Vaude Hogan Ultralight 2P with Free Floor Protector

Customer Reviews

Little Hogan, you changed my life!

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After 38 years of non-adventure, I bought two things. A motorbike and a Vaude Hogan Ultralite in green, recommended by my local adventure professionals. The next day I loaded up the bike with the tent and set off from Sussex to Italy. Just like that. Ok, a bit mad.

For two days it didn't stop raining. Down though France soaked and tired, 'Little Hogan' and I pulled onto a busy Autoroute service area and got out the tent instructions. Oh, so simple! I put up the tent in the pouring rain on a patch of wet grass with a view not to die for: a massive lorry park. Three or four minutes and it was done. I climbed into the dry and slept like a baby. And packed it away in the rain the next day.

'Little Hogan' has come with me to the mountains and ffiords of Norway, the highlands of Scotland, the southern slopes of the Pyrenees, and everywhere in between. A patch of grass by an apple tree in the Alps; wild camping overlooking the Med.; hidden behind a hedge on the side of a country road in Provence, tucked into a woody copse in Germany - an instant friend, providing shelter and discreet protection from storm, sun, insects - and unwanted curiosity - going up and coming down night after morning without a murmur of protest. Perfect.

Four years I've had it, and it still impresses. Irresistible. A reassuring companion for the unscripted adventures of life. Thank you.

Reviewed by Captain Quirky
(13/03/2012)