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Hi to all out there,am new to the camping world and new to this site (about 5 minutes),last week i purchased what i thought was a bargin tent off of ebay and took it with my family (wife,3 girls 7,4and 6 months) to north norfolk for the weekend... and what fun we had in the gales and pouring rain... although the tent stayed fixed down two of the bedroom compartments were soaked through and we abandend the trip.It didnt dampen our spirits though and today we have been out looking at a replacement,if its possible could i ask for some advice on the biarritz 6 from you kind experienced campers out there.

we have a Royal Six.  reccommend it highly,   if you considering either diablo 600 or royal B 6 go for the royal.  Extra pole on bedroom makes a huge difference in head room in bedrooms.  Ours is the 2005 model  blue/grey     the 2006 is a lighter green version depends on tatse i guess.  great tent   spacious  get it   n love it

gary n susan

ps any further qusetions feel free to ask

Hi, I spent all of June researching these two tents on this site and other places (visitng exhibitions etc), in the end I went for the Royal Biarritz 6 mainly as others have said the extra pole in the bedroom is really useful and the saggy sides I saw in display Vangos would have driven me mad.

The Biarritz 6 is also cheaper (we got ours for £180 but have seen them for £169 on Ebay, not 2nd hand ones either), whether there is a difference in the construction of it I don't know but they looked pretty similar.

We took ours out at the end of June where we had a mixture of sun , wind and rain (not a bad test) it was fine and I really loved the increased space (only 2 of us )over our last 4 man tent.

I would however recommend getting some of the Delta ground anchors to hold it down as it is a big tent and with the wind behind would make a big old kite)