Outwell Hartford L (2008)

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Nothing but good things to say.

We bought the tent and after two practice runs got it down to 30mins pitching - without pegging out guy ropes and only a minor tiff, but if he'd listened to me ............

It's very easy to pitch as the colour coded poles mean you can't go wrong. We did find the porch poles a little tricky but nothing to worry about. Hubby had to get inside to raise the tent once poles were threaded whilst I fixed them onto their pins - children then went round clipping them on.

We swapped the pegs that came with it for rock pegs and bought Delta pegs for the guys, only using the ones that came with it for the porch groundsheet and some extra double pegging.

The Hartford has good ventilation points and is very light inside even when 'curtains' are all closed. Don't forget to closed rear door when you go out (came back to rain that had come through fly screen, totally our fault!)

Stood up well to wind, rain, thunder, lightening and sun (yes we had lots of sunshine!).

Bedroom pods are large enough and very easily accessible - 2 children (girls 10 & 12) on airbeds and all their clothes and 'stuff' fitted in one pod no problem as did we on our aero bed with all our clothes, books, laptop and 'stuff' into the other.

Plenty of head height and room in the living area for a big table and 4 chairs and another big table we had set up for keeping 'things' on.

If you want EHU then there is a special place to thread it through and velcro tabs to keep the cable tidy once inside the tent.

The porch (I would have liked it a little bit wider but that's just me) was big enough for our bin, wellies, shoes, jackets and all the shells, stones and beach finds the children brought back.

I would have liked there to have been the upright poles included for holding the front door up but will have to buy them separate as they are really a must have and only about £10-£15 to buy separate. Hence my 9/10 and my only real gripe. We should have been more switched on when buying and asked about them, not just expected them to be included at the price the tent is.

It's a perfect sized tent for a family of 4 (wouldn't want to squeeze 6 into it - not on air beds anyway thought there's masses of room in the living area to accommodate extra sleepers).

We bought the footprint but not the carpet as we opted for picnic rugs that did the job well - can't say I got cold feet at all and we did go bare footed inside the main areas. But now having experience of carpets I would say if you can get one at a good price then go for it

You'll not go wrong with the Hartford if you decide to choose it - we had a wonderful holiday and can't wait to go again.

[DaveS]

Just adding some pics to your review.










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