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06/8/2012 at 8:18pm
 Location: North Herts
 Outfit: Monterey4 Cabanon E
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Seeing as I'm training to be a psychotherapist, I have a vested interest in this post - and yes, I'm also an addict and finding it hard to control my impulses (as you may have seen from my recent posts re tent lust).

We have a fleet of four, although one of which is on the 'out' pile.

Definitely 'in' are:

Esther the Cabanon Estoril - my favourite tent. She's pretty and was purchased underhand/secondhand on ebay for £150 including the sun canopy, to which I've now added my DIY canopy with sides. We use this as our holiday home for the main two-week breaks. I love this tent.

Easycamp Planet 300 - bought new as a B&B tent. It's a tall dome so we both can stand up. Quick to pitch and dry and doesn't take up much space alongside the Cabanon in our car for the French adventures.

Raymondo - the Outlaw Monterey 4: new kid on the block. Relatively easy pitch for a weekend trip and pitches all in one with SIG. Extension usefulness TBC...

In the 'out tray':
Sunncamp Family Vario 5. Great tunnel tent purchased on ebay. This was tent No 3 for us, following a spate of buy and sell that would do a city trader proud. Beginning to show its age, but sturdy poles and moveable front panel. Would make a good beer tent.

Still have a hankering for a bit of Dutch canvas tho'.

Frogdropping - you know you really, really need another tent

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06/8/2012 at 11:20pm
 Location: None Entered
 Outfit: Monty-saurus 6
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BW I have seen my next tent:



A Cabanon. Not sure which, but it looks so much like a chalet I just want it*sighs*. Unfortunately it's for sale in Lincolnshire, otherwise for the price I'd have a look at it.


07/8/2012 at 8:45am
 Location: Norfolk
 Outfit: Cabanons - 5 of them!
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Nice looking tent Frogdropping - where did you see it advertised - I just might need another tent 17

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07/8/2012 at 9:32am
 Location: None Entered
 Outfit: Monty-saurus 6
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Here FF - link - it's in Lincoln, shouldn't imagine too far from you. Cheap as chips too. Just not sure which Cabanon it is.


07/8/2012 at 4:00pm
 Location: East Midlands
 Outfit: Vango Icarus 600 Tigris 800 Quechua3
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Circumstances change, and needs change, so I buy a new tent, but keep the old one(s) just in case they'll be handy for such and such an occasion, and suddenly the garage is full !!

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07/8/2012 at 5:26pm
 Location: wirral
 Outfit: Outwell Nevada m Vango sigma 300
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Ooops, I have 5 tents, just been counting;  First one, a cheapo from Argos, bought it, to see if we like camping.   Quickly learnt the disadvantages of a single skin tent.

Number 2 tent, is a Vango Oregan 400 upgrade,  now retired.

number 3, Blacks Constellation 2 series, for those quick weekends away, and if I'm camping on my own.

number 4, Sigma 300 as a pup tent, when I had the Vango Oregon.

number 5, My new one is the Neveda M, replacing the Vango.

On my next trip, I will be taking the Neveda M for my Sis for a couple nights, which then I will move into when sis and niece and nephew have gone.

I will be using the Constellation with my DS. If touring Soctland at some point, it will  be this tent.

heath63

 



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New Year: Hesketh Bank
Feb/March: Red Squirrel
March: lakes
June: Morecambe
Aug: Lake District(not camping camping)
October: Red Squirrel


11/8/2012 at 5:07pm
 Location: Suffolk
 Outfit: Eriba Famila 320
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We've got 5 at the moment-
Vango Rio- our first proper family tent
Sunncamp 6 berth joby- bought to replace the Rio as the kids didn't like sharing anymore. But I ripped the flysheet...
Pop-up tent- bought for Scout camp and the odd weekend away without the kids
2 man little dome- bought because I fancied a new tent for a Scout camp.
Vango Samara- bought to replace the Sunncamp.

I can't throw any of the them away, you never know when one might come in handy. We do use the Samara for weekend trips away and for longer trips.


