Ok Tesco 1600HH so a starter tent BUT its double skinned where can you get it for £12.50 use it then throw it away!!!!!
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makier
18 Jul 1719#4
And throw it away? Where? Into landfill? Onto a country lane? Leave it on a festival field? No, no and no. There isn't a way to live sustainably by buying cheap throwaway products. They don't exist. They cost us all dearly. Don't buy it. It's not worth the true cost. With love :smile:
Turnip to Biggunspaul
18 Jul 1711#6
I'm just glad it's a two man two skin tent and not a two man four skin tent.. :confused:
dewonderful
18 Jul 174#9
100% agreed with makier.
If you go to your local charity shop or look on gumtree, you'll get a good used tent you can use over and over again for about ten or twenty quid.
Think about it - if you go to 8 festival events in the next 5 years, you'll have spent a few hundred pounds on these "disposable" tents. Why not just buy a decent quality one and reuse it? Also, you can lend it to friends and they can use it to.
I picked up a really good eurohike tent in a charity shop for £8 a good few years back and it's been all over the country. Even with all it's years of use, I could still sell it for a tenner and make £2 profit :laughing:
Harlequinuk
18 Jul 173#7
Donate to the homeless rather than throw away
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pennyfarthing88
18 Jul 17#1
Is this a good price then ?
squaredoggy
18 Jul 171#2
£12.50 for a double skinned - a single skined pop up rubbish would cost you £20..........
squaredoggy
18 Jul 171#3
Back in stock grab em while you can I've ordered 10 festival time!!!
makier
18 Jul 1719#4
And throw it away? Where? Into landfill? Onto a country lane? Leave it on a festival field? No, no and no. There isn't a way to live sustainably by buying cheap throwaway products. They don't exist. They cost us all dearly. Don't buy it. It's not worth the true cost. With love :smile:
Biggunspaul
18 Jul 173#5
They got any 1 man,1 woman tents ? don't fancy having to share with another bloke
Turnip to Biggunspaul
18 Jul 1711#6
I'm just glad it's a two man two skin tent and not a two man four skin tent.. :confused:
Harlequinuk
18 Jul 173#7
Donate to the homeless rather than throw away
cocollino to Harlequinuk
19 Jul 17#32
So that they can camp in the middle of the pavement? The best help one can provide is to help them get off the street not to make it more comfortable there.
lolamont
18 Jul 17#8
thanks for this
dewonderful
18 Jul 174#9
100% agreed with makier.
If you go to your local charity shop or look on gumtree, you'll get a good used tent you can use over and over again for about ten or twenty quid.
Think about it - if you go to 8 festival events in the next 5 years, you'll have spent a few hundred pounds on these "disposable" tents. Why not just buy a decent quality one and reuse it? Also, you can lend it to friends and they can use it to.
I picked up a really good eurohike tent in a charity shop for £8 a good few years back and it's been all over the country. Even with all it's years of use, I could still sell it for a tenner and make £2 profit :laughing:
tommoooo
18 Jul 171#10
Really dont give to the homeless , I have spent my working life in this field this the the worst solution, a tent becomes a home and a home is what people want so it removes the motivator to help and support people and encourages entrenched homelessness.
next people will be saying its a life style choice, or that British people are not given homes, homelessness is nothing to do with property availability and choice.
luvsadealdealdeal to tommoooo
18 Jul 17#13
otoh we all love those winos who set up camp on a roundabout in the middle of a town :smiley:
there was one in the middle of Wolverhampton when I worked there about 1992, he was famous
I bet they'd be glad of a tent when it rains!
othen to tommoooo
18 Jul 171#17
I couldn't agree more: homelessness is nothing to do with property availability and choice.
Omgitswaldo to tommoooo
18 Jul 17#25
Erm, it is a choice.
hatthewmartley
18 Jul 171#11
Why would you throw it away? Don't be a part of the problem. Yeah it's cheap, but don't just chuck it for the sake of it. I bet you're the kind of muppet who gets coffee in take-away cups just out of preference.
Jonj1611
18 Jul 171#12
Seems a shame they skinned 2 men to make that.
ghunj
18 Jul 17#14
Are they easy to put up and take down?
squaredoggy
18 Jul 171#15
ok stop this i really didn't mean bin but people do I recycle everything, everything and don't throw owt a yorkshire lad you don't wanna see my garage!
BUT people do sad world we live in..........
Turnip
18 Jul 172#16
Say what!? :confused:
luvsadealdealdeal
18 Jul 172#18
indeed - let's stop homeless people from using tents on roundabouts
they have far better choices
it is also unsightly on the way in to work
othen
18 Jul 172#19
... and on the way back from work...
Begize
18 Jul 17#20
Can only the echo the comments about "disposable" tents. As someone that's done a few festivals in my time, the number of people who just dump their tents (and other stuff) is shocking. I was at one last weekend and I was talking to one of the guys afterwards who's job it was to clear the field and there were tents everywhere. They said they usually end up with trucks full of crap as very little is of any quality it could even be donated to charity for use in disasters etc.
