Almost everybody has a tent. I also own 6 Ls [12$] tent, that you can buy in any product store in Latvia. I was very happy about my tent, probably I used it rarely. Sooner or later I would face common cheap tent problem, resistance against heavy rains.

To be prepared to live 2 weeks in the forest, I decided that now it’s correct time to get new tent, more serious one. I think that I need only 3 things from ‘good’ tent,

- easy installation —> means fast;
- double layer material —> means rains protection;
- small additional place/room —> for dirty socks.

I’ve checked gandrs.lv, it’s local store which offers quality tourism stuff. I realized that good tent price is not 5 Ls, and I was ready to invest 50-70 Ls [100$ - 140$]. I decided to take Lafuma BAIA 3,

I liked it design and there were all things included, I mentioned before. But sales guy told me: “No way man !!! Don’t take this tent, it has some problems with water protection”. I was surprised, usually sales guy has task to sell the thing, AND to make customer happy usually is secondary thing. Not, this time. There is a warranty for the tent and you can return, but it’s nice that they warned me.

Finally I decided to take another more cheap model “Summertime 2/3″. Traditional one,

I got the morale, Gandrs.lv is taking care of their customers, that makes me to return back to them, when I’ll need other tourism stuff. And Lafuma BAIA 3 model has problems with rain protection [in case you are considering to buy it, look for another one].