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A belter of a Shelter (28 posts / 4,042 views)
Pancake
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Post #16 4 Apr 2020 18:26
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ESP lo-pro or the hideout might be worth a look.

framey framey
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Post #17 4 Apr 2020 18:27
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Hi pro?
amsterDan amsterDan
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Post #18 5 Apr 2020 16:17
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👍Will check it out cheers.
Johnny_Thunder Johnny_Thunder
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Post #19 6 Apr 2020 08:45
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I've recently bought a Fox Specialist Brolly.
I have only had the chance to use it half a dozen times so far but first impressions, I like it.
It is fairly light. Fits easily into the brolly pocket of a 2 rod quiver, and is quick to put up and down.
It is designed for the river angler, with a fairly high top rib to enable watching your rod tips.
You can piss about with it a little and get it lower though.
I will say though, if I knew I was going to be fishing in stormy conditions, I would take the Tempest.
amsterDan amsterDan
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Post #20 6 Apr 2020 08:57
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Cheers - user experience v.helpful as probably have to order ‘blind'.
djdave
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Post #21 5 Jun 2020 16:14
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Oh how I wish that Trakker had bought this out before I bought the Trakker Tempest v2 Brolly.

I do like the Tempest v2, but it's a pain of I'm doing the day session and I want to sit inside on a chair - it doesn't happen. I'm 6'3" with a bad left knee, so me sitting on one of those low trajectory chairs does not cut it. The other thing that breaks my heart with the Tempest is no rear vents.

This brolly 100T looks just what the doctor ordered, plus it has vents. Why do you do this to me Trakker?

Having said all this, after checking the measurements, there is only 25cm difference in height.
carpy09 carpy09
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Post #22 5 Jun 2020 16:29
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If you want something with a lot more head height The 100T tempest brolly Is the one you want it's a hell of a lot higher at the front and internal height . I've owned the tempest v2 brolly in the past and now own the 100T brolly and it is so much better if you want much more head height
BRB BRB
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Post #23 5 Jun 2020 16:30
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Blimey 25cm is 10 inches, how much more height do you need?
vossy1 vossy1
MODERATORMOD
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Post #24 5 Jun 2020 19:48
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Sums up all my thoughts for quite some time. 6'1", Dodgy knee, hip bursitis sometimes rules me out all together, achilles that likes to tear at will and a bad back at times, 10" may be all that's needed. Having said that the V2 is a great shelter, if I was younger I wouldn't moan as much...then again
djdave
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Post #25 6 Jun 2020 12:17
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About another 10 inches.
oldgeezer oldgeezer
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Mr Linky Poo
Mr Linky Poo Post #26 6 Jun 2020 12:44
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djdave
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Post #27 6 Jun 2020 13:20
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Actually, the more I look and think about this, the more I think that Trakker are having a laugh at the consumer.

The asking price for this shelter (it's not a brolly, that's just their marketing nonsense, what makes this a brolly?!?!) is £269.99 and it doesn't even include the groundsheet! They have gone beyond the line of greedy.

The up selling of the accessories is also a disgrace. £39.99 for the groundsheet, standard infill panel £79.99, making the total cost of this as a functioning shelter £389.97

I know up selling is the wrong terminology, and they all do it, but it's a crafty way of misleading the consumer. They put out a basic cost, but you're not going to have much fun with no groundsheet when it's pelting with rain. I'd have a tad more respect if they included the groundsheet, but no!

Mart74 Mart74
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Post #28 6 Jun 2020 15:39
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I've been looking at the Tempest 100T as an upgrade from my V1 brolly.

Does the 100T have the same footprint? Could I use my v1 groundsheet?

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