[MR] Question about Tentsmiths and Panther Primitives

[Donald Wagner]

I have a Tentsmiths 13 x 19 oval marquee with 6' slanted walls that is available 
for sale.

There isn't a set-up package at Panther that would work for you without 
modification.

My wall poles, as mentioned by another, are 6'3" as opposed to 6' in the 
literature.  The roof ridge set-up was exactly 12'.

IMO, Panther has a good product at a good price and has earned a good reputation 
that is unmatched in their market.
IMO, Tentsmiths has a superior product and has customers that are far more 
enthusiastic about the quality of their tents and service than those of panther, 
but are not as well known.

Rodrigo Falcone




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From: Marybeth Lavrakas <katrous at yahoo.com>
To: atlantia at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
Sent: Thu, June 16, 2011 9:49:31 AM
Subject: Re: [MR] Question about Tentsmiths and Panther Primitives

I don't have anything quite as dramatic to explain why I love my Tentsmiths 
tent! But I feel the seams are better done, and I really like the way the walls 
clip on (though I believe Panther has updated their wall system from what I 
originally experienced). And to follow on the comment below, I have a friend 
with a round tent from Panther that is about 9 years old that had a catastrophic 

failure recently--canvas ripping, causing the whole thing to come down with 
poles breaking. 


Kateryn Rous





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From: Arthur Donadio <dukecuan at hotmail.com>
To: katrous at yahoo.com; vdriscoll at gmail.com; atlantia at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
Sent: Wed, June 15, 2011 11:09:59 PM
Subject: Re: [MR] Question about Tentsmiths and Panther Primitives


I put my Tentsmiths' round tent (15' at the eaves, 19' at the base) up on a 
friend's  property for his son's birthday party last October.  The tent was 9 
years old at the time.  I got busy and left it there until February.  It was 
still standing and in good shape when I took it down.  The stakes had a lot of 
rust from wintering in the ground but otherwise it was OK.  I will send it back 
to Tenstsmiths this week just to make sure the ring is in good shape for 
Pennsic.  Tentsmiths makes great tents.

Arthur



> Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 14:20:55 -0700
> From: katrous at yahoo.com
> To: vdriscoll at gmail.com; Atlantia at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
> Subject: Re: [MR] Question about Tentsmiths and Panther Primitives
> 
> 
> 
> Wait until you have the actual tent before ordering poles. Tentsmiths sent me 
> walls that require 6 ft 3 inch poles (as I recall, in the order stage they tell 
>
>
> you "about 6 feet...)
> 
> What I did was buy the center pole from them, sleeved, and then made my own 
> perimeter poles. 
> 
> 
> I've owned tents from both vendors, btw, and I am a die hard Tentsmiths fan 
>now.
> 
> Kateryn Rous
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: Virginia Di Battista <vdriscoll at gmail.com>
> To: Atlantia at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
> Sent: Wed, June 15, 2011 4:49:25 PM
> Subject: [MR] Question about Tentsmiths and Panther Primitives
> 
> Has anyone purchased canvas from TentSmiths and then the pole set-up from
> Panther?
> 
> This was a suggestion that I received, but I'm worried about the
> measurements that Tent Smiths provide for their poles. How close are they?
> 
> We're planning for a 14' x 14' center pole Marquee. Since Tentsmiths seam
> engineers all of their seams I would rather go with them. I know I can get
> a seam engineered tent from Panther, but it would actually cost more to get
> the entire package from them.
> 
> If you could let me know of your experiences, I would appreciate it.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Simona dell'Amore
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