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Need a new tent! Looking for thee bedrooms (I like my space) and SIG (I don't like bugs & drafts - even in the living area).

Have looked at the Coleman Columbia 10. Anyone got any views, or alternatives?

Thanks

my friends have just got one of these tents going round at weekend (if stays dry) to help put it up for the first time will let you know once we`ve done it, i have seen it up at camping shows, very nice, full sig, 3 sleeping pods, she got it from e-awings.com ordered it wed got it mon £130. inc del.

my friends have just got one of these tents going round at weekend (if stays dry) to help put it up for the first time will let you know once we`ve done it, i have seen it up at camping shows, very nice, full sig, 3 sleeping pods, she got it from e-awings.com ordered it wed got it mon £130. inc del.

There are quite a lot of alternative dome tents out there, all with Sig - Kyham/Campus, Sunncamp, Outwell, Vango, Wynnster etc.

For me, when I looked at it last year, the issue was the width of the sleeping pods and that someone had to have the slope side on. At 160cm sleeping pod width, you will be really pushed with 2 air beds (a double would be OK).

My preference (and it is just my preference), would with this style be for the slope of the back of the bedroom to be on people's feet, rathan than putting all of one person under the slope.

If you're looking for something with three bedrooms and around £200, what about a Lichfield Arapaho 9DLX? http://www.tents-direct.co.uk/show_tent.php?productid=463

It has larger bedrooms than the Columbia, and in 'head to the door' orientation so that nobody gets trapped on the inside with a face full of droopy tent! It would probably  be quicker and simpler to put up than the Columbia. Fly sheet first erection so you won't get damp bedrooms if the weather catches you out when you're pitching. It doesn't have a full SIG but does have a riser groundsheet which does a similar job of keeping out drafts etc at ankle height. MT

have coleman columbia

 great tent

 greatprice

 very happy

maisy-mai

Hi,

Used ours already and thought it was great! very warm can't beat at that price!

Hello

Now that we have got the hang of it the tent goes up in around an hour...camped out in the garden with great success...neighbours asked if it needed planning permission...loads of room and very 'comfortable' feel about it...

Delivered within days for the all inclusive price of £130...very impressed by that service...

8 sleeps until maiden trip though...and cannot wait!

pinkzinfandel

Hi

we put ours up last weekend, goes up well and feels a great size. Had a Coleman tent before and great quality

Billy

thought i`d best get back to you went to our friend`s to put up columbia 10 yesterday it took 4 of us about 1 hour 10 min` s and that was with a teabreak, they were well pleased with it and only went by word of mouth, the liked it to and could`nt wait to get in it ,all that was left to do was to guy rope it out but we left had to get home for cup finale, good result there to.