I already have a 3x3 Robens tarp.Never been out of its bag!
I’m gonna have to get all my camping stuff out and see what I’ve got. I’ve gone soft over the last 5ish years and gone everywhere in my motorhome.
I already have a 3x3 Robens tarp.
I’m gonna have to get all my camping stuff out and see what I’ve got. I’ve gone soft over the last 5ish years and gone everywhere in my motorhome.
Remember a tarp is only as good as the way it's pitched especially if it's windy
You have another year to think about what you're not going to take as opposed to what you could
I’ve never put a tarp up but can see the many benefits of having one. I live on a campsite so I’ve no excuse not to experiment. Off to get the 850GS final drive from Tom Saturday so that’s something else sorted.
All that time to confuse myself!
Yes, I’m a big lump and do like a bit of room and a decent porch on a tent. I’m quite impressed with the Robens Voyager Versa 4 2021 model. Probably not in the same range of the Hilleberg quality side of things but as long as it’s strong enough and roomy I may get one to try. It won’t get used all that much anyway.
Ok, tarp idea ditched!
. And I’m no lightweight! 
Now you are broadening the scope of your enquiry considerably. This is what is known as, ‘Project overrun’, where a consultant (in this case, UKGSer’s camping section) is asked for one thing, which the client (in this case, you) completely alters by way of the information, needs or design, after the work is well underway. This leads to considerable delays in decision making, often with significant additional costs.
You started looking for an (arguably) oversized but still lightweight tent that is suitable for a single (oversized) male, going to Iceland, outside of the deep winter, riding a motorcycle. The principle guiding factor was that it must be suitable for Iceland, as distinct from say, Norway or Greece or Norfolk.
Now it has to meet the criteria of suiting your oversized son and his girlfriend (dimensions unknown) in the Alps, which may well open up a whole different set of issues. For example, when are they going to the Alps? If it’s winter, it’s one thing; if it’s high summer, it may be quite another. Will they be seeking to camp ‘at height’ ? How will they be carrying the tent? Is the female (or indeed your son) fussy about the colour?
If I might suggest a practicable solution, please. Take your motorhome, with your motorbike on its trailer, to Iceland. You have now all but removed the need for a tent. Tell your son and girlfriend to chose their own Alpine tent.
A bad/normal summer storm in Iceland can blow a tent away or you off your bike. Don't underestimate it
And he still disnae know which wan tae buyAlmost a hunner an forty replies about a tent
And he still disnae know which wan tae buy
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I know you’re being sarcastic but personal experience of something is always better than a google search. Google just tells you statistics but if people have been somewhere and can pass on that experience to others wanting to go then what’s the harm in asking?Thank fuck for Internet forums.
Life was soooooo complicated, so unpredictable and we fucked up so often before Internet forums.
Life is so much simpler now and the best of the best is ours for the taking, just a simple question away
Andres
