Vango Venture 500

Advantages: Good Size, Brilliant Value, High Quality, Sturdy, Easy to Erect
Disadvantages: None that I can think of!

...I purchased my Vango Venture 500 towards the end of 2006. For the bargain price of £85.00 and I haven't looked back since! Numourus camping trips have bee happily spent in this tent and it will see many more! The frame consists of 2 large poles crossing over to make the main dome, and a 3rd smaller pole creating a loop for the porch area. Once erect, with all pegs and guide ropes in place the tent is extremely strong and stable. We have camped in strong winds and strong rain and it has stood strong throughout. As long as there are two of you, erecting the tent is a swift and easy process. Funnily enough you tend to erect it faster when its raining! And packing it back into the bag is an art the first time but you tend to remember how to do it from then onwards and it's easy enough. When packaged, the tent is relatively heavy...

PaulineLees 20.07.2007 (03.05.2008) · Read review
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Venturer DMS 7880

Advantages: Detachable CD Player
Disadvantages: Blue Light!

...The Venturer DMS 8770 is a handy, quite slim, useful little stereo system. The design is simple enough, two speakers on the sides then a detachable cd compartment that can be removed and used as a CD walkman. Underneath that is the controls and a lit up clock. I must admit this took me a while to get the hang of, I couldn't get it to play CDs and I couldn't get it to work as an alarm clock so I just had it there as an expensive clock. After a while of playing around it became more simple. Basically the standby button is the key to most things. Pretty stupid of me not to realise that I needed to turn the thing on first I know but it's me! Well firstly the CD player is good enough, I have had a couple of problems with it and only one speaker working occasionally but that may well be to damaged caused by me. As it can be used...

danfellowes 17.05.2007 · Read review
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Venturer CD1822. Not all that good?

Advantages: Portable and light
Disadvantages: Buzzing on sound

...The controls are simple and easy to operate. There is an AM/FM radio with stereo and a CD player. The Venturer looks good. But, looks can be deceptive. The Venturer has a built in aerial, which does away with the telescopic aerial favoured by most other radios. In theory. For sadly the lack of a real aerial also does away with any meaningful stereo reception, unless, perhaps, your house is very close to a transmitter. For if you are in an area of marginal signal strength you will have great difficulty with VHF/FM reception. The CD player is good and easy to operate. However, the problem is that there is a persistent and very annoying loud buzzing noise either through the built-in stereo loudspeakers or through the headphones. In short, I fear that I can't recommend the Venturer for listening to classical music, for example...

Martinscholes 01.10.2005 · Read review
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Venture Leaington Spa - Very GOOD

Advantages: Great products, great experince, friendly and courteous staff
Disadvantages: Non really - products can be expensive at the top end

...I originally posted this in the wrong place - not very good with computers - sorry! Anyway.. Venture Portraits in Leamington Spa I've now been to Venture Leamington Spa and i can honestly say....... it was one of the best experiences i have ever had. The staff were very helpful and courteous, the session was brilliant, the shots were great and there was no pressure to buy at any point. I presumed with there being expensive pieces on show there would be, but the staff guided my family where needed and left us to it when we wanted as well. We've now got some great art pieces and i'm very proud. They are at the top end of the market, but you pay for what you get. If you want something cheap and very standard go elsewhere, if not visit this branch. I also have a few friends that have been. One did have a small problem with one...

sossos 29.10.2009 · Read review
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Spending a Few Hours With Nature

Advantages: Great View, Excellent Wildlife and Fun Boat!
Disadvantages: Might Not See Any Dolphins or Whales

...I was lucky enough last year to visit the breathtakingly beautiful Scotland on a trip organised by WDCS the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society. As well as many other great trips and excursions included in the weekend, were 2 trips with EcoVentures. What is EcoVentures? ---------------------------- EcoVentures are a small company located in the lovely town of Cromarty. This was the base of our stay where our hotel was located. Basically EcoVentures are a sightseeing company. They are based in the harbour at Cromarty and have a small shop where your tour will begin. In the shop you can purchase an array of merchandise including photos and postcards, toys for younger visitors and many factual books and poster etc. EcoVentures is run primarily by 2 ladies, Robyn and Sarah. Both are extremely helpful and will make...

chugglebunny 23.09.2009 · Read review
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Very Affordable Holiday Home!!

