Dropped £15, sold direct by Tesco - around £30+ elsewhere
Ideal for backpacking, camping, hiking and festivals, this expedition backpack tent from Yellowstone can be converted from a tent and then can pack again into a backpack. Its zippable lower section stores a one man, easy to assemble tent which folds neatly back into its compartment after use. The upper section of the backpack is very spacious and can be filled with all your camping essentials.
Made of 190T polyester with a PU coating, the Yellowstone expedition backpack tent is fire retardant and has a waterproof level of 1000 HH. It comes with pre-attached guy lines, a sewn in 120gm² polyethylene groundsheet and a 7mm fibreglass pole.
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tomwatts
12 Jul 178#1
Haha waterproof rating of 1000HH?
Good luck.
moley
13 Jul 173#2
my first thought not really 'expedition' is it
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tomwatts
12 Jul 178#1
Haha waterproof rating of 1000HH?
Good luck.
moley
13 Jul 173#2
my first thought not really 'expedition' is it
Begize
13 Jul 17#3
Cold (and very wet).
How they can call this an "expedition" tent is beyond me. Go any further than the back garden with 1000 HH rated fabric and your screwed if it's just a bit moist. It would be better (and cheaper), to sleep under a load of Tesco 5p carrier bags.
tomwatts to Begize
13 Jul 17#5
You'd honestly be better going full camping nerd and using a hammock.
squaredoggy
13 Jul 171#4
Even Gelert yes Gelert is better than this alright it's £30 (Track 1) but the HH is 3000
tomwatts to squaredoggy
13 Jul 17#7
Some of the Gelert range is decent quality... it's like Karrimor, you have to find the ones that they themselves make rather than the ones they've sold to Sports Direct
americanonpurpose
13 Jul 17#6
RAMONE!!
MINCER
13 Jul 172#8
Both brands are owned by sports direct, other than Gelert tents (they said they were keeping the factory open) it is all generic stuff with a badge stuck on. Don't kid yourself that there is a Karrimor factory, still producing decent stuff.
csi_guy
13 Jul 17#9
A black bin bag would be just as useful.
Sentral
13 Jul 17#10
Hilarious!
novak100
13 Jul 17#11
1000HH waterproof? omg hahahahaa :laughing::laughing::laughing:
I think it should be called: "spit proof" :laughing::laughing:
Muig1972
13 Jul 17#12
Great, so you get a leaky tent and a bizarre-looking backpack with a gaping hole on top rolled into one.
Muig1972
13 Jul 17#13
"Karrimor Special Forces" still exists: completely separate from the Sports Direct version.
I stand corrected, but it is a bit like comparing Budweiser Budvar and Yank Budweiser.
tomwatts
13 Jul 17#15
For a while Karrimor still sold an amount of stuff in higher end stores (camping etc). I agree that there's less available now, but boots like the Karrimor Orkney 3 (not 5!!) are still quality items - you won't find them in SportsDirect!
MINCER
14 Jul 17#16
From a article in the times a couple of years ago, the tactic appears to be to keep a few high end items in manufacture and sell through other retailers so as not to completely trash the name. Mike Ashley - smoke and mirrors. Surely not...
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Ideal for backpacking, camping, hiking and festivals, this expedition backpack tent from Yellowstone can be converted from a tent and then can pack again into a backpack. Its zippable lower section stores a one man, easy to assemble tent which folds neatly back into its compartment after use. The upper section of the backpack is very spacious and can be filled with all your camping essentials.
Made of 190T polyester with a PU coating, the Yellowstone expedition backpack tent is fire retardant and has a waterproof level of 1000 HH. It comes with pre-attached guy lines, a sewn in 120gm² polyethylene groundsheet and a 7mm fibreglass pole.
Top comments
Good luck.
All comments (16)
Good luck.
How they can call this an "expedition" tent is beyond me. Go any further than the back garden with 1000 HH rated fabric and your screwed if it's just a bit moist. It would be better (and cheaper), to sleep under a load of Tesco 5p carrier bags.
I think it should be called: "spit proof" :laughing::laughing:
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