The Vango Apex Compact 100 tent comes in a reasonably sized stuffsack (with a roll-top closure) designed to mount on bike handlebars. With a 70D flysheet, it feels durable and should last well.
Alex Roddie’s Best in Test
he price is excellent and the tent is well designed, made from hard-wearing materials. Weight is ok for what you get too.- Value
- Durable materials
- Easy to pitch
- Great stuffsack for bikepacking
- Pegs not the best
| Quick specs | |
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| Price: £150 Weight: 1.6kg Pitching: inner and fly together Flysheet: 70D Protex Eco polyester ripstop PU 3,000mm HH Inner: 68D polyester with 40D mesh panels Groundsheet: 68D polyester PU 5,000mm HH Poles: 7.9mm aluminium alloy Pegs: 12x shepherd’s crook Porches: 1 Inner dimensions: 95x215x88cm vango.co.uk |
It pitches inner and outer together. When I had to throw this tent up in a rainy forest at 10pm, I certainly appreciated this – no risk of the inner getting wet. Pitching was quick and easy.
The porch on the Vango Apex Compact isn’t the biggest but has just enough space, and the inner’s interior has reasonable living room. However, I’m only 5’7”; taller campers may find it restrictive. I found headroom just enough to sit upright. I appreciated the deep bathtub groundsheet and solid inner, totally cutting out the cold wind. Vango’s tension strap technology helps to brace the tent from the inside, too, which really helps in windy situations.
The only real let-down is that the included pegs are basic (if sturdy) alloy shepherd’s crooks. The price is excellent and the tent is well designed, made from hard-wearing materials. Weight is ok for what you get too.
