Zenith 300 3P Hiking Tent

G'day Di,

The specified weight is the actual carry weight of the tent in its bag and includes the fly, poles, pegs and repair kit.

G'day Sian,

It should be fine mate.  Over time there will always be signs of wear and tear, and the fly may fade a bit with prolonged exposure to the sun but if you look after it, it'll serve you well.  It's worth bearing in mind though that no hiking tent is designed to be left pitched for extended periods.  Cheers

G'day Jason,

Unfortunately, we've not been able to find out this information for you as the Australian Vango supplier does not have this information available to them. We've reached out to Vango themselves and also haven't been able to get any more information.  Our gut feeling is that while the mat will likely just fit we wouldn't want to say it will. We don't currently have a display model of this tent, but if we use one to make a video for the product down the track we'd be happy to measure it then, but as the tent and mat are from two different categories (Hiking and Camping), we wouldn't generally expect people to use a mat like this as most people will be carrying this tent. Sorry, we couldn't be of more help.

G'day Jason,

Good news, we've finally heard back from Vango themselves and they're let us know that the Zenith 300 is 130cm at the short side in width, with 180cm at the widest point. So we'd say fitting a Megamat Duo will be a little too squishy.

G'day Jay,

In theory you could use any tent in snow, as long as you are aware of its limitations!  One of the Snowys Team uses their Vango in the snow.  It has minimal ventilation, so will be warmer, and should stand up to reasonable winds and other alpine elements, however its frame isnt going to handle snow load.  Especially being the large 3P size, there will be less strength in the pole as its a wider, unsupported span.
If you are in active snowfall you may need to get up a few times in the night to clear off the fly.  Hope that helps!