Tents

might be worthwhile to buy a spare set of poles Tony. i am going to be in jhb this week so plan on going to look at an outdoor warehouse while i'm up in the smoke

Yes, as that is a concern for you, I would suggest getting (ordering) a spare set when you buy the tent, as the spares are still available. As I recall, the Woodmead and Fourways OW branches still had stock of Cool Mountain II tents, as well as some of the Pretoria branches in Gauteng.

Hi Tony

Could you organise a set of poles for the Moonlight 2 for me. I a friend of mine's tent poles got bent and I would like to replace them for her.

Do you want me to send you a PM?

Dirk

Hi Dirk,

Yes, please pm me the details, so that I can sort things out in advance with you, such as email address to easily communicate and find out where your preffered OW for receiving the spares would be, and to advise you the price, confirm you still want the items etc.

so I am officially a cool mtn 2 owner...bought the second last one from fourways today....despite the guy telling me they didnt have....I had to go find it for him

Got mine in Centurion on Monday. Ordered in from another branch. Shop demo model a little dusty but perfect for R1850.00. Love a bargain!

Hi all
After the first hiking trip in many years, in the Monk's Cowl area, this past weekend, where we had planned to overnight in Zulu Cave but due to circumstance ended up tenting at the campsite at Blind Man's Corner, I realised 2 things:
1) I definitely need to go hiking more regularly
2) I need to upgrade my tent.

So I read through a lot of this post, and a few pages ago decided that the Cool Mountain II was the way to go. Phoned Outdoor Warehouse in Durban, and of course they told me that the Cool Mountain is discontinued, as I read a few pages later. Believe the 360 Degree from Sportsman's Warehouse are also discontinued though PMB branch does have stock.

So the options are www.firstascent.co.za/shop/eclipse-tent/ Eclipse www.firstascent.co.za/shop/traverse-ii-plus-tent/ Traverse or
www.firstascent.co.za/shop/lunar-tent/ Lunar
www.firstascent.co.za/shop/starlight-2-tent/ Starlight from First Ascent.
www.capeunionmart.co.za/k-way-nerolite-3-person-tent K-Way Nerolite 2 or 3
or 1 of the 360 Degree discontinued that are still in stock.

I assume that the Hi-Tec 2 or 3 man is not really a contender www.hi-tecdirect.co.za/products/accessories/tents/base-camp-2-man

Planned use of the tent for 2 people plus kit, only little Berg at this stage, but who knows later on, and mainly though not only as a back up if caves can't be reached/ are booked/full.

Appreciate any thoughts
Thanks in advance

Thanks Viking. Where would I find the review by Gavin R?