Gazebo Bargains?
Discussion
Anyone got any recommendations for something more sturdy? We've had cheap ones for the last couple of years, without much success: one died in the wind, and the other let in a fine mist when it rained! 
Don't mind paying a bit more for something that will stay up, keep us dry, and be reusable. Any ideas?
Don't mind paying a bit more for something that will stay up, keep us dry, and be reusable. Any ideas?
BigWithey said:
Argos £12
Comes in a very small box so easy to stick in the car and for that price just leave it down there!
Yup - that's our standard 'disposable' gazebo for camping @ Le Mans / Goodwood etc.Comes in a very small box so easy to stick in the car and for that price just leave it down there!
Works brilliantly and is remarkably weather & wind proof - ours survived the 'typhoon' that hit Le Mans 2 yrs ago when many other more expensive models collapsed...
Couple it with http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/3... for cooking an jobs a good un...
Just a word of warning - if you have a big group, these single gazebos aren't ideal, because:
1) they're not that big.
2) they don't have sides - unless the rain is vertical (i.e. no wind), the people near the side get soaked.
3) if you stand several together, water leaks through the joins, and they move about so much it's tough to duck tape them together and not get any leaks.
We're going with one of these:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Palm-Springs-Party-Marquee...
Slightly smaller than the one we had last year, but space is a bit tight with 8 adjoining pitches in Houx Annexe, lol
1) they're not that big.
2) they don't have sides - unless the rain is vertical (i.e. no wind), the people near the side get soaked.
3) if you stand several together, water leaks through the joins, and they move about so much it's tough to duck tape them together and not get any leaks.
We're going with one of these:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Palm-Springs-Party-Marquee...
Slightly smaller than the one we had last year, but space is a bit tight with 8 adjoining pitches in Houx Annexe, lol
e-Lummox- said:
Just a word of warning - if you have a big group, these single gazebos aren't ideal, because:
1) they're not that big.
2) they don't have sides - unless the rain is vertical (i.e. no wind), the people near the side get soaked.
3) if you stand several together, water leaks through the joins, and they move about so much it's tough to duck tape them together and not get any leaks.
We're going with one of these:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Palm-Springs-Party-Marquee...
Slightly smaller than the one we had last year, but space is a bit tight with 8 adjoining pitches in Houx Annexe, lol
Mate, have you got it yet? was wondering how big it is when its packed down?1) they're not that big.
2) they don't have sides - unless the rain is vertical (i.e. no wind), the people near the side get soaked.
3) if you stand several together, water leaks through the joins, and they move about so much it's tough to duck tape them together and not get any leaks.
We're going with one of these:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Palm-Springs-Party-Marquee...
Slightly smaller than the one we had last year, but space is a bit tight with 8 adjoining pitches in Houx Annexe, lol
oliboy81 said:
-Lummox- said:
Just a word of warning - if you have a big group, these single gazebos aren't ideal, because:
1) they're not that big.
2) they don't have sides - unless the rain is vertical (i.e. no wind), the people near the side get soaked.
3) if you stand several together, water leaks through the joins, and they move about so much it's tough to duck tape them together and not get any leaks.
We're going with one of these:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Palm-Springs-Party-Marquee...
Slightly smaller than the one we had last year, but space is a bit tight with 8 adjoining pitches in Houx Annexe, lol
Mate, have you got it yet? was wondering how big it is when its packed down?1) they're not that big.
2) they don't have sides - unless the rain is vertical (i.e. no wind), the people near the side get soaked.
3) if you stand several together, water leaks through the joins, and they move about so much it's tough to duck tape them together and not get any leaks.
We're going with one of these:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Palm-Springs-Party-Marquee...
Slightly smaller than the one we had last year, but space is a bit tight with 8 adjoining pitches in Houx Annexe, lol
What I would say with this type of gazebo (moreso than the open side ones, but it's still fairly true with them as well) is that if the weather is at all windy, you also need to budget for some beefy plastic tent pegs - the ones that are about a foot long and knocking on for an inch wide - and some means of attaching them to the gazebo like zip ties or duct tape.
