Advanta Protector 60" Oval Shelter Review
I don't usually do a lot of reviews on gear, it wasn't something I felt I could do any justice too, but nevertheless, here I am writing a little review for an item I had recently purchased.
I mention the word purchase as this review isn't a favour for anyone or any company, its just my honest opinion of what I have bought.
Being a short session angler means my whole approach heavily relies upon the ease and quickness to get fishing. I may well move swims a number of times during the course of the day to facilitate my short time spent on the bank and all of my gear is based around this ethos.
Being able to set up and pack down within a matter of minutes is critical for me being able to move on to showing fish.
The most important item I have is my shelter, it really can be the deciding factor to whether I have a good session or a bad one.
It needs to be easy to set up, easy to pack down as well as fold away into my rod sling, it needs to be strong enough to cope with all of the weather conditions and most importantly it needs to be light.
Now i am not going to use this item once and type a glowing review, I am going to base this review over a few months period to hopefully give you, the angler a true prospective of the shelter in question.
This is The Advanta Protector 60" Oval Shelter.
It comes supplied with a ground sheet, two banksticks, two bankstick adapters and eight heavy duty pegs and retails for £54.99.
First Impressions
Without the groundsheet it weighs a little under 4kg's which is quite light for a shelter of this size. It rolls up very easily and fits into my rod sling no problem at all.
I like the way the pegs are constructed with the steel pegging spike moulded all the way through the plastic handle.
So there is no chance of the handle being pulled off. I have had this happen before and it is really annoying.
There is also a rod retaining strap to the right of the brolly.
Which is always a good feature to have when your either re baiting or changing a rig on your rod in high winds.
The brolly has a short centre pole which clips in very easily giving you instant cover which is only made stronger by screwing on the thumb screw.
Overall, the brolly for the money is a very good piece of kit, there's more than enough room to store all of your gear for a day session, its very quick to set up and take down, and most importantly it nice and light and easily fits into my rod sling.
Advanta is Angling Directs own brand, so make sure you keep an eye out for any gear boasting this logo.
I shall do another review in a few months time to see how I have gotten on with the shelter, for the moment, all looks good and I am looking forward to using thus shelter, not only for days but for the odd night session as well.
As always, thanks for reading and good luck.
I mention the word purchase as this review isn't a favour for anyone or any company, its just my honest opinion of what I have bought.
Being a short session angler means my whole approach heavily relies upon the ease and quickness to get fishing. I may well move swims a number of times during the course of the day to facilitate my short time spent on the bank and all of my gear is based around this ethos.
Being able to set up and pack down within a matter of minutes is critical for me being able to move on to showing fish.
The most important item I have is my shelter, it really can be the deciding factor to whether I have a good session or a bad one.
It needs to be easy to set up, easy to pack down as well as fold away into my rod sling, it needs to be strong enough to cope with all of the weather conditions and most importantly it needs to be light.
Now i am not going to use this item once and type a glowing review, I am going to base this review over a few months period to hopefully give you, the angler a true prospective of the shelter in question.
This is The Advanta Protector 60" Oval Shelter.
First Impressions
Without the groundsheet it weighs a little under 4kg's which is quite light for a shelter of this size. It rolls up very easily and fits into my rod sling no problem at all.
I like the way the pegs are constructed with the steel pegging spike moulded all the way through the plastic handle.
So there is no chance of the handle being pulled off. I have had this happen before and it is really annoying.
There is also a rod retaining strap to the right of the brolly.
Which is always a good feature to have when your either re baiting or changing a rig on your rod in high winds.
The brolly has a short centre pole which clips in very easily giving you instant cover which is only made stronger by screwing on the thumb screw.
Advanta is Angling Directs own brand, so make sure you keep an eye out for any gear boasting this logo.
I shall do another review in a few months time to see how I have gotten on with the shelter, for the moment, all looks good and I am looking forward to using thus shelter, not only for days but for the odd night session as well.
As always, thanks for reading and good luck.
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