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In general, Vango are pretty good IMO. There are spare poles available.
They were a gateway drug for my partner, who still fancied camping after that as her first taste.
*It wasn't without its niggles, but the one we have has done all sorts of weather; from biblical rain to being left up for 2 weeks in 40c. It's not exactly been babied.
Kurai-
That sounds promising. At a 3rd the price of the Helle it's not going to make me cry if it does get destroyed and it does sound like it'll put up with quite a lot. It's not like we're going to head up mountains all winter, but I'd definitely be more comfortable in Scotland with something that had thicker walls (the BA felt cold and damp on the floor even with Tyvek but nothing came through) and that extra vestibule to change/cook when raining.
An Turas was the most camping the missus has done and she certainly seemed to enjoy it. I think she'd only done overnighters in tents before and I've only done bivvying in racing and car-camping in Oz.
We definitely need warmer bags/quilts though. I'll need to give Owl back his cooking kit and get my own too. So there's probably years of buying camp kit to look forward to...
hippy
I guess I could just buy it, try fitting it on the bike and if it sucks, send it back essentially unused. How are Vango in general? I guess you rate them after your shenanigans?