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I use the Coleman Cobra II.

Its a good shape, goes up in about 8-10 mins, has a seperate outer and iner, but, when i went backpacking up the lakes for a week i got sick of seperating them all the time so just left them as one unit. Pull them out of its wrapper, lay it on the ground, insert two poles and its up. The rest of the time is taken up by puttin in the 12 or so pegs, but unless its windy you wont need them. In fact in the New forest on my first night i found i had left my pegs at home so used sharpened sticks. They worked a treat.

It sleeps 2 fairly comfortably, but with just 1 there is loads of room, enough to get my 80 litre backpack in with me. Its high enough to sit up in comfrtably and has pockets and stuff inside.

I dont work for Coleman honestly but would recommend this tent all day long. Quite innexpensive too, only £50 delivered on ebay. Weighs in at 2.7kg if i remember rightly, but light enough to carry on my back for over a week.
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I bought a Euraka Zeus. It leaked the first time it rained and then 10 months later one of the poles snapped. I emailed and asked if I had a lemon or if all their tents where built that bad and they said to call.

I disappeared off the earth for a while and haven't called. Mostly I never think about it until it's after business hours.

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Hi madmarco
There's no getting away from Khyam tents - try the Eiger model. The moving parts are minimal - one knuckle joint on each pole. That's nothing. Your bike has scores of moving parts hasn't it?

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Has anybody had any experience with the Vaude Taurus Ultralight tent?

I've narrowed my choice down to the Vaude or the North Face Tadpole 23. They seem to be a similar price...

Any suggestions welcome! I have a friend visiting the US, so if I decide quickly, I can get her to pick up the tent/sleeping bag/thermorest all at the same time!

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Try an MSR Hubba Hubba, 2.1kg easy and quick to put up and loads of room for 1 or a great 2 person tent with plenty of room in vestibules.
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Has anybody had any experience with the Vaude Taurus Ultralight tent?
I had the Vaude Hogan which is the same design
http://www.gear-zone.co.uk/eshop/Tents---Vaude.html

Sleeps two if trekking, but just one if biking. It's very compact, lightweight, easy to erect.

Only disadvantage is the relatively low height of entrance (90cm?) and the general difficulty in getting in/out of bike gear if it's wet outside.

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="">quote:</font><HR><font face="" size="2">Originally posted by dotcaf:
Has anybody had any experience with the Vaude Taurus Ultralight tent?

I had the Vaude Hogan which is the same design
http://www.gear-zone.co.uk/eshop/Tents---Vaude.html

Sleeps two if trekking, but just one if biking. It's very compact, lightweight, easy to erect.

Only disadvantage is the relatively low height of entrance (90cm?) and the general difficulty in getting in/out of bike gear if it's wet outside.

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Put your stuff in a binbag and put it outside..

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http://www.campmor.com/webapp/wcs/st...roductId=12223

This tent isn't light, but is very convenient.
And it actually takes about 2 min to set.
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+1 on the hennesey hammock

A couple of other options are the bibler megamid

http://www.bdel.com/gear/megamid.php

or beta mid

http://www.bdel.com/gear/betamid.php

They also make a lighterweight version of these for a higher cost.
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I can also vouch for the North Face Tadpole - is quick to put up and down. Like mmwenzler says, it acts like a mozzie dome without the flysheet on. Downside is that it's not a warm tent in cold climates . . .
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Well,

I've got the tapdole now, and I thin it takes at least twice the time to set up as my hellsport. But then I saw the current prices of the Hellsport, which is on its turn twice the price of the tapdole.

doesn't really matter I think.

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Take a look at the Eiger, packs down to 750 x 19mm and is quick to set up, and roomy
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Marco Khyam meets all your criteria. Had a khyam highlander for over ten years with no problems [it's really faded but still doesn't leak], Now have the Khyam QE Micropac, 60 seconds to erect and 60 seconds to take down, it also fits in one of my panniers !!. The only down side is they are heavy 4.9kg, but why compromise on something you might be living in for a year in all temperature ranges.
P.S. I could have ALL my camp packed in less than ten minutes.
P.P.S. I also threw the poles and cut the sides off never used them so made it a little bit lighter.
P.P.P.S. Do you want my old one to road test ? you pay the postage, I'll post ?
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A mate has just ordered one from here

http://www.caravans-camping.co.uk/70...?p=7&cat=14582

I will let you know what happens.
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Is there anybody with a spare new VAUDE Hogan Ultralight?

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