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you need to consider the height you want in the living room and the bedrooms, the amount of windows and light they let in, how long you are going to go away in it for etc. We have been camping a few years, we first had a sat dome but found the bedrooms low and the sloping sides a pain for chairs, tables and tall husband, then had a Kyham XXL, which was great but dark when zipped up in the rain, then got the outwell indiana 8, which i love because our bedroom is seperate from the kids, tall, lots of windows and canopy to cook under.

You need to figure out what will work best for you.

hi

we use the sunncamp vario 6, loads of space, easy to put. My advice is to wait till the tent displays go up and then have a look round and see what ticks all the right boxes. with that budget you wil have a very good choice.

happy camping

chris

Go and visit you local shops in the North East when they start putting there tents up in Early march, It may be a day out to Newcastle for the best ranges but the kids will love running round and you can physically see what layout suits you, best advice if go for the biggest and best you can afford.

David

hi there is a good camping shop in newcastle called united british caravans,we have had 2 tents from there.they have a good choice to choose from,i think we did all the camp shops in the ne but kept gettin drawn bk to this 1 well worth a look.they start gettin the tents abt end feb.alot of there accessories r quiet cheap aswell.they do good deals on sleepin bags aswell if u r needin them

tracy

Quote: Originally posted by mines a carling on 14/1/2007

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have been looking at a few ,we want 3 bedrooms we like the look of the ones where the bedrooms are on each side of the tent ,prob synthetic . what are the best makes?

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There some good deals on sell off 2006 models right now (3 bedrooms, SIGs), if you want to save yourself some money. See some of the other threads, which cover:

• Aztec Cantara 9 - £175
• Wild Country Halo 104 - £230
• Coleman Magellan 9 - £210

Also have a look at Outdoor Actions's Vango Kirkwood 900, which is very agressively priced and has some advantages over the Diablo (see other specific threads on the Kirkwood).

We recently pruchased the Halo 104 & pitched it for the 1st time this weekend. It is extremely spacious with 2 large side bedrooms (3 berth) & a large end pod with 2 x double bedrooms - which can unzip to make a very large sleeping area. It is inner 1st when it comes to putting it up but it is simple to erect with everything colour coded. I would strongly recommend the tent & with World of Camping giving a 1 metre canopy free when purchasing, at an already discounted £230 (RRP £400), it is well worth a look!