Mahers staff tent of the month

So after much debate and deliberation but no fisty cuffs, we have decided that the tent of the season is the Vango Icarus 500. This fantastic five man tent that is fairly easy to erect, ten to twenty minutes and its up - with three of the same size poles so you can't get confused,it's one of the most comfortable tents that you can get for family weekend or week camping . The waterproofing on the material is 3000m hydrostatic head (very waterproof).

One of the greatest things about this tent is the porch space is so massive that you could have a Mini festival in it. With a bath tub groundsheet this makes the ease of sitting down after a hard day of camping!!! and not worrying about streams of water running through the tent and you running around the porch like a lu la trying to lift things off the floor trying to keep everything dry.

When it comes to height in a tent with me its usually me bending my neck walking around tents (being six foot four it happens a fair bit in tents) but with the Icarus i don't have to do this at all which is fantastic cause at times it gets annoying so two thumbs up at that.

The pack size of the tent is a normal size - there is nothing amazing about it. Weight wise it comes in at 13.7 kg (not to bad)

One of the greatest things about the Icarus 500 is that on a extremely windy day/night what the tents offers is a tension band system (tbs) which straightens the poles making your tent much stiffer so it doesn't move.

Its up in the store so come in and check it out.

see ya later. kieran.

Vango Icarus 500 + friends

Yo - some wicked new tents came in from Vango - they are cool and so am i cos i just bought the one above - It's a lot bigger than it looks in the picture above (obviously, otherwise you would have to be the size of a wasp to enjoy it) and there are only two of us sleeping in it - just imagine all that space to lie around in drinking beer and rolling around on the hallway carpet (not like that you dirty minded monkeys). Yes there is a carpet available too(bought separately) and it's solid (that means really good). It's plenty waterproof, fire retardant and only €260 so you have to buy one unless you are daft.

We also now have some smaller tents in such as the Beta 250, 350 and 450 (2, 3 and 4 person respectively and €100, €130 and €150). These are good solid tunnel tents with decent storage space and very waterproof grounsheets.

Beta 350.

The new Banshee 200 (a very nice red colour - see pic below) and 300 (classic dark green) coming in at €130 and €150 - This tent is serious value for money as it is very lightweight and has a new 5000mm flysheet and 6000mm groundsheet (even better than last years spec which was more than good enough for our climate).

Banshee 200.




Banshee 300.

So that's that really, come on down and check, check, check it out as the beastie boys once said.

Word.

Vango tents arrive.

Hey guys just a quick update, some new Vango family tents have just arrived into the shop. The Vango Orchy 500, and the Vango Icarus 500 has arrived in also. Two fine tents. Any questions about them just leave a comment and we'll get back to you A.S.A.P

Also in stock we have the Vango beta 350, 450, Vango Apollo 500.