[DeusIrae]

I was browsing through eBay, thinking a larger upgrade to my 2 man Eurohike would be nice, and noticed there's a company called CJH selling these large Sandstorm tents at knockdown prices. However, there seems to be little information on these tents out on the Net, as it were... so I wondered if anyone here has any experience of them and if they are durable and good value for money, etc etc?

Caveat emptor n all that, after all

Ta!

[DeusIrae]

*bump* ...?

I take the lack of replies as a possible bad sign

[babsicamper]

I've just joined this forum so my reply will no doubt be far too late for Deusirae but maybe it will be of use to others. I bought a Sandstorm Alberta 4 man tent from CHJ in September 2007 for £79.99 and stored it away until my next big camping trip. I didn't test pitch it (OK, I know it's recommended...but I've owned around 8 different tents in my life, never test pitched any of them and never had problems when arriving at my camping destination)and when I arrived at the Womad festival in Wiltshire and unpacked the tent, to my horror I discovered that all the tent poles were missing. Only the metal poles to erect the door were in the bag. I had to resort to using my tiny hiking tent for two people, which I had in my car as a spare tent for storage during the trip. We had to crawl in and out of it for four days, which is no pleasure when you're at a music festival, where there are none of the normal "luxuries" of a campsite. On my return I contacted CHJ by email. The tent was out of its 12 month warranty but I asked whether they could supply me the missing tent poles. They replied to say one of their colleagues had that same tent and might have some poles for it. A great start. But after that? Total silence. I kept emailing them to ask if they could simply even give me a yes or a no but I never heard from them again and I eventually gave up. I would never buy another thing from CHJ and would advise others to be very careful when dealing with them.

[babsicamper]

Oh, and prior to my CHJ experience I owned a fantastic Eurohike tent. Better to stick with them I say!

[Random Bunny]

You've probably got a bad response because you posted the topic in "meeting point" and not "campfire chat" or the info area. Try there too...

Personally I've not had experience with those tents - sorry!