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	Rating: Brand: Jack Wolfskin Price: £ 135.00 Pros: weight, price Cons: small porches, side entrances
	Flysheet fabric: coated polyester Inner fabric: nylon Groundsheet fabric: coated nylon Poles: two different length alloy poles in 52cm sections Porches: two Sleeps: two Dimensions: inner 225cm long, 135cm wide tapering to 115cm, 95cm high tapering to 50cm Manufacturer's weight: 2.1kg Reviewed weight: 2.7kg This is a peculiar tent. At first glance it looks like a standard two pole, tapered tunnel. However, instead of having a front entrance, each side opens up to create large doors. This makes for good ventilation and easy access. But the two porches are very shallow with little room for storing gear or cooking. Also their situation means that when the tent is pitched with its rear into the wind, as it needs to be for stability, rain can blow in both doors. There's also a small storage space at the back of the tent, accessible from the inside. There's a large covered, netting-backed vent at the front of the tent but not one at the rear, though there is a mesh panel in the inner here. The inner doors have mesh panels too though not full mesh doors. Plastic windows in each of the outer doors allow you to watch the rain or the midges without having to let either in. Fabric screens cover the windows if you're on a campsite or are shy about the deer watching you dressing. The tent is big enough for two but there's no spare space so gear that won't fit in the porches has to be left outside. The tapered shape means there's only headroom at one end of the tent. Less space does make for less weight though, and this is a light tent. Pitching is very easy; just three pegs are needed — two at the front and one at the back. Even with the guys pegged out the tent does shake in strong winds due to the long unsupported panels between the hoops. Overall the Pocket Hotel is okay in warm, calm weather but is not a tent for wet and windy conditions. It bears no resemblance to the previous version of the Pocket Hotel, which had two equal length poles and a design similar to the Hilleberg Nammatj. I have to say I much prefer the original Pocket Hotel. Jack Wolfskin still makes a two person tent like this, called the Tundra. There's a version with a standard porch weighing 3.3kg and one with an extended porch weighing 3.9kg. Either would be much better for the British climate than the Pocket Hotel. Reviewed by Chris Townsend