The North Face tents

[kosmonooit]

Any idea where the best place to get North face tents from? (product range / prices)

 

Looking for something like the Docking Station

[Thug]

Try Drifters in Sandton.

[Paulst12]

try Due South... i think they are the agents in SA

[Seeker911]

Try Drifters in Sandton.

 

+1 the good folk there know their business well and have really good prices

[koukie]

www.Mountainmailorder.co.za its like CWC just for outdoor gear! But i'm not to sure if they have north face, but they have bibler and MSR, which i I think are better anyway.

[Gliders]

You can also try:

www.rammountain.co.za or www.mountainmailorder.co.za

I have delt with both sites and have had nothing but good service.

[Kranswurm]

Try Drifters in Sandton.

 

They have moved downstairs and not sure if open yet.

Were busy moving a week ago and still closed when I tried to pop in

Good shop.Been buying from them since God invented bullits

[Kranswurm]

There is a pretty good hiking and climbing shop in Cresta Centre just before Game that is good as well and their prices are excellent.I think I have seen North Face kit there

[John H]

This from my mate at Mammoth Outdoor.

 

http://www.mammothoutdoor.co.za

 

 

'There is no longer an independent agency for The North Face in South Africa. Due South are now the sole importers/retailers'

[Thug]

There is a pretty good hiking and climbing shop in Cresta Centre just before Game that is good as well and their prices are excellent.I think I have seen North Face kit there

 

It might be a pretty good shop but they are a rip-off of note!

 

Walked in one day to buy half a dozen Falke trail running socks, got to the till and they started ringing them up at like R45 per pair. Told them where to stick the socks. Went to Sportsmans Warehouse on the way home and picked the same socks up for R27 per pair.

[Kranswurm]

It might be a pretty good shop but they are a rip-off of note!

 

Walked in one day to buy half a dozen Falke trail running socks, got to the till and they started ringing them up at like R45 per pair. Told them where to stick the socks. Went to Sportsmans Warehouse on the way home and picked the same socks up for R27 per pair.

 

I dont buy that stuff there.

So far I have bought there a 75L+10 Vaude Backpack,Kershaw Knife,La Sportiva Tibet boots and a number of specialist items pretty much cheaper than the other specialist shops like Mountain Mail Order,Hikers Paradise,Orca,etc.And that shop next to Epic Cycles.They are expensive.

Basically the stuff I cant get at Sportsmans etc

[hboli4]

www.Mountainmailorder.co.za its like CWC just for outdoor gear! But i'm not to sure if they have north face, but they have bibler and MSR, which i I think are better anyway.

 

Depends on what you want to use the tent for...I prefer Mountain Hardwear, they cover anything from 2/3 season suitable for SA to 5 season high altitude stuff. Used the Trango 2 above 6000m and it withstood a SERIOUS thunderstorm with extreme winds and cold comfortably. They are a bit heavy but bomb proof. Also look at EV tents.

[eddy]

 

Depends on what you want to use the tent for...I prefer Mountain Hardwear,

 

Used the Trango 2 above 6000m and it withstood a SERIOUS thunderstorm with extreme winds and cold comfortably. They are a bit heavy but bomb proof.

 

 

It was overkill but the only option I had so I lent my Trango 2 to my daughters to camp at Oppikoppi this year.

 

I asked them how the weekend was and my daughter commented that "the tent stood out like a Bugatti at a VW conference ! "

 

I suspect she has been watching too much Topgear

 

Having said that, great tent, and +1 for Drifters in Sandton City.