the cover will lay straight over it and can be pegged down at the back leaving the front raised on a couple of bamboo or other poles for a porch or pointing downwards a bit using long guy lines without any poles. It's an easy and cheap addition to a tent which makes it 100% waterproof even over an old leaky tent, it's warmer at night, and gives added security if you all want to go for a walk by just pegging the cover down all the way round.
People in festivals often use that ploy to keep their tents safer with thousands of teenage ravers around.
Both tents are easy to put up. Lay a large groundsheet down first to put the tent on. It keeps the tent floor clean underneath and when the tent is up just tuck the edges of the groundsheet under all the way round and all the rain coming off the tent will fall outside it and you keep a nice dry floor.
Unwrap the tent, lay it over the groundsheet and peg the corners out loosely, thread the poles through the lines of loops, get the base pegs adjusted again so the floor is tight all over with no creases, fix the guy lines, and sit down inside for a cup of tea or whatever.
Simple. Errrr.......yeah, OK. Ought to be simple.
Occasionally there will be a problem of wind springing up, or a long pole comes to bits when you're threading it through the loops but you soon pick up how to stop that happening with poles and the basic job is really straightforward.
Sometimes a bit of washing doesn't behave either.
Cor, that wind. ...bloomin' thing....dropped it now...I dunno......
Same with tents whichever model they are, or anything else. They all have the usual odd bits that play up funny sometimes.
Just keep smiling.....we all get those days with tents or anything else.
Here is the Yuchi and below it is the Mohawk. Scroll down for the sleeping plan and you'll see the Mohawk is not bad at all for space, and the £10 saving will help to buy a groundsheet to put under it.
http://www.tents-direct.co.uk/show_tents.php?productid=1577 . . . . .
http://www.tents-direct.co.uk/show_tents.php?productid=1558 . . . . . .
Now you'll see that line of poles it's got although the tent itself is actually smaller than the pictured one which has the tunnel extension fitted.
That pole arrangement makes a strong and stable structure which will be more secure than the Yuchi.
It's also got an entrance at both ends so it's easy to keep it aired out and you can use whichever end is least windy for the main coming and going entrance and close the other one off.
And it's so easy to cover...it's a dream that one and I don't work for Litchfield or any outdoor goods company.
I just go camping and I use tunnel tents almost exclusively because of the ease of covering them and the ease of putting them up, plus the benefit of the best space to weight ratio of any design of tent and the stability of the tunnel arangement in a high wind.
The Yuchi is still a good tent and the sloping ends makes it good in a wind if it's pointing the right way. It just not as easy to cover well without getting puddles on the cover if the wet stuff comes down because of the shape it's going over but the tent itself is quite good in heavy rain anyway as the Mohawk is.
A cover though makes it even better and it reduces wear on the tent.
Blinded with science.....well, experience anyway. I camp out on mountains...got caught in a blizzard at 14 000 feet in the Andes but my Vango tunnel tent took it easy. No problems and I stayed warm and dry inside the tent for two days while the blizzard raged outside and cut the pass off with forty feet of snow so I finished up going back where I came from down in the Atacama Desert.
Quite a trip that one to get nowhere...laugh it off. The guys thought I'd be dead when they saw the storm hit the mountain.
Never had such a hero's welcome when I got back nearly a week after I left ...good old tunnel tent.
Vango too....top British quality and Litchfield aren't bad either.
Here's a lady bothered about a tent but I found it's a tunnel so she'll have no big problems at all.
The Yuchi goes up almost exactly the same and the Mohawk is very little different...just all straight-through poles instead of an angled one mixed in with them.
http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100724005430AAtY2Lr
Have a load of fun.
It's fine. It's a tunnel design and all tunnel tents are easy to put up.
Litchfield is a nice company, been going for years. The symbol comes from Litchfield Cathedral, which has three spires.
The Yuchi is quite a popular tent and it's roomy, easy to go up, and a good buy.
However, there is another Litchfield tent, the Mohawk 8-person tent, which although it has more poles is just as easy to put up and it has a better shape.
It's a straight through tunnel with no funny bits so you can put another cover right over it as easy as hanging the washing out.
All tents can benefit from an extra cover because it not only keeps windblown grit off the main fabric it provides more space easily for storing bulky things like chidrens toys and it also makes a porch, all from a plain and simple groundsheet from B&Q, Aldi, or whichever is your local DIY or garden store, or even from supermarkets, plus some washing line for guy lines and a packet of pegs.
A straight tunnel design means the cover will lay straight over it and can be pegged down at the back leaving the front raised on a couple of bamboo or other poles for a porch or pointing downwards a bit using long guy lines without any poles. It's an easy and cheap addition to a tent which makes it 100% waterproof even over an old leaky tent, it's warmer at night, and gives added security if you all want to go for a walk by just pegging the cover down all the way round.
