This is an easy to erect tent, having only 2 main poles plus an extra small pole to help form the porch. The only trouble I've found during pitching is that you have to be careful of the guy lines when attaching the poles as they sometimes go the wrong side of the pole. This is easily remedied simply by pulling the pole end out of the eyelet then correcting the guy-line and replacing the pole in the eyelet.
The tent for a 2 man tent is reasonably light at 2.9kg (advertised) and its easily fits into one of the 15litre side pouches on the Karrimor Sabre 45. During a wild camp on Pen-Y-Fan Striders Tempest stood up to 60mph winds for around 10 hours before the door zip burst open due to a particularly hard gust. This was easily fixed the next day at home so the tent is still in good condition. This is the reason I bought that style tent.
Unfortunately Vango had changed the design slightly and basically changed a usable porch into a 'token gesture'.
Below I have shown the 2 designs. Left is the old design, right is the new design.
The tent for a 2 man tent is reasonably light at 2.9kg (advertised) and its easily fits into one of the 15litre side pouches on the Karrimor Sabre 45. During a wild camp on Pen-Y-Fan Striders Tempest stood up to 60mph winds for around 10 hours before the door zip burst open due to a particularly hard gust. This was easily fixed the next day at home so the tent is still in good condition. This is the reason I bought that style tent.
Unfortunately Vango had changed the design slightly and basically changed a usable porch into a 'token gesture'.
Below I have shown the 2 designs. Left is the old design, right is the new design.
I bought the 200 because it is used with my son. In the porch I put the kit all to one side, blocking one of the doors, actually this is the ONLY way it can go. I place one bergen on top of the other with the waterproofs on top this takes it to over half way up the 'wall', boots are then placed in the far front triangle on top of each other, this leaves about 1 square foot in which to cook and get in and out of the tent. OK I can live with that I guess, I knew what it would be like before I bought it.
For me a tent is the luxurious side of wild camping... yes a hammock is the pinnacle of wild camping comfort but you need to have sourced a pitch prior to a hammock camp. So as I like a BIT of luxury in a tent I would like to sit up to eat food whilst in my 2 man tent, I can under my tarp! I can't in the tempest. We recently went on an overnighter when it drizzled all night with a wind speed of around 10mph. We would have been perfectly dry under the tarp, in fact I've had dryer nights in worse weather under a tarp! This was not the case in the Tempest and had water coming through the foot end of the tent and our sleeping bags were quite damp. Also there were a few drips on the top of the inner but these had not come through. I was quite surprised at this given that it is wasn't raining hard. The tent could do with 2 maybe 3 extra pegging points. Definitely one half way down each side of the tent plus maybe another 1 in the middle at the back. I will be carrying out this modification on my tent.
I think the Tempest is a very roomy ONE man tent, as when using a tent I like a bit of room. also I'll always use a bivvy bag. I actually think the tent is great for the price of under £100 and like the tent design apart from the porch, which Vango should never have changed.
For me a tent is the luxurious side of wild camping... yes a hammock is the pinnacle of wild camping comfort but you need to have sourced a pitch prior to a hammock camp. So as I like a BIT of luxury in a tent I would like to sit up to eat food whilst in my 2 man tent, I can under my tarp! I can't in the tempest. We recently went on an overnighter when it drizzled all night with a wind speed of around 10mph. We would have been perfectly dry under the tarp, in fact I've had dryer nights in worse weather under a tarp! This was not the case in the Tempest and had water coming through the foot end of the tent and our sleeping bags were quite damp. Also there were a few drips on the top of the inner but these had not come through. I was quite surprised at this given that it is wasn't raining hard. The tent could do with 2 maybe 3 extra pegging points. Definitely one half way down each side of the tent plus maybe another 1 in the middle at the back. I will be carrying out this modification on my tent.
I think the Tempest is a very roomy ONE man tent, as when using a tent I like a bit of room. also I'll always use a bivvy bag. I actually think the tent is great for the price of under £100 and like the tent design apart from the porch, which Vango should never have changed.