where do you get your fishing shelters and are they any good

Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 10:18 am

hi,

just out of interest where do you get your shelters from and are they any good?

is there somewhere online to get them or are you buying them from your local angling shops?

i am looking for something high enough to be able to sit inside on a chair and if poss at a squeeze fit 2 chairs but also to keep the cost sort of down

Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 12:02 pm

I have owned a Beach Buddy for years and at around £130 its not cheap but you get what you pay for basically :wink: and buying a beach buddy will last most a life time :!:
Cheers
|2es-mrix

Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 3:20 pm

i have never bought a shelter and dotn find the need for one to be honest just a good set of thermals an my imax:), i have used a coarse umbrella on occasion but it was pointless

Member Joined: Jan 11, 2006 Posts: 77

hi .

i have a ron thomson beach shelter. i got it from my local tackle shop. it was a few pennys under £50. i have had it up in strong winds and its been rock solid. you can squese two in worth the money for me . hope this helps.

Member Joined: May 06, 2006 Posts: 97

needafish wrote:

hi .

i have a ron thomson beach shelter. i got it from my local tackle shop. it was a few pennys under £50. i have had it up in strong winds and its been rock solid. you can squese two in worth the money for me . hope this helps.

How much do they weigh?

Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 9:26 pm

Suspect you want a tent mate - plenty around at better prices than the high priced beach buddys. Anyway we got ours from Reeldeals when they were in business - chinese one for £20, we can both get in and sit on boxes have used for two seasons now with no probs. My advice is you don't need to pay £100+ for a beach buddy, other stuff is OK if you look at the spec carefully. The most important thing is to ensure it is well anchored at the edges - Sean and me use 4 or 5 bricks which we take with us.

Member Joined: May 06, 2006 Posts: 97

But how much do they weigh???Anyone please?OOO ive just become regular!!

Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 12:01 am

Different models weigh different weights obviously but they are all around the same weight i own a beach buddy and choose it because i know of people still using them that are over ten years old... if you have a rod bag/sling you will hardly notice you are carrying one as quite light only down side is a bit of a wierd shape when folded down the end bends over a bit not sure if this is the same with the ron thompson or navigator...

Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 7:03 pm

The bricks weigh just over 2kgs each, the chinese beach shelter weighs about 1.5 kgs doesn't really matter to us 'cos we park close to the beach anyway. If I had to walk about 2 miles with all me tackle and the shelter I wouldn't bother.

Member Joined: Apr 17, 2006 Posts: 25

the best place i recomend is allans marine in portsmouth the do a range of shelters

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I've had my Beach Buddy since the early nineties. It's had tons of use and has never let me down. It's now getting a bit tatty and I'm dreading having to replace it, as all of the shelters I've looked at are nowhere near as well made, including the new Beach Buddy. I'm all in favour of developing a product to improve it, but every shelter I've looked at is cheap c*ap with either a cheap or very expensive price tag. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. By the way jb, you would have been regular a lot sooner if you had eaten more dietry fibre :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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