11/8/2012 at 6:08pm
 Location: Leeds
 Outfit: Vango diablo 400
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I have three,
A small eurohike Kent, bought for first time camping, found after two days it was too small for longer stays than two days. Next a pro action tunnel.. a brilliant tent, but the one bedroom made poor privacy. Finally a Coleman Ridge 4 man. The kent is still being used, the pro action was the absorbent material when my boiler developed a leak i was unaware of, I will be cannibalising it for spare guys and poles. The coleman is a frequently out and about.

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11/8/2012 at 6:38pm
 Location: Derby.
 Outfit: Karsten 350+Awnings
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Because I can!!



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2024: 38 nights thus far...
2023: 47 nights
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2021: 30 nights
2020: Just 24 nights
2019: A personal best 50 nights
2018: Just the 30 nights
2017: 34 nights
2016: 32 nights
2015: 38 nights
2014: 34 nights
2013: 36 nights
From July 2012: 23 nights


11/8/2012 at 7:20pm
 Location: Leeds
 Outfit: Vango diablo 400
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rofl
Mucker1884... you nutter...
No offence meant... just caused me to laugh out loud with the emoticon

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11/8/2012 at 7:36pm
 Location: Derby.
 Outfit: Karsten 350+Awnings
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Non taken, cmes, although if you take the last griddle pan plate off the shelf, I may reconsider!!

Back on topic.....

Having recently acquired a second tent, it was our initial intention to flog the Icarus, but we've decided to keep hold of it for now, just in case the new one proves a bit over OTT for weekends. Iccy 500 is ideal for a weekend, me thinks.

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2023: 47 nights
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2020: Just 24 nights
2019: A personal best 50 nights
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2014: 34 nights
2013: 36 nights
From July 2012: 23 nights


11/8/2012 at 8:12pm
 Location: Leeds
 Outfit: Vango diablo 400
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I will plan for a griddle. ;-) but surely it depends what you call OTT for weekends? If you are talking a marquee for a weekend camp with fully fitted kitchen to boot. yeah..Too OTT. ;-)

I recall a family from Liverpool, they had several tents and van to transport them, 8 kids, each tent had two children give or take, along with the gazebo in the middle. I liked the plan.

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11/8/2012 at 8:56pm
 Location: Netherlands
 Outfit: De Waard Esvo (3) Hypercamp
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Before anyone jumps on me for saying this, we have owned more tents than I can remember.

If the same amount of people go camping together then they do not need one tent for long trips, one for weekends etc.

Reasons why....

If you go for one night or a month, you need to have somewhere to sit, somewhere to eat, somewhere to sleep, somewhere to cook etc.

The only difference is the amount of clothes you take.

So if it all fits nicely in a big tent, it WONT fit in a smaller weekend tent.

If it fits in a smaller weekend tent then you dont need a bigger tent for long trips.

It is way easier to be honest and admit you have tents because you love them rather than try to justify multiple tentage with no valid reasons.

So if you have many tents or just one, justification is not necessary.

Just enjoy camping :)

Angie


12/8/2012 at 8:24am
 Location: Derby.
 Outfit: Karsten 350+Awnings
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Angie,
I totally see what you are saying, and up to this point, I couldn't see the sense of having separate tents for weekends and long-stays. However, having just purchased a tent that may well take twice as long to erect, and five times as long to dry out, if we have to strike camp in the rain, I feel it sensible, for now at least, to keep hold of the Icarus. With the extension, there is little difference in the sizes, but I can get the Icarus up in my garden, should I need to dry it. I have no chance with my new Filey.
I probably shouldn't have used the term "weekend tent" in all honesty, as I had one eye on the weather, rather than the clock.
Hopefully, I will never use the Icarus again, as first impressions with the Filey are A1, but I may have to consider the Filey more as a "fairweather tent".

I also agree that justification is unnecessary, but it's still nice to talk...... particularly on a forum, and particularly in direct response to the OP.



Mucker

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2024: 38 nights thus far...
2023: 47 nights
2022: 40 nights
2021: 30 nights
2020: Just 24 nights
2019: A personal best 50 nights
2018: Just the 30 nights
2017: 34 nights
2016: 32 nights
2015: 38 nights
2014: 34 nights
2013: 36 nights
From July 2012: 23 nights



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