So, now the scope is set, I introduce the Berghaus Cairngorm 3. This 3 man tent is Semi-Geodesic in shape, supposedly better at providing ‘useable’ space, and to the more discerning eye, makes it look pretty damn cool. Price – as you’d expect the price of a product can be an instantly recognisable factor on what sort of quality you can expect. Whoever came up with the phrase “you get what you pay for” pretty much hit the nail on the head. Whilst it’s not always the case and there are many bargains to be had, you can as a general rule, expect the higher priced products to offer better quality than a the cheapest option. We’ll dive into the price of Berghaus Cairngorm 2 Tent in more detail in a moment. There are ventilation points front and rear of the tent, and the door of the inner has mesh at the top. All this helps to maintain the comfort inside the tent and reduce any condensation build up. N.B. It seems difficult to find the green colourway online. I believe the next model year has been released in a less-than-stealthy red, with the same feature list as the green one here. Stand-Out Features It didn’t take long to get this tent up and sitting pretty on top of the crisp white snow. There are only 3 colour coded poles in total, which means the outer is pitched rather fast and then you can get to turn your attention to the inner (more about the inner shortly).

How is the room inside this tent? Our camping party consisted of 2 adults and 2 dogs. They slept at our feet where the tent narrows. We slept with our heads nearest the door. We both used thermally insulated mats next to each other and there was adequate room. When buying 1 – 2 Person Tents, the quality of the product is going to be one of the factors that you really scrutinise before you commit to buying.So what can we say about our little Cairngorm 2 tent adventure? The tent itself was up in no time, which was clearly a bonus on this occasion as it was very cold and getting dark. We wanted to be pitched up fast and settled into our sleeping bags. We had only pitched this tent once previously, just to get a feel for how it went together se we were by no means experts. It goes up without any hassle. It is a simple and straight forward design, with nothing complicated about it. The head height on this tent is good, although there isn’t anywhere at the inner door end to hang a light (Berghaus sort this out), but there is a lantern attachment at the foot/narrow end.

That’s why we’ve pulled together this list of key factors for Berghaus Cairngorm 2 Tent below, to help you choose if it’s the right product for you and your budget. Another factor that can be a great indication of product quality is the brand. Brands like Berghaus are of course extremely well known, especially for 1 – 2 Person Tents.

Overall Rating: 9.5 and 9.8

In the initial test of this tent, the winds were very high. 30mph sustained, 50mph gusts kind of high. But the Berghaus Cairngorm 3 matched the performance I’ve witnessed tents costing 4 times as much. Short of a slightly bent pole and many a snapped guy line (more on that later), the tent held up well to the wind and even better against the rain. Which is more than can be said of our ability to sleep that night.

That got us thinking though, that we’re looking at every possible item from Berghaus so it would be good to narrow our search down even further and only look at Berghaus branded products within the 1 – 2 Person Tents category. The cost of Berghaus 1 – 2 Person Tents The material the product is made from is often a sign of the quality for 1 – 2 Person Tents. Take a look at the product details over at Go Outdoors to get a feel for this.All the poles are obviously colour coded and easy to feed into the meshed pole sleeves and locate in each of the ‘lugs’ nice and secure, with individual tensioning straps available all the way around. Once up, it’s just a case of pegging down all the guy lines and it’s game on. We can’t comment as to how it copes in the wind as in this occasion there wasn’t any, not even a breeze. That didn’t stop me putting the guy ropes out just in case any turned up overnight.