Otherwise with the gazebos with sides especially, they can catch the wind and get lifted off the ground, and when they land they tend to bend out of shape. I'll be attaching some extra paracord guy lines to our to make sure this doesn't happen this year, as it did last year with our 10x30 foot gazebo and took out several of our group, our flag poles and our TV as it went!
-Lummox- said:
oliboy81 said:
-Lummox- said:
Just a word of warning - if you have a big group, these single gazebos aren't ideal, because:
1) they're not that big.
2) they don't have sides - unless the rain is vertical (i.e. no wind), the people near the side get soaked.
3) if you stand several together, water leaks through the joins, and they move about so much it's tough to duck tape them together and not get any leaks.
We're going with one of these:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Palm-Springs-Party-Marquee...
Slightly smaller than the one we had last year, but space is a bit tight with 8 adjoining pitches in Houx Annexe, lol
Mate, have you got it yet? was wondering how big it is when its packed down?1) they're not that big.
2) they don't have sides - unless the rain is vertical (i.e. no wind), the people near the side get soaked.
3) if you stand several together, water leaks through the joins, and they move about so much it's tough to duck tape them together and not get any leaks.
We're going with one of these:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Palm-Springs-Party-Marquee...
Slightly smaller than the one we had last year, but space is a bit tight with 8 adjoining pitches in Houx Annexe, lol
What I would say with this type of gazebo (moreso than the open side ones, but it's still fairly true with them as well) is that if the weather is at all windy, you also need to budget for some beefy plastic tent pegs - the ones that are about a foot long and knocking on for an inch wide - and some means of attaching them to the gazebo like zip ties or duct tape.
Otherwise with the gazebos with sides especially, they can catch the wind and get lifted off the ground, and when they land they tend to bend out of shape. I'll be attaching some extra paracord guy lines to our to make sure this doesn't happen this year, as it did last year with our 10x30 foot gazebo and took out several of our group, our flag poles and our TV as it went!
I know we all love buying stuff that we can throw away, but instead of a small and cheap gazebo I have got one of these:
Cost £60. Packs down to the same size as a very small tent so easily fits into the TVR boot. Big enough to fit half a dozen damp lemanners under.
Currently used mine for a few days in Fontainebleu, le Mans, a bit of camping after the race last year and three or four other camping trips. So at the moment it has cost a lot less than £10 a use.
Just a thought.
Cost £60. Packs down to the same size as a very small tent so easily fits into the TVR boot. Big enough to fit half a dozen damp lemanners under.
Currently used mine for a few days in Fontainebleu, le Mans, a bit of camping after the race last year and three or four other camping trips. So at the moment it has cost a lot less than £10 a use.
Just a thought.
We've got a selection of gazebos from over the years... Which one we take depends on the numbers..
3x3, 6x3 and 9x3!
The 9x3 and 6x3 came with sides which are ideal when it lashes down and gets windy... The sides can
also be used in the 3x3 as well Although be warned some small ones are "odd" sizes and not 3x3..
although you do need to think about weighing them down as the guy ropes that come with them and the pegs
are next to useless!! Esp. on the field aka BSJ!!
I would suggest weighting down with "water bags" they work the best.. A couple in the middle stops it
moving around too much - saying that we _should_ be in for a sunny and non-windy year this year (fingers crossed)!!
The past couple (esp. 2007!) were a bit too wet and windy, 2007 was _very_ windy, the first year we'd "lost" a gazebo
- well it crumpled in a heap.. but got re-erected at 2am..
3x3, 6x3 and 9x3!
The 9x3 and 6x3 came with sides which are ideal when it lashes down and gets windy... The sides can
also be used in the 3x3 as well
Although be warned some small ones are "odd" sizes and not 3x3..although you do need to think about weighing them down as the guy ropes that come with them and the pegs
are next to useless!! Esp. on the field aka BSJ!!
I would suggest weighting down with "water bags" they work the best..
A couple in the middle stops itmoving around too much - saying that we _should_ be in for a sunny and non-windy year this year (fingers crossed)!!
The past couple (esp. 2007!) were a bit too wet and windy, 2007 was _very_ windy, the first year we'd "lost" a gazebo
- well it crumpled in a heap.. but got re-erected at 2am..
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