Safari 260 Touring Tent

Good tent but still room for improvement

This is the dearest and best quality tent that I have bought so far. The materials are very good, the guy wires are much better than on cheaper tents and it's relative straightforward to put up. There's plenty of room inside (I highly recommend that you buy the A-Frame kit to go with it) and I'm looking forward to using it often in the coming years. Couple of minor niggles though: - It's a shame the back window is not gusseted like the others - It needs to come with a lot more pegs than it does as what was in the bag was nowhere near enough to peg the gusseted windows out with the other guy ropes - The front door flap cannot be raised as a mini awning if you don't need to attach the front awning that comes with it. I fixed the above issue by putting in a couple of eyelets and used the supplied poles. I also used a couple of guy ropes that I had already to peg it out. This arrangement is absolutely fine in dry weather, or where you may have limited room (see attached photo). Apart from these items, I think it will be a good purchase.

Darche 260 Safari Tent

Good Darche canvas however...

Great Tent

My partner and I purchased this tent with the additional awning walls and A frame kit to allow space for our double mattress. We would also recommend purchasing some additional poles for the awning, the 2 included are quite flimsy and struggled to support the weight of the awning and walls (as also mentioned by another reviewer). Besides this, the tent is made from good quality materials, was easy to set up and has a surprising amount of space both inside and beneath the awning. I would definitely recommend.

Solid but some details missed

I have taken this out in summer twice now, and it is solidly built and survived a summer storm with ease. All the park rangers that checked in with us really liked the setup with the optional awning side panels! It stands out of the sea of bright blue and orange tents in the camp ground by blending into the environment. With the lower vents open, it breathes very well with no hint of condensation. The optional internal A-Frame provides a gigantic internal space that's big enough to fit a queen airbed with space left over for bags. There seems to be a couple of mistakes on the description, as only the two side windows are gusseted. It is what you'd expect from a mid-range canvas tent, with some excellent small details but some lacking small details. For a tent in this price range, I'd expect reflective guy lines. The supplied guy lines are good quality though, but the extra safety of reflective lines should come as standard. The front awning poles aren't obvious to use at first, you have to twist the bottom and middle 1/3 in opposite directions to lock - the grip at 1/3 up is just a decorative plastic cover. The locking mechanism itself isn't very good, and the poles tend to collapse under load. Some knurling and stamped instructions on the poles would make them much easier to use, and a hole in the bottom feet would stop them from shooting off when the poles are collapsed down. I've decided to not use these poles at all and use fixed poles instead.