People in festivals often use that ploy to keep their tents safer with thousands of teenage ravers around.
Both tents are easy to put up. Lay a large groundsheet down first to put the tent on. It keeps the tent floor clean underneath and when the tent is up just tuck the edges of the groundsheet under all the way round and all the rain coming off the tent will fall outside it and you keep a nice dry floor.
Unwrap the tent, lay it over the groundsheet and peg the corners out loosely, thread the poles through the lines of loops, get the base pegs adjusted again so the floor is tight all over with no creases, fix the guy lines, and sit down inside for a cup of tea or whatever.
Simple. Errrr.......yeah, OK. Ought to be simple.
Occasionally there will be a problem of wind springing up, or a long pole comes to bits when you're threading it through the loops but you soon pick up how to stop that happening with poles and the basic job is really straightforward.
Sometimes a bit of washing doesn't behave either.
Cor, that wind. ...bloomin' thing....dropped it now...I dunno......
Same with tents whichever model they are, or anything else. They all have the usual odd bits that play up funny sometimes.
Just keep smiling.....we all get those days with tents or anything else.
Here is the Yuchi and below it is the Mohawk. Scroll down for the sleeping plan and you'll see the Mohawk is not bad at all for space, and the £10 saving will help to buy a groundsheet to put under it.
http://www.tents-direct.co.uk/show_tents.php?productid=1577 . . . . .
http://www.tents-direct.co.uk/show_tents.php?productid=1558 . . . . . .
Now you'll see that line of poles it's got although the tent itself is actually smaller than the pictured one which has the tunnel extension fitted.
That pole arrangement makes a strong and stable structure which will be more secure than the Yuchi.
It's also got an entrance at both ends so it's easy to keep it aired out and you can use whichever end is least windy for the main coming and going entrance and close the other one off.
And it's so easy to cover...it's a dream that one and I don't work for Litchfield or any outdoor goods company.
I just go camping and I use tunnel tents almost exclusively because of the ease of covering them and the ease of putting them up, plus the benefit of the best space to weight ratio of any design of tent and the stability of the tunnel arangement in a high wind.
The Yuchi is still a good tent and the sloping ends makes it good in a wind if it's pointing the right way. It just not as easy to cover well without getting puddles on the cover if the wet stuff comes down because of the shape it's going over but the tent itself is quite good in heavy rain anyway as the Mohawk is.
A cover though makes it even better and it reduces wear on the tent.
Blinded with science.....well, experience anyway. I camp out on mountains...got caught in a blizzard at 14 000 feet in the Andes but my Vango tunnel tent took it easy. No problems and I stayed warm and dry inside the tent for two days while the blizzard raged outside and cut the pass off with forty feet of snow so I finished up going back where I came from down in the Atacama Desert.
Quite a trip that one to get nowhere...laugh it off. The guys thought I'd be dead when they saw the storm hit the mountain.
Never had such a hero's welcome when I got back nearly a week after I left ...good old tunnel tent.
Vango too....top British quality and Litchfield aren't bad either.
Here's a lady bothered about a tent but I found it's a tunnel so she'll have no big problems at all.
The Yuchi goes up almost exactly the same and the Mohawk is very little different...just all straight-through poles instead of an angled one mixed in with them.
http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100724005430AAtY2Lr
Have a load of fun.
camping tents?
rosemary j
what are some good quality camping tents
Answer
The best are made by a company called The North Face, but can be quite expensive. We camp all the time, and have a Coleman family tent, an Ozark Trail tent (from Wal-mart, I think made by Coleman), and an REI back-packer's 2-man tent. If you have any sporting goods store nearby (Bass Pro Shop has an excellent assortment), go in and talk to a sales person. Keep in mind that the size of the tent (how many people it sleeps) is a very crowded fit. For 4 people to be comfy, with duffelbags inside, you really need an 8-person tent. Keep in mind, too, seasonality, the type of material the floor is made of (you don't want it to tear if you have to put it up on a gravel or rocky area), and weight.
The best are made by a company called The North Face, but can be quite expensive. We camp all the time, and have a Coleman family tent, an Ozark Trail tent (from Wal-mart, I think made by Coleman), and an REI back-packer's 2-man tent. If you have any sporting goods store nearby (Bass Pro Shop has an excellent assortment), go in and talk to a sales person. Keep in mind that the size of the tent (how many people it sleeps) is a very crowded fit. For 4 people to be comfy, with duffelbags inside, you really need an 8-person tent. Keep in mind, too, seasonality, the type of material the floor is made of (you don't want it to tear if you have to put it up on a gravel or rocky area), and weight.
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