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Hi,

New member, looking for first 'proper' tent after looking through the forums for a couple of weeks.  Thinking of a diablo 600 - plenty about at a good price but two worries:

Ease of pitching - with two small children it is mainly down to me, with bits of help from the other half.  Is it a really hard tent to put up??

Size - I'm thinking this is really a medium tent compared to some so should be OK for most places??

Any advice gratefully recieved - Thanks M

Quote: Originally posted by vwt4 on 07/1/2007

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New member, looking for first 'proper' tent after looking through the forums for a couple of weeks.  Thinking of a diablo 600 - plenty about at a good price but two worries:

Ease of pitching - with two small children it is mainly down to me, with bits of help from the other half.  Is it a really hard tent to put up??

Size - I'm thinking this is really a medium tent compared to some so should be OK for most places??

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It is worth waiting for the diablo owners to answer, but to me, a diablo is not a tent I would want to put up solo (and having to keep an eye out for two small children). Like most big domes, it is probably best done with two of you.

As for size of tent, yep it would be OK for just aobut everywhere.

With small kids, would you not prefer a tent where they are close to you in the night ? - it can be a right pain to undo zips to get to crying kids in the dark.

I tent, just about all the time, with my two kids - i.e. just the three of us, and have always found tents with a big single bedroom work best, so I am with them, rather in than two seporated bedrooms. Even if it is a big bedroom with a seporate/divider down the middle, which is easly moved/opened so I can get to them.

Thanks for the replies,

My new plan is for a montana 6 - for all of the reasons stated above!!

I have both the Diablo 900 and the Monty 6 and in my opinion the Monty wins hands down. There are however benefits with both tents. I like the separation of the bedroom pods in the 900 and for 6 people its actually good accomodation. However as stated in other threads it can be a pain to pitch and at times in bad weather it has taken 5 of us to get the tent pitched. On the other hand putting asside some quality issues that Outwell had with the Monty last year, its a simple tent to pitch and again the floorspace is good. However dont be fooled that the bedrooms are suitable for 6 people as we only ever sleep 2 in each pod and my two boys slum it in the living space. 

Nigel