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Quote: Originally posted by jeannie1066 on 17/9/2007

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hiya amanda im like you I tried camping last week for the first time!!

I bid on a rage bergen tent from tentastic on ebay its a shop in lancashire, and got it for £51 its got 2 rooms with a wee sitting room in the middle, I cant wait to use it again, theres some fab bargains on ebay keep a look out, now im hooked on camping!!

jeannie x

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Quote: Originally posted by jez1342 on 19/9/2007

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Quote: Originally posted by jeannie1066 on 17/9/2007

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hiya amanda im like you I tried camping last week for the first time!!

I bid on a rage bergen tent from tentastic on ebay its a shop in lancashire, and got it for £51 its got 2 rooms with a wee sitting room in the middle, I cant wait to use it again, theres some fab bargains on ebay keep a look out, now im hooked on camping!!

jeannie x

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hello, like jeannie1066 i have just bought a rage tent off of ebay via tentastic, in fact i think she outbid me on the first tent i tried to buy

i will pitch the tent in father in-laws back garden to make sure it has all the pole etc, is it worth running a hose pipe over it to check for leaks? or chain smoking inside it and let my mrs see if she can see smoke escaping

regards jez

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Quote: Originally posted by carlofbrigg on 19/9/2007

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Quote: Originally posted by jeannie1066 on 17/9/2007

hiya amanda im like you I tried camping last week for the first time!!

I bid on a rage bergen tent from tentastic on ebay its a shop in lancashire, and got it for £51 its got 2 rooms with a wee sitting room in the middle, I cant wait to use it again, theres some fab bargains on ebay keep a look out, now im hooked on camping!!

jeannie x

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hi we bought a leben marl 6 from tentastic and we are not impressed with it the quality is poor(we put it up and twice we ended up staying with my parents in there caravan in under a week we came home early). we have just bought a sunncamp vario 600 and cant wait to take it out its its massive

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Hi Amanda

We did have the Diablo 400 (2006) which we used about 6 times but we have just changed it to the Vango Vail 700.  This tent has so much room, I'm going to have to buy more camping gear to fill it, was thinking about buying a couple of inflatable chairs.

Like the fact that the diablo 2007 models have more headroom in the bedrooms, that is one thing I didn't like about the 2006 model.

Would certainly recommend Vango.

Hi Chomper, we have a Diablo 600XP (2007) and would definitely recommend it.

Just had a few days in Devon (first camping holiday) and found that it had all the space that we needed - the front porch area is really useful. We have two girls (5&1) so are in a similar situation to yourself.

Roll on next year so that we can go again.

CJ

http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/articles/view.asp?id=93

We have a Montana 6 which we are delighted with, they also do a 12.  I posted a link to the Vango Aspen which I also think is a great design.

Ali

id better keep an eye on my tent from ebay, have only had it one nights camping hope to do more come april!!

hope it lasts

let me know how yours is jez

Hi Amanda

I've just read through this thread and had a peek at the Vango you're thinking of buying.  It looks great but there a couple of things worth thinking about. 

First, the bedrooms are separate and on opposite sides of the tent which means you'd either have to put the kids by themselves or share with a child each (which is what we did when we used our dome tent because it didn't feel safe having the kids sleeping away from us).

Second, it pitches inner first and we've found ourselves very soggy and bad tempered after spending that extra bit of time in the rain that it takes to put up the inner and outer layers.

We've now bought a Montana 6 which is quick to pitch and has tons of space.  The bedrooms are next to each other and the divider can be taken down to make one big bedroom.  It's perfect for us but you'll also find loads of good recommendations on this site for other tents.  It's a brilliant website and the advice people give is excellent! 

Michelle 

Hi Chomper

We have also had our first camping trip this year in an Outwell Vermont L , me the wife and two pan lids 6 & 3 yrs.  Loads of room and reasonably easy for two novices to put up.

Cheers

Quote: Originally posted by chomper7 on 17/9/2007

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Hi,
Have just returned from our first camping trip. Hollands Wood in the New Forest and had a great time.
Got the bug now!

Could you please advise me on the best tents..

We have a Colemans, Sahara, Vis a Vis (4 berth). Its a fab little tent, only prob being the little part.
There's only 4 of us but by the time we'd got out stuff in the living bit and beds in the sleeping areas it was packed in there. No where to store outdoor kids toys etc.

Whats the best tent, for say 6-8 persons? Whats the best makes?

Would really appreciate any help.

Thankyou!

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Quote: Originally posted by matshan on 17/9/2007

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Quote: Originally posted by jeannie1066 on 17/9/2007

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hiya amanda im like you I tried camping last week for the first time!!

I bid on a rage bergen tent from tentastic on ebay its a shop in lancashire, and got it for £51 its got 2 rooms with a wee sitting room in the middle, I cant wait to use it again, theres some fab bargains on ebay keep a look out, now im hooked on camping!!

jeannie x

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Can I suggest that you make good use of the search facility on this site when deciding on a tent. See what you like the look of, then search for it here for others' opinion. Regarding eBay, no matter what tent you are bidding on it is still buyer beware, there are a few horror stories on this site, including my own, about many makes of tent bought from eBay.

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thats where i got my tent aswell,dont get me wrong it was, what i thought, at the time very good,it is a leben jenna 4 man from tentastic.quality isnt great only been used twice and already one of the bits where peg goes has came off

im thinking like alot of things that you only get what you pay for