The Eurohike Rydal 500 is perfect for couples – plenty of space both in the bedrooms and in the living area; as well as families of up to 5 (with 3 smaller children). This is an all-in-one pitch design. This means that the inner tent is preattached so when you raise the shell all inside is ready. Note that the inner tent is also removable and this is easily done if you need it without it. The Vango Icarus 500 is very similar to the Eurohike Rydal 500 – detailed review of the Vango Icarus 500 can be found here. The Vango is slightly bigger, and slightly pricier, but there is an option to attach a bespoke awning to the Vango Icarus 500 which increases versatility as well as improves weather protection. There isn’t a bespoke carpet for the Rydal 500, but it is compatible with the Eurohike Medium tent carpet– again, not expensive and helps a lot protecting the groundsheet. Eurohike Rydal 500 Pole Repair Kit

The frond door has zippers on both sides but it does not have at the bottom. This is a design thing and there’s a gap between the groundsheet and the front door on almost every tunnel tent. You have two very large doors with flaps. Note that there is no mesh on these entry doors, pity. The front door allows for an awning configuration with the help of your trekking poles, see the picture below There are 5 vents in total, so this looks quite good. Two of them are high vents on the front, and you also have two floor vents on the sides in the sleeping zone. Yet another very large high vent is on the narrow side behind the sleeping zone. Other features Inside you have two inner doors for the two sleeping rooms, they are indeed with panels and with mesh for ventilation and protection against insects. The Rydal 500 in the awning configuration. The windows

The sewn-in groundsheet makes the Sendero 4 more prone to condensation, that builds up on the inside of the flysheet. Polyester does not have great thermal properties, so condensation is very typical of all polyester tents. What you can do is make good use of the air vents – there are plenty of them. If you’d like more, especially if you plan to camp in cooler weather, this Kampa camping heater is more than recommended to fight cold and condensation, or you can find the best camping heaters in this collection: In the lab they stretch a bit of tent fabric over a tube and fill with water slowly till water seeps through the fabric...

The shell fabric is polyester with a 2000 mm waterproof rating. So this is a great number and this should be enough for any rain in a 3-season use. They do not provide info about the groundsheet rating, it is probably the same rating, and it is fully sewn-in and all seams are taped. Climate-wise, note that this is a fully enclosed shell so there is no mesh on the ceiling. It may become warm in such a tent if you use it in a very warm and sunny climate. I see it better suited to a cooler environment. The inner tent is a breathable polyester plus a waterproof bathtub floor. So you effectively have two fully waterproof floors in the sleeping zone. Whichever you choose, the Sendero 4 to keep it to the minimum, or the Sendero 6 for a little bit of extra room and comfort, you can’t really go wrong. Just make sure you put some money aside for the replacement poles in case you need one.You can put the Eurohike Sendero 6 on the list too, it is bigger than the Rydal 500 but not much bigger, and has great specs. Detailed review of the Eurohike Sendero tents here. I’ve always wanted to write a Eurohike Rydal 500 review just to let everyone know how brilliant this tent is for a family. In fact, it is a brilliant entry-level tent not just for families, but for everyone from 2-5 people occupancy. The Eurohike Sendero 4 is a small family tent with good water protection, that is easy to pitch and carry around. It has loads of room, however it might be a bit tight for four adults, but could make a great tent for a family of four. At the time of writing this post I could not find a bespoke footprint for the Eurohike Sendero 4, but the Eurohike Air 400 footprint is compatible with the Sendero 4 too – get the Eurohike Air 400 footprint here.

The groundsheet of the Eurohike Sendero 4 is sewn-in, however it is worth protecting your groundsheet with a carpet and/or a footprint that goes under the tent. Eurohike Sendero 4 Accessories Footprint Needless to say, a 5-berth tent these days is not for five grown-ups, but rather for a family of five where the children are under 10 years or so, but hey ho… Eurohike Rydal 500 Review The experience with wind resistance however is mixed, to put it nicely. I already mentioned the replacement poles as your insurance policy for adverse weather, and there are more than one reports of snapping poles. In terms of all-round weather protection the fibreglass poles seem to be the weakest link. Although, there are ways to reduce the impact of strong winds on your tent, it is also true that pole tents, compared with air tents, are less able to withstand strong winds.The Eurohike Rydal 500 is quite lightweight and easy to carry in its carrybag. It weighs only 14.6 kgs, and the carrybag is not bigger than 75cm x 33cm x 33cm, so it fits into the smaller boots too, or you can put it in the roofbox if you’d like to. The inner tent is a dark rest design. This means it is a darker material on purpose to reduce glare and to let you sleep longer in the morning. This is a new trend in the tent building industry, please see more about it in my separate text. You can see a long list of such dark rest tents here. The doors In the summary of this Eurohike Rydal 500 Tent review I must say I love the concept of this tent. They know the importance of a large living area in the camp. The weather is not always great and you may be forced to stay inside, so you have to have a place for cooking and sitting, and it is high enough that you can walk inside. Clearly, this is far more than you need and the declared capacity is truly generous. Though, the sleeping area looks too narrow for the 5 people sleeping on pads. It would be far better for 4 people. But as you realize you have a huge living room with more than 6 square meters of the fully protected area where several more people can sleep. The floor plan and dimensions.