Something like the Zircon 15

[Emma S]

Hi, sadly just pipped at the post on an old style zircon 15 on ebay, which we were hoping to buy to run some courses in our woods and also potentially house forestry workers while coppicing.
Does anyone know if there is anything else similar? It needs to be quick and easy to put up and take down, and able to fit a good few people inside. Ive seen the Bison tinde 16 on ebay, but its ripstop, so dont know how that would hold up, also whether a fire/stove is safe inside. Ive seen there is another bison one, but cant see them for sale anywhere in the UK, and have heard there are issues with the groundsheet - probably not an issue for courses, but not good if people are wanting to sleep, especially as our woods are a bit wet in places.....

someone also mentioned to me that sometimes hire companies have some they replace (was looking at the small ones of the tentipi event tents) so dont know if anyone has had any info about that, though those look expensive and alot more tricky to put up.

 

[myotis]

A bit smaller, but you could look at the Helsport Varanger 12 - 14. 5.5m diameter and 3.5 m high, so that makes it comparable in size to the tentipi 9 BUT that extra height 3.5 against 3.1 and the extra diameter 5.5 against 5.3 will make a big difference to usable floor space.

Its nylon, but no problems with wood burning stove. Helsport sell both wood burning stove and an open firebox that clamps to the central pole. So they obviously think an open fire is OK too.

The other thing to look at are Bell tents, lots of companies sell these and the wall make them much roomier plus the cotton makes them nice places to live. Try http://www.belltent.biz/sections/1/bell_tents/ who do 6m tents, but they are other companies . Trickier to put than a Tipi, but a much better living space.

Graham