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Just about to buy our first family tent. We have 2 kids (2 and 6) and quite like the look and height of the Vango Aspen. Before we decide, does anyone know:

a) are these tents defined as 'large' in terms of pitch (they are 16.3m2 and 21.5m2 respectively) by campsites?

b) Any problems encountered at all with them?

c) Are they really hard to put up?

Cheers

Tried to do the pitching video but we've only got windows 98 (technologically illiterate I'm afraid) so it stops after 'laying all the poles out').

How long does it take to put it up?

I to have the 700, The first time i erected it was very hard work, but after watching the video it made all the difference, and now two of us can have it up in app 20mins.

 as the bundy,s say, its very similar to erecting a tunnel tent.

   By the way     Welcome to UKCS

                                                                                        Bob.

I agree with Batchy boy the inner flies up in 20 mins its the pegging and tying on of the flysheet that is time consuming.Take friends with you like we do, many hands make light work.

Jo

Quote: Originally posted by sharon65 on 16/7/2007

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  Also if you are sharing tent i think i would prefer the bedrooms not in a line layout as you do not have so much privacy as some designs with spacing between the bedrooms.  

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I think the bedrooms side by side is great for parents like me who have little ones on either side.

I currently have a coleman Columbia which is a great tent - but 3 separate sleeping pods.  In this tent we either sleep with our pod open or in the main tent area.

Also if your pitch is sloping then having the bedrooms side by side should make it easier to pitch as opposed to having bedroom pods at several angles.

Great points made her and really useful for us. When it's said that the 700 'fits a standard tent pitch comfortably', isn't the length seen by some campsites as defining it as a 2 pitch tent. I read somewhere that the caravan and camping club wont take tents over 5m in any direction, and I'm sure it's longer than this???

Best to check with your campsite regarding pitch size we normally go for a pitch no smaller than 10m by 10m.

Jo

If you buy a new Aspen you should recieve a free pitching video with it.

Jo