On the plus side, he did say he got nearly a full van of abandoned alcohol from Glastonbury.
luvsadealdealdeal to Begize
18 Jul 17#21
why would you find it shocking if somebody dumps a crap quality tent?
it doesn't add up
Turnip
18 Jul 17#22
They all add up. One tent, two tent, three tent....
....I'll get my coat.
GoldSquid
18 Jul 17#23
!!!!!!
JamesSmith
18 Jul 17#24
Seriously? I would have thought a tent could provide vital protection in the winter and I hear about people freezing to death, and the ability to at least part function - which surely helps toward getting off the street? I'm surprised it doesn't encourage the mindset 'this is better than sleeping in a doorway this motivates me to find a proper solution'. Maybe it's not the being tented alone that is the problem. Is this anecdotal or is there material evidence?
JamesSmith
18 Jul 17#26
So you've considered going homeless then?
That's interesting, but it's not normal to think like that.
Lefty
19 Jul 17#27
Anyways - about the tent....any good? Big enoigh for three 11 year olds do you think?
little-ole-liz
19 Jul 17#28
Lefty:
Anyways - about the tent....any good? Big enoigh for three 11 year olds do you think?
How dare you actually ask about the deal. After all this website is called Hotukdebate....Oh wait....
GDB2222 to little-ole-liz
19 Jul 171#29
I bought a Tesco four man tent. It's just big enough for two people.
Bargain.Hunters
19 Jul 17#30
OOS !
Muig1972
19 Jul 17#31
I got one from Tesco Extra, Aberdeen, and there were still a couple left.
Great deal OP- it's a tremendous value tent.
- It's pitch-outer first, so you can protect the inner from rain while pitching.
- Weighs about 2450g out of the box, but I can save a few 100g by discarding the porch groundsheet and replacing the pegs
- Will pack down small, e.g. to fit into bike panniers, as the pole segments are only 47cm long
- Flame retardant material
- The mesh door and ceiling vent will provide plenty of ventilation
Rbourne
19 Jul 17#33
Ordered last night (before OOS) along with a few other things. The other things have been dispatched... getting concerned as the tent is yet to be dispatched....
termite
19 Jul 17#34
The sort of idiot that pays to go to Glastonbury just to be used as background for the tv coverage is likely to be too stupid to put one of these away.
WalterSmith
19 Jul 17#35
The 4 man for £15 looked much better value, and more like a real 2 man tent!
Begize
20 Jul 17#36
I find it shocking that people feel it's ok to just litter festivals for a start but secondly that they'd waste money on a tent for a festival, leave it behind and just buy a new one for the next festival. Completely false economy IMHO.
luvsadealdealdeal
20 Jul 17#37
but they know that Glasto pays poor people to clear up, so they re doing them a good turn
this year's clear up was only 4 days then the cows went back a-grazing
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If you go to your local charity shop or look on gumtree, you'll get a good used tent you can use over and over again for about ten or twenty quid.
Think about it - if you go to 8 festival events in the next 5 years, you'll have spent a few hundred pounds on these "disposable" tents. Why not just buy a decent quality one and reuse it? Also, you can lend it to friends and they can use it to.
I picked up a really good eurohike tent in a charity shop for £8 a good few years back and it's been all over the country. Even with all it's years of use, I could still sell it for a tenner and make £2 profit :laughing:
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If you go to your local charity shop or look on gumtree, you'll get a good used tent you can use over and over again for about ten or twenty quid.
Think about it - if you go to 8 festival events in the next 5 years, you'll have spent a few hundred pounds on these "disposable" tents. Why not just buy a decent quality one and reuse it? Also, you can lend it to friends and they can use it to.
I picked up a really good eurohike tent in a charity shop for £8 a good few years back and it's been all over the country. Even with all it's years of use, I could still sell it for a tenner and make £2 profit :laughing:
next people will be saying its a life style choice, or that British people are not given homes, homelessness is nothing to do with property availability and choice.
there was one in the middle of Wolverhampton when I worked there about 1992, he was famous
I bet they'd be glad of a tent when it rains!
BUT people do sad world we live in..........
they have far better choices
it is also unsightly on the way in to work
On the plus side, he did say he got nearly a full van of abandoned alcohol from Glastonbury.
it doesn't add up
....I'll get my coat.
That's interesting, but it's not normal to think like that.
Anyways - about the tent....any good? Big enoigh for three 11 year olds do you think?
How dare you actually ask about the deal. After all this website is called Hotukdebate....Oh wait....
Great deal OP- it's a tremendous value tent.
- It's pitch-outer first, so you can protect the inner from rain while pitching.
- Weighs about 2450g out of the box, but I can save a few 100g by discarding the porch groundsheet and replacing the pegs
- Will pack down small, e.g. to fit into bike panniers, as the pole segments are only 47cm long
- Flame retardant material
- The mesh door and ceiling vent will provide plenty of ventilation
this year's clear up was only 4 days then the cows went back a-grazing
who suffered?
some poor people got cheapo tents, after all