which lavvu should I buy

[godfather]

Thats great news, thanks for the info. Will give them a call.

BTW, I spoke to Roger Harrington at Bison and he also offered to bring one along to one of his events.

 

[sandbender]

Does anyone have any internal shots with some kit/people

Hi

I found this site with lots of internal pics...

http://www.blissonwheels.com/tentipi/index.html

If you move your mouse around some of the internal images they hyperlink to additional shots.

I've also found this stove manufacturer, Cylinder Stoves, they look really good, possibly a design I could knock up myself to

http://www.cylinderstoves.com/

 

[SimonM]

I had a look at the porsanger on the tamarack stall during the midland game fair and I too was very impressed but I also like the tent tipi,
what is is bringing over to buying the posanger is that tamerack offered to set me up to pay instalments by standing order and ship the lavvu when full payement is made, this is a serious concideration as saving money is not one of my strong points, especially when there's kit to buy

Ian

Hi Ian,

Have a look in the FM section for details of 10% discount from Tamarack.

I rate Tamarack very highly and have spent about £3000 so far this year with them, setting up school outdoor education / D o E kit. Staff are very friendly and helpful to boot!

HTH

Simon

 

[andy_e]

... rate Tamarack very highly ... Staff are very friendly and helpful to boot! ...

I'll second that, another satisfied customer here

 

[godfather]

SimonM,

thanks for the link. Am nearly there on the decision but still think that the Tundra 8 is also an alternative!!

 

[Chris [HikeWales]]

I have just bought a Tundra 8 and have posted a load of photo's online (too many to clog up this thread!). I had real trouble finding decent detail shots when I was researching my purchase, so hopefully, someone will find this helpful!
http://www.thecowellfamily.com/hikewales/2008/07/bison-tundra-8-closer-look.html

 

[thingswelike]

Nice tent Chris
I was inspecting SOAR's and PJMCBear's Bison tents when we were all together at the Delamere meet. I'd just received my Tentipi Varrie 9cp at the time and was interested.

Basically, there are differences, but it's impossible to quantify them as £600 worth of differences. I decided that it was a 'tent for life' and that a couple of years down the line I wouldn't care about the money spent.
The main thing which swung it for me is the cloth colour - I like a light interior.

Talking of which, my wife's favourite Lavvu was the Helsport Varanger because it was light and airy and easier to dry (we don't have a big enough garden to dry ours) and would be my choice if weight was an issue. I did really fancy the cotton fabric this time though.

 

[thingswelike]

Someone mentioned seeing tentipis in the flesh. If you can't get to the moot (mine'll be there at least), Proadventure in Llangollen have one on display and also rent (with a refund if you buy).

In the end I got mine from Caspar at Nordic Outdoor who I can thoroughly recommend.

 

[Chris [HikeWales]]

I'll try and take a look at the Moot and no doubt find many things that add up to £600!