Advantages: Good size, quite high, sturdy, easy to put up
Disadvantages: Large and quite heavy when packed

...We bought this tent at the beginning of the summer 2005 from Gaynor Sports in Ambleside. It was only ever intended for use by two of us (my wife and myself) and our dog, but we wanted a bit of room to get dressed in and store stuff and most importantly we wanted to be able to stand up it. The Vango Venture 500 was set up and was a winner as soon as we looked at it. Dimensions and Layout The tent measures approximately 12' X 8' and is about 5'10" high at the highest point. There is a large porch at the front which takes up about a third of the length of the tent, and the rest is taken up by the bedroom. The Porch The porch is a good enough size to set up a table and two chairs to eat if required, as we have done in the past, and it has two entrances, a large one to the front of the tent or a smaller one to...

johnny040676 28.05.2008 · Read review
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Movies On The Move

Advantages: Portability, Simplicity, Design
Disadvantages: Small Screen, Cumbersome Battery

...If you travel a lot, like I do, then the ability to take your DVDs with you and watch movies when you're stuck in hotel rooms miles from anywhere is a very big plus. Cue, then, the Venturer portable DVD player. The Venturer brand is perhaps not best known for quality merchandise and its position on the shelf alongside Sony and Panasonic devices quickly makes it obvious that this isn't the most expensive item on the shelf. In fact, the Venturer's price tag looks a lot cheaper than the device itself does alongside its more expensive kin. But it was the price versus functionality that swayed me to go with the Venturer rather than the more recognised brands I would normally choose, and the fact that this device is portable. At home, I would think nothing of spending a few extra pounds and buying the better brand unit for a little...

markd_uk 16.09.2004 · Read review
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come and mow my lawn with me.

Advantages: good little mower
Disadvantages: ?

...Flymo venturerr 320 The grass area in my garden is mostly wild flower meadow, which we only cut twice a year, but I also have a tiny lawn a piece of grass that I do cut. To cut this I use an old flymo venturer 320. I took my lawn mower out of the small shed in the garden. The lawn mower is small it fits well into my b&q tall shed. If I had a shorter shed I could undo the screws midway down the handle and fold the handle over this would make it shorter if I was taking this mower any where by car I would fold the handle over and the machine should fit in the boot of the car The grass cutting collection box was still attached to the mower. Sometimes I will remove it from the mower and store it separately depends on how I have the other tools arranged in the shed. Right mower out of shed handles fully erect grass box on I...

mumsymary 02.06.2004 · Read review
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The Dyson Of Portable DVD Players

Advantages: Cheap and well designed
Disadvantages: You get what you pay for

...the little latch that keeps it shut. ------------------------------------------------------------- thank you to esatterthwaite for the following information: Hey i found the 9th innovation to Venturer DVD Player and the answer to why they made the battery plug in seperate from the regular power plug in- its so if the battery starts getting low, you just plug in the AC adaptor and then you can unplg the battery and continue watching the movie without missing a beat. Also if your using the AC adaptor and need move the DVD player just plug in the battery, unplug the adaptor and you are good to go! it works great, I've used this feature alot. Just to let you know I bought mine at Walmart in Perry, Utah USA for $198.76 and mine came with a car power adaptor. Check it out at this link. http...

C_W_Monkey 17.03.2004 (06.09.2004) · Read review
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Movies To Go!

Advantages: Excellent value for money!
Disadvantages: Bulky external battery!

...of the price scale, at about £200 plus. I was about to give it up as a bad job, when I discovered the Venturer PVS1712 (purely by accident) at our local Toys R Us store. As it was on display (working) I got to have a play with it and I was immediately impressed. The first thing that strikes you when looking at the Venturer is how eye catching it is! Finished in a nice shiny silver, with a matching credit card sized remote, it certainly looks the part. Add a nice large wide screen and inbuilt stereo speakers (set on each side of the screen) and the image is complete. I had looked at similar models to this on my quest and they had all been priced at around £200. So when I looked at the price tag and it said £129.99, I knew I had found what I was looking for! After even more whining (to open my pressie early) xmas day came and I excitedly...

dave84822 22.05.2006 · Read review
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