gixer
Thru Hiker
As i've not spent a night in it and have only had it out twice i'd like to get back the £275 that i paid for it (original for sale thread here)
Have to be honest here as i rate my integrity more than a tent.
It's the worst designed tent i've ever had the displeasure of putting up.
I have faffed around erecting it twice now and probably have 3+ hours invested into getting a half decent pitch, still to no avail.
I faffed around with it for 2 hours yesterday in calm conditions next to my caravan, my neighbour a aerospace engineer and my bro-in-law chipped in for the last hour as well.
3 blokes with technical backgrounds and a fair bit of common sense in great conditions and STILL we couldn't get a decent pitch.
If you look at the pics one side is lower than the other, we adjusted everything but still couldn't get an even pitch.
Even then the inner was flapping about like wet toilet paper.
Speaking of the inner, anyone that mentions "2" in the same sentence as this tent is either from middle earth or is being just plain dishonest.
Absolutely no way the tent is a "2" anything, so i'll call it a "Edge 1.5"
Mind you, even with one person it's a really claustrophobic place to be in, then flappy walls tend to lean in and the completely solid inner makes you feel like you're in a body bag.
Not even got to the worst yet.
Who in their right mind thinks that using hiking pole straps to keep a tent up would be a good idea???????
Absolutely ridiculous, even in the 2 hours we had the tent up i had to re-tighten the straps up TWICE!!!
Then there is this T zip kinda arrangement for the inner, that leaves a hole that midges seem to easily find their way in, no idea who'd think this would be better than the usual J shape zip.
Here's the pics
The inner is 117cm wide at the head end 80cm wide at the foot end, 207cm long and 88cm high at the highest point.
The mat in the pics in my UL7 in medium flavour, just give an idea of size.
The outer is 234cm at the widest point
Each porch around 126cm
It's around 242cm long
101cm wide on the foot end
Bathtub is around 8cm high
Crappy hiking pole attachment design
Weight of the poles
Weight of the tent
The tent has this weird tension adjustment on the inside that runs the length of the tent (both sides), you can see it here as that light coloured cordage
It also has tension adjustments on the black fabric strip that the poles go into, we tried every possible adjustment and series of adjustments, but just couldn't get a good pitch.
We tried the hiking poles at different heights, as you can see from the front pic, the lowest side is pretty tight on the seam, whereas the high side is pretty loose.
We did get it better than that pic, but even then the inner drapes loosely in like some sort of 80's new romance group video.
I have never had a problem with claustrophobia, i've even crawled through some very tight holes caving, but i did start to feel a bit claustrophobic in this tent, a feeling i've never had in any other tent.
On the good side.
The colours aren't THAT bad, in fact i kinda like em, it stands out without being garish.
The sewing looks to be good quality
The materials used seem to be good quality
From what i've seen of Edge 1's they seem pretty bombproof in bad weather.
A seasoned Edge user would probably have this set up within a few mins, there's a good chance i'm missing some adjustment somewhere.
For me personally i'm not an adjustment kinda guy, i just want to throw my tent up at the end of the day and crawl inside.
If you're someone that likes to have a play to get the perfect pitch, or you've experience in setting tents like this up you'll probably be ok.
Even then i'd look at sorting something out with the straps/pole, it looks like pacer poles work better.
One last thing, my hiking poles extend to 140cm, i had them up the stop so probably around 145cm, my brothers poles (when i first tried putting it up) didn't extend enough, so you'll need long hiking poles.
Sorry for going on, but i feel that i was sold this tent under false pretences and foolishly i bought it with hardly any info.
Hopefully it won't be the case this time if it sells.
Cheers
Mark
Have to be honest here as i rate my integrity more than a tent.
It's the worst designed tent i've ever had the displeasure of putting up.
I have faffed around erecting it twice now and probably have 3+ hours invested into getting a half decent pitch, still to no avail.
I faffed around with it for 2 hours yesterday in calm conditions next to my caravan, my neighbour a aerospace engineer and my bro-in-law chipped in for the last hour as well.
3 blokes with technical backgrounds and a fair bit of common sense in great conditions and STILL we couldn't get a decent pitch.
If you look at the pics one side is lower than the other, we adjusted everything but still couldn't get an even pitch.
Even then the inner was flapping about like wet toilet paper.
Speaking of the inner, anyone that mentions "2" in the same sentence as this tent is either from middle earth or is being just plain dishonest.
Absolutely no way the tent is a "2" anything, so i'll call it a "Edge 1.5"
Mind you, even with one person it's a really claustrophobic place to be in, then flappy walls tend to lean in and the completely solid inner makes you feel like you're in a body bag.
Not even got to the worst yet.
Who in their right mind thinks that using hiking pole straps to keep a tent up would be a good idea???????
Absolutely ridiculous, even in the 2 hours we had the tent up i had to re-tighten the straps up TWICE!!!
Then there is this T zip kinda arrangement for the inner, that leaves a hole that midges seem to easily find their way in, no idea who'd think this would be better than the usual J shape zip.
Here's the pics
The inner is 117cm wide at the head end 80cm wide at the foot end, 207cm long and 88cm high at the highest point.
The mat in the pics in my UL7 in medium flavour, just give an idea of size.
The outer is 234cm at the widest point
Each porch around 126cm
It's around 242cm long
101cm wide on the foot end
Bathtub is around 8cm high
Crappy hiking pole attachment design
Weight of the poles
Weight of the tent
The tent has this weird tension adjustment on the inside that runs the length of the tent (both sides), you can see it here as that light coloured cordage
It also has tension adjustments on the black fabric strip that the poles go into, we tried every possible adjustment and series of adjustments, but just couldn't get a good pitch.
We tried the hiking poles at different heights, as you can see from the front pic, the lowest side is pretty tight on the seam, whereas the high side is pretty loose.
We did get it better than that pic, but even then the inner drapes loosely in like some sort of 80's new romance group video.
I have never had a problem with claustrophobia, i've even crawled through some very tight holes caving, but i did start to feel a bit claustrophobic in this tent, a feeling i've never had in any other tent.
On the good side.
The colours aren't THAT bad, in fact i kinda like em, it stands out without being garish.
The sewing looks to be good quality
The materials used seem to be good quality
From what i've seen of Edge 1's they seem pretty bombproof in bad weather.
A seasoned Edge user would probably have this set up within a few mins, there's a good chance i'm missing some adjustment somewhere.
For me personally i'm not an adjustment kinda guy, i just want to throw my tent up at the end of the day and crawl inside.
If you're someone that likes to have a play to get the perfect pitch, or you've experience in setting tents like this up you'll probably be ok.
Even then i'd look at sorting something out with the straps/pole, it looks like pacer poles work better.
One last thing, my hiking poles extend to 140cm, i had them up the stop so probably around 145cm, my brothers poles (when i first tried putting it up) didn't extend enough, so you'll need long hiking poles.
Sorry for going on, but i feel that i was sold this tent under false pretences and foolishly i bought it with hardly any info.
Hopefully it won't be the case this time if it sells.
Cheers
Mark