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22/5/2021 at 6:34pm
Location: London
Outfit: Lunar Cosmos 524
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We used to use a 9 berth 3 pod 'lobed' tent (triangular footprint with pods at the 3 'points'), it was a monster, lots of poles, lots of guy ropes, lots of fabric, lots of ground space taken, and a fair bit of effort from at least two, preferably three people to erect and break down! The outside space between the pods was not of much use as too many guy ropes in way, so any outdoor seating or BBQ/cooking required even more ground space! It was abysmal and inefficient use of ground space, as so much that it occupied had no useful purpose. We used it on unrestricted pitches on informal campsites in France, I really don't think (I know for sure on some!) it would fit on most formal pitches, it was huge! We sold it years ago.
We now used a 6 berth, 2 bedroom, tunnel tent, with a couple of 'pop up' extra bedrooms if we need the extra berths. A million times better in all respects! Highly recommend getting one with a porch area separate to the main room to use as wet gear changing area and kitchen area, one with zipped flap(s) is preferable to open, but even open is better than none at all. A lot of tunnel tents can have extensions fitted which increases their space/usability.
Friends with teen/tween kids use a pup tent for them, seems to keep everyone happy.
If you are hell bent on the 'odd shape' (which I take to be a lobed design) tent, firstly check how much space it occupies WITH allowance for guy ropes, not just footprint, AND consider how much outdoor space you also need as you may not be able to fit in between lobes as the footprint alone may lead you to believe!
I might add, we were/are all 'blokey' blokes on a boys only jolly to a motor race, so none of us were too keen on snuggling up too close to another mate!!!! - so not too different to kids wanting a bit of privacy/space from their parents!
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