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Hi I understand the attachable pods link by velcro and elastic, no zip ... there is some question over the integrity of the pods.

Have you thought of a montana 12, a great tent with excellent space, reviews and headroom ! 

Hi, we have the Sunncamp Olympic plus which is now called the Mondial 1200, My aunty has just bought the Mondial 900 which is a smaller version but it has loads of head room. My uncle is about six foot 2 and doesn't feel or look cramped in it. They have 3 large bedrooms and loads of living space. There are 5 of us in ours. Definitely worth a look at.

Mel

We have the vario 600 and there is loads of room for 3 of us.Also lots of headroom for O.H who is 6ft 2.Sorry i cant help with the 900.

Carole

We are 1st time campers so are still learning and taking our time pitching etc. we have only camped once and picked up a few things to do differently next time.Saying that we had bad windy weather one night but had delta pegs so were fine.

Carole

Thanks shotty but I have exactly the same cunning plan as you!  We were hoping to grab it in time for the bank holiday weekend and just go somewhere local to put it up for the first time.

I went down to a local camping center today and they had a montana 6 and the vario 600. I think the 600 must be shorter than the 600+ and 900 as there would be nowhere to put the pod entrances. The Vario seemed OK headroom wise and was very light and airy.

The Montana 6 was nice as well, again good headroom and the flysheet and zips seemed to be better quality than on the Vario. There are a couple of potential problems with a 12 though. Does it get a bit dark as the 12 has no big windows at the end and there are no rods running down the tunnel so its just a series of hoops so how rigid is it in the wind?

The Sun Camp was there as well but after reading about the problems others have had I decided to steer clear. Looks like a nice tent as well.

Out of interest how long did it take you to put it up first time round?

Thanks,

Richard.

Richard,

The first time it took about 50mins to put up,but I'm sure you could get the time down quite considerably when you have used it a couple of times.There's only 5 poles to insert into the tent and 2 further supporting poles inside.

Hope this is of some help.