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We want a new family tent and have been recommended to buy a vango idaho 500 or vango oregon 600. We looked on the internet and liked coleman cedar creek tent  but have not heard much about it. Basically we want a 5 person tent which is easy to put up, has a durable groundsheet and good headroom in it. Any recommendations?

Ive got a aspen 700 and its perfect for 4 of us, advise is if theres 5 of you go for 6 berth. etc.....theres nothing worse than being cramped up, im sure someone on here will give you some idea of what i mean. Bob

Rowena42, Thanks for the tips.- it would be great to hear how you get on trying to pitch the Cedar Creek again - ease of assembly is quite important for us! The Cedar Creek shape/design etc look very practical etc but not sure if I would want to spend much more than half an hour on assembly.

We heard that the vango idaho 500 was really easy to assemble so that had my vote until we come across the The Cedar Creek which looks more practical once assembled. I am also 6ft hence the preference for decent headroom if possible.

There are only three of us - two adults and a child so 5 birth is ideal, especially if 2 seperate sleeping areas available.

Cheers.

Bob, thanks, Vango aspen 700 looks great, but not sure we will need one quite so big. How hard/easy is it to assemble?

Thanks

Hi we use a Gelert Lokon Vario 6 a tunnel Tent, great tent, Tunnel tents have the space and the height, also pleny of windows for Daylight, Several other companies have tunnel shaped tents. For trips where we need to set up quickly we have just got the  Khyam xl classic. Its a really good tent and very quick and easy to erect, can add an annex to the side for even more room

http://www.khyam.co.uk/product_tent_search.asp  also you can click to view the product being erected.

malcolm

Given your requirements the Idaho may not be ideal as the bedroom is not full height. For ease of pitching you really can't beat a tunnel shape - so the Oregon 600 would be ideal, and you could drop the end bedroom to give yourselves more living space too. Other tunnels worth looking at are the Khyam Ontario and the Coleman Columbus - both have 6 berth, 3 bedroom and full SIG, like the Vango Oregon.

I do agree though that there is no substitute for going and seeing tents in the flesh - something that sounds good and looks ok on line can be quite different for real.

I have just spotted a previous thread started on 8/04/07 by Davethepaint within this forum about the Coleman Cedar Creek.  I don't know how to show you the link, but the last post was 22/04/07, if you can trace it from that.

Rowena42