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    Posted: 29-August-2007 at 10:49
Troops,

I need your collective efforts to try and track down a gazebo.

Brief :

  • Sub £100
  • Waterproof
  • Windproof
  • Easy to erect and dismantle (sub 5 mins)
  • Fits in a reasonably sized boot


The one we had this year was ideal in terms of size, cost and putting up / taking down but was neither waterproof nor suitable for even a light breeze.

The one we have before was a PITA the construct but was more wind and waterproof. Can someone find the happy medium..?

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Duncan.

          There are a few dealers on ebay that may have something suitable,

for example,  Gazebos

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Cheers Steve. I'm looking for more detail tho - the one we got this year looked great online but turned out to be totally unsuited to Scottish weather so I want folk to be recommending stuff they've seen or used.
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Originally posted by Webdunk Webdunk wrote:

looked great online but turned out to be totally unsuited to Scottish weather

Dunc, you might just be looking for something that doesn't exist. 

I've now got two gazeebos and both have been damaged by stiff breezes.  I'm not talking strong winds - just a little more than a light breeze.  That was enough to send one of them into the adjacent field and mangle the metalwork.

It's not down to the material used, it's inherent in the basic design.  Anything that wind can get into will cause huge differentials in pressure and turn a gazeebo into a sail.  It would have to be a pretty industrial design to get round that.
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Chas I fear you may be right... but with 400+ Scots on here hopefully someone will have a cunning plan. or mibbes we should ask Bluebro / Stevie to recreate the pathetic Aluminium frame in more solid steel This would also mean that whoever was carrying the gazebo around would look like they had lowered their suspension LOL
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How about a club caravan?
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Don't joke, the SE Region have one!

We are all jealous of the Jaguar bus at Callander too
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Originally posted by Webdunk Webdunk wrote:

Can someone find the happy medium..?


You didn't look very hard - a Google search found this http://www.thehappymedium.co.uk/ 

Looking around at recent shows, the more robust ones seem to be the type you assemble (like E30 zone one) or the hexagonal types





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My Dad managed to find a good bargain on a gazebo for the end of summer clearence sales at the local DIY centres B&Q and the likes...

Pops up it's self and it's about 5m by 5m, a bit big but you get the Idea... I'll check with him where he found it!!
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How about this one from Argos, its only £40 - Hexagonal Gazebo with Mesh Panels.





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How about 1 of these
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Ref-The Hex ones they are more like a tent and have fibreglass rods and very thin poles.I bought one from Costco after seeing the one at Alford.I ain't used it yet,but tried it up and bent one pole just assembling.Chas also used to have one till it blew away Lol

 

The one we bought that got distroyed this year there is one in Halfords the same,but beter roof (aprt from being green and white)

Its a 4 x 4 and £40

 

 

 
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Titanium or carbon fibre frame, that's what we need.

Strong, lightweight and expensive!


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Duncan I will be going to costso this weekend so I will check out the price of the one from there I was telling you about on sunday.

I also saw the one in Halfords the other week reduced to £40 looked ok but looked the same as the one that blew away! 

Never thought..........we could have made money to get a new one selling the burgers on sunday   maybe next time lol



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I may have found one... nae cheap (or light @ 25kg!) but it claims to be water and wind resistant. Saw one at a wee street market and it's WAY sturdier that this year's ill-fated one.

http://poptents.eu/3x3_information.html

Reckon a 3x3 with walls is the way forward...

http://www.poptents.eu/
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http://www.pitchwell.com/Shop/pc/viewCat_P.asp?idCategory=69

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Cheers mate but it's aluminium which should carry a 'not for use in Scotland' sticker
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What about what the E30zone guys had at Callander?
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Originally posted by gary gary wrote:

What about what the E30zone guys had at Callander?


Granted it worked but it was :

a) HUGE

and

b) Took a fair bit of setting up and a LOT of guy ropes and tie downs.

Feedback from meets was that the gazebo needs to be quick to put up so that's why I'm looking at this type rather than ones we have to construct...
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That looks just the job Duncan very similar to the one I saw in costco in the summer good find


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