Hilleberg Tent advice

On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 21:43:38 -0000, "Ian MacDougall"
<[email hidden]> wrote:

Hi there,

Quoted message said:

I am planning several wild camping trips this year, several in the Scottish
highlands possibly on exposed colls and 1 long treck in the Andes. I have
been looking into tents to take with me and the Hilleberg Nallo 2 GT seems
to me to be a good bet.

Does anyone have any experiences with this tent? My tent at present weighs
far too much and doesn't stand up well in strong winds! I know the Nallo is
best pitched end into the wind, is this a great problem?

There will be 2 people and possibly a dog on each trip.

Thanks again for any advice / experiences!

I've not used a Nallo, but I know they're very highly though of. Have
you seen the Nallo owner reviews at BackPackGearTest? If not, see
here: http://tinyurl.com/58kxa

Best wishes,
--
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/ \ / \ pee AT [guessthisbit].co.uk

Ian MacDougall said:

Hi all,

I am planning several wild camping trips this year, several in the Scottish
highlands possibly on exposed colls and 1 long treck in the Andes. I have
been looking into tents to take with me and the Hilleberg Nallo 2 GT seems
to me to be a good bet.

Does anyone have any experiences with this tent? My tent at present weighs
far too much and doesn't stand up well in strong winds! I know the Nallo is
best pitched end into the wind, is this a great problem?

There will be 2 people and possibly a dog on each trip.

Thanks again for any advice / experiences!

Ian!

Hi,
I have recently bought a new '05 Nallo 2. I have only used it once(in
the back garden) so I can't give you any long term or in depth comments
but I can say this:

Pros: Quality workmanship, cinch to set up and very light.
Cons: Well none really, a little condensation but I did have all the
vents closed and there was no breeze. Oh and the price...

Got mine from this place: http://www.moontrail.com/ Taking advantage of
the strong pound!

Jim.

Quoted message said:

Got mine from this place: http://www.moontrail.com/ Taking advantage of
the strong pound!

Jim.

Did you have to pay any tax when it got to the UK?

Cheers

Andrew

Quoted message said:

Got mine from this place: http://www.moontrail.com/ Taking advantage of
the strong pound!

Jim.

Thanks for the hints.. and for the Website 🙂 I was a bit worried about the
price, one thing buying a £100 dud.. completly different when it comes to a
larger investment!
I wasn't sure about getting it from the States, so it's good to hear your
one arrives in one piece 🙂

Thanks for both of your opinions/advice,

Ian!

Andrew Laycock said:

Quoted message said:

Got mine from this place: http://www.moontrail.com/ Taking advantage of
the strong pound!

Jim.

Did you have to pay any tax when it got to the UK?

Cheers

Andrew

Hi,

Sadly, yes. But at $455 for the tent + 20% tax + postage it still worked
out cheaper than buying one here. About £330 compared to about £390? and
as a bonus Moontrail have a points scheme so I got a free Leatherman new
wave which is worth about 70 quid(And as it was a gift and not on the
shipping list I didn't pay tax on that!).

Jim.

Jim said:

Sadly, yes. But at $455 for the tent + 20% tax + postage it still worked
out cheaper than buying one here.

There are some ways to pay less for Hilleberg tents here. I got my
Tarra from Tisos for £425 when the RRP was £585: Tisos had it for £500
to start with, and at a local club discount evening I got an extra 15%
off. And they pitched it for me so I could check it out in person, and
I didn't have to pay any postage!

IME many outdoor stores give a worthwhile discount to local clubs, and
not all shops are charging RRP for everything.

Pete.
--
Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer
Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
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I have an Akto, and I know several other Hilleberg owners. You can't
gainsay the quality of these tents, it's really superb. The only thing
I've heard said agains them is that they're cold. I don't see the sense
of that objection since no tent is ever "warm", but the Hillebergs do
allow the wind to whistle through. I don't find it a problem, but
others do. One of the people who found it a problem was on a trip in
Greenland, so maybe that accounts for it...

Anyway, bear it in mind.

Seán

Seán Hennessy said:

I've heard said agains them is that they're cold. I don't see the sense
of that objection since no tent is ever "warm"

Well, quite. Having said that, single skin tents afford less insulation
so lose heat quicker, but having noted that I'll further note that
Hillebergs are twin skin!

Quoted message said:

but the Hillebergs do allow the wind to whistle through.

Oh. Mine doesn't...

Pete.
--
Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer
Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
net [email hidden] http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/

Peter Clinch said:

Seán Hennessy said:

I've heard said agains them is that they're cold. I don't see the sense
of that objection since no tent is ever "warm"

Well, quite. Having said that, single skin tents afford less insulation
so lose heat quicker, but having noted that I'll further note that
Hillebergs are twin skin!

Quoted message said:

but the Hillebergs do allow the wind to whistle through.

Oh. Mine doesn't...

Maybe if you had an Atko and had both end vents open it would, but you
either have ventilation or condensation in typical UK conditions.
--
Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks"

In message <[email hidden]>

Ian MacDougall said:

Hi all,

I am planning several wild camping trips this year, several in the Scottish
highlands possibly on exposed colls and 1 long treck in the Andes. I have
been looking into tents to take with me and the Hilleberg Nallo 2 GT seems
to me to be a good bet.

Does anyone have any experiences with this tent? My tent at present weighs
far too much and doesn't stand up well in strong winds! I know the Nallo is
best pitched end into the wind, is this a great problem?

There will be 2 people and possibly a dog on each trip.

Thanks again for any advice / experiences!

Ian!

It's a great tent and I can recommend it. I have a a Nallo 2 GT. It is
very light and with plenty of room under the bell end. You'll have no
problem for 2 + a dog and in inclement weather you can easily cook in
the bell end and still have plenty of storage space.

I've used mine in windy weather on the Scottish coast and it coped very
well. The only problem is that the light fabric tends to flap a lot so
it can be noisy in windy weather. I wouldn't want to use it under
conditions where I was expecting heavy snow-fall since it is not of a
geodesic design and would probably collapse easily under the
extra weight.

Mike
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<\__,\\ // __o || / /\, likes the mountains"
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The Nallo GT is heavier than the ordinary Nallo.

The Nallo is a superb tent, very light, easy to put up, very roomy and bomb
proof. I've used it over all kinds of wild camp, trekking conditions.
Simply a superb tent. The GT is bigger but you pay a weight price. But the
Nallo is so roomy that it will give you everything you want on a prolonged
trek.

--
Andy Howell
Birmingham, UK

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