We just arrived home from the top of the world on Mount Everest. The Habitat was a safe haven for us. We really needed it in the middle of nowhere. They are fantastic tents. The best "large" tents I've ever used. It held off 100-120kph wind gusts, no problem. Snow would fall off it effortlessly. The colours were cheerful, light and bright, a perfect match to the incredibly bright environment we were in. The material was bomb proof. The door fit "right". We enjoyed and loved your tent without reservation. We were able to erect it in 30 minutes and tear it down in only 20.

Thanks for a superb product. You have a real winner

Peter Austin
Expedition Leader

 
Just a quick letter here to thank you for the Habitat tents you have provided Broland Enterprises Inc. with over the past two years. They have replaced all the canvas tents we labouriously set up at each camp we ran.

The 19' x 35' Long Habitats that we purchased were set up in a matter of half an hour with four people. The free standing concept eliminated hole digging and countless guidelines. With the high roofs they were very spacious. We could easily seat a fifty man camp at meal time.

They are easy to transport and very durable. We plan to be able to use ours for some years yet. We will certainly be using the Habitat design for all our camps in the upcoming years.

Thanks Again

Michael Boland
Broland Enterprises Inc.

 
This is just a short letter to let you know how pleased our crews were with the 16' Habitat we purchased from you early this spring.

The tent withstood snow, rain and helicopter rotor-wash and the crews appreciated the head room and spacious interior, which we filled with all the gear we had. I would suggest that anyone contemplating purchasing a Habitat should consider the 16' model as the appropriate size for a 2-3 man crew, with two tables, 2 sets of bunks, a stove and enough equipment for a 3-6 week stay, as we did.

One unexpected bonus of the Habitat design was the ability to repair it in a modular fashion after a black bear decided to use its claws to make another door in one of the panels. The Habitat is now as good as new and back to its original shape.

Thank you for expediting our order in the spring, John, it made our work for Ontario Hydro that much easier and the crews appreciated the comfortable accommodation after a hard days work on the river.

Yours very Truly

D. Reid
Senior Biologist

 
The purpose of this letter is to tell you how well the Habitats have gone over with our visitors this summer. As you know we installed four 16' Habitats in the Mew Lake Campground located on Highway 60 and two at both our Achray and Kiosk Access Points located on the east and north side of the park respectively.

The most popular area has been Mew Lake where visitors had a chance to see them being set up earlier this summer. With this exposure, the Habitats have been running at 85% occupancy rate at Mew Lake. Lower occupancy rates were experienced at the Access Points but this is mainly due to far less exposure and no advertising. I contend that if the Habitats had the same exposure as at Mew Lake their occupancy rates would be similar.

We put a questionnaire together to get reaction and comments from those staying in these Habitats. As you can see from the attached table, at least 90% graded the Habitat either good or very good with an overall grading of 4.6 with 5 being the highest grade.

We also received the following comments from those who stayed in a Habitat.

"Excellent for families"
"Shelter was very good--items supplied were just right"
"It is a wonderful idea. We hope the Park gets some more"
"Will use again next year--put up more"
"There should be more of these accommodations--gives people without camping equipment (eg. from abroad) a chance of experiencing the Park"
"Very nice overall--we could not fit a tent and all camping equipment in our car this was great"

With some promotion and time for word-of-mouth to circulate we can expect close to 100% occupancy rate next summer.

Thank you John for your help to get this project off the ground with your quick delivery of the Habitats and helping us make some minor improvements. To this point, the Habitat project is seen as a instant success.

Sincerly

John Travers
Partnerships, Marketing and
Special Projects Manager

In our camp at Bete, 250 km north of Addis Ababa in Central Ethiopia...we were amazed and thrilled that it went together and up so easily.

It had to withstand some very active winds. Quite large "Wind Devils", mini-hurricanes, were a common phenomenon moving through our valley. Before I could furnish it as the administrative office, the medical staff demanded it for a surgical centre.

It was bright inside, it had windows which can be closed against dust (and rain), it had a sturdy latchable door, it was sturdy enough to protect the surgical trays and equipment set up inside.

"We thought it was a superb piece of equipment."

Jim Honey, Team Leader
Kinsmen Africa Medical Relief

The three Long Habitats we purchased were great. With the amount of rain we had we would not have survived without them. Our old canvas tents would still be drying.

The fact that it was free standing meant no damage to the archeological site we were camping on. I would recommend the "Habitat" to anyone for recreation or work in the outdoors.

John Reid
Department of Anthropology
University of Toronto