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Peter,  I hate to rain on your parade but  a family of six would be really really squashed in a Hacienda - we have one, so I think I know what I'm talking about!

The Hacienda is a great tent, good quality, very fast up and down, brilliant ground sheet blah blah blah - and we love ours for a weekend/shortstay tent - but Wolfskin really overstate their tent occupancy in my view. The Hacienda is described as having one five person inner, well that is 270 cms wide at one end tapering to (I think ) 190 cms. OK, it is slightly longer than average but that is still going to be a push even for four children. We have only ever used the small 'two person' inner for storage  because it is 'sideways on to the door' layout and the end wall of the inner is very floppy - so I cannot see two adults being comfortable in there. So a great tent for us but maybe not for a larger family.

I can see the Vango Colorado 800 is on your list but you don't like the colour. I agree, it looks like a really good tent and excellent vfm but I too would be put off by the colour. It might be worth investigating a Coleman Magellan 9 - very similar design but green!  Also lighter weight as the dome poles are alloy. The magellan 9 has got a SIG but fly sheet first erection: hooray.  The first models into the shops had some problems with the porch poles, so you would need to check whether that has been sorted. MT

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