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[RyanEustace]

Hi

I just came across this on ebay (not affiliated)

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-2-Man-Dome-Tent-Camouflage-Ideal-T-Park-/360371237696?pt=UK_SportsLeisure_HikingCamping_Tents_JN&hash=item53e7ccb340#ht_6858wt_1396

For that price it seems like a real cheap alternative to the much more expensive products out there. Cut a few holes in the sides, cover them with scrim and surely there can't be that much difference between them..... can there?. I have owned a dome hide from WWS and the material had a matt finish and probably thicker material, but soo far thats the only difference i can see. That and the camouflage is not realtree, but to be honest your paying for the name there.
So yeah if your interested in a cheap alternative this seems a good way to go, and being a student, the way i shall be going |=)|

 

[Keith Reeder]

Yep, chuck a bit of scrim netting over it and you've got a hide every bit as viable as the big bucks versions that the wildlife/photography suppliers sell for - frankly obscene money.

I wouldn't even cut holes in the sides - I'd just shoot out of the existing entrance, pushing the lens between two scrim "curtains".

I've been known to use one of these in exactly that way.

 

[Jaff]

I believe these festival tents aren't up to much in any kind of reasonable rain though, so beware of that. They do offer one advantage no proper pop-up hide I've ever seen has and that is that they can offer true ground level shooting whilst being in a hide and for that reason alone they're worth it I think, especially when they're next to no money.

 

[RyanEustace]

The rustling of the ground sheet may be an issue to, unless you stay very still. After speaking to someone i know my mind has been changed, he does quite alot of hide work, and basically said he uses a length of camouflage netting/screen 9 times out of 10 just for its speed of setting up and simplicity

 

[Denny Woodthorpe]

I use something similar and it works very well if you bear one or two things in mind.
First, the one I have let's light through when the sun is behind you, so, as mentioned by others, I throw a scrim net over it.
I found that when sitting on a fold up chair, my eye line, and therefore my camera level, was too high for the door opening, so I cut a section out above the door. The scrim net covers it up nicely. One tripod leg then sticks out through the doorway.
The advantage of a built in groundsheet is that when you are in it, your weight keeps it from blowing away!
Oh, they do get rather warm in hot weather!