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 You have to spilt your tents into two categories don't you ?

There's nylon tents, and cotton tents.

Nylon tents are bought for several reasons, lighter, cheaper (mostly), and because you didn't know any better.

Then there's COTTON  These are bought by people ( like  fostermum ) who know what they are doing. The only restriction to the amount of tents we should own, is having the money to buy them, and the space to store them. I've now got so many (too many ) that I have no money left to go camping in them. I think this puts me in the collector catagory. Cotton/Canvas tents, I think I now have seven, but it could be more. Nylon, I can't really remember, probably more than a dozen, and I've lost my note book with them all listed. I mainly buy them, because I don't have one in that style.

To sum up, I have too many nlyon tents, and not enough Canvas/Cotton ones. I mean, I don't even have a Cotton Tipi ( yet )

Quote: Originally posted by Littleskink on 11/7/2010

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I consider myself a sensible sort of chap but I still have three tents, which doesnt seem so many compared to many on this forum. But my 'normal' friends think more than one is excessive

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Quote: Originally posted by raf48 on 12/7/2010

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 You have to spilt your tents into two categories don't you ?

There's nylon tents, and cotton tents.

Nylon tents are bought for several reasons, lighter, cheaper (mostly), and because you didn't know any better.

Then there's COTTON  These are bought by people ( like  fostermum ) who know what they are doing. The only restriction to the amount of tents we should own, is having the money to buy them, and the space to store them. I've now got so many (too many ) that I have no money left to go camping in them. I think this puts me in the collector catagory. Cotton/Canvas tents, I think I now have seven, but it could be more. Nylon, I can't really remember, probably more than a dozen, and I've lost my note book with them all listed. I mainly buy them, because I don't have one in that style.

To sum up, I have too many nlyon tents, and not enough Canvas/Cotton ones. I mean, I don't even have a Cotton Tipi ( yet )

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Spot on raf48 - couldn't agree more. Only I have trouble getting to use them because of having so many foster babies placed here!!

And as for those who say more than one tent means more money than sense then I'd just say that depends on how much they were bought for lol!! My whole collection probably cost about the same as a new Cabanon and that's not taking into account the fact that those I've sold made more than they cost me!! (All donated to a local charity I hasten to add!)

I think I buy tents because it eases the longing to go camping - although I can't get away anywhere near as much as I'd like to, I am lucky enough to have a garden to 'play' at camping and a dedicated store room to keep them all in!

For me it's a hobby - I would prefer it to be more of a way of life but have to settle  for lots of practice pitching, canvas sniffing, internet searching and garden camping and only a little of the real thing.

And raf48, when you find that notebook, I'd love to see a list of yours

I don't know if it's just me, but it's only since I had internet access (only the last four years - I was a late starter!) that I have aquired more tents. It used to be the case that you had to get in your car and drive to a camping shop, if you wanted a new tent and they would only ever have a limited selection on display. You made your mind up, made your purchase, and that was that until it wore out.

I was simply not aware of the variety of tents on offer, and certainly had no way of buying them easily even if I was. Now at the click of a button, I can browse any number of sites full of every tent available from the comfort of my armchair. Then there is Ebay!  Just think, pre Ebay, what happened to all of those gorgeous secondhand tents that people no longer wanted? They would have to be sold through a local paper, so a much smaller market for the seller and a cat in hells chance of a buyer finding their dream canvas tent!

.......so I'm not guilty - it's all the fault of www......

Can anyone else trace their tent buying back to the birth of the web?

We have 3 tents (for a 3 person family):

• The family 6 man (Vango Columbia 600) for weeks away
• The weekend (Kampa Bude 4) for weekends (or longer if not taking the trailer)
• The overnight (Coleman Rock Springs 4) for stops on the way to/from/around the main campsite (small enough to pack with either of the others for a quick pitch). Also used it over the past couple of weeks in my mother's garden when we had to break off our main camping holiday to look after her... Glad we had it with us!

The 3 tents cover all eventualities along with the Vango Adventure Tarp for extra wet weather cover.

Helen