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Subject Topic: Family tent that packs down small Post Reply Post New Topic
Persongeorginho
03/5/2008 at 10:29pm
 Location: Wiltshire
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I'm looking for a 4 berth tent which packs down as small as possible. Our estate car with roof box was packed to the rafters last year and we have now acquired a dog, so have even less space available. We have a Coleman Sahara, which we love, but it's pretty bulky. Any ideas?


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Personbeefysmum
03/5/2008 at 11:16pm
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It all depends how much you are willing to compromise on space. the tent you have now has steel poles , so probably a tent with fibreglass poles would be smaller pack size. But what are your needs regarding bedrooms and living space, etc. something like the vango venture 5 has a smaller pack size, and is a popular weekender choice, but would a tent this size give you enough room for longer stays?

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daisybev
04/5/2008 at 12:48am
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Have a look at the sunncamp evolutions although you will never get the same room as you do in the lovely big coleman sahara ( we have the 8)


Persongeorginho
04/5/2008 at 8:07am
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Thank you. They both look just the sort of thing I'm looking for. I know I won't get the space of the Sahara and just have it in mind for weekends. I have no idea what we'll do for longer stays.


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Personirn bru
04/5/2008 at 10:35am
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I have a Picasso, 2 dogs and its not the tent that takes up space it the rest of the stuff you just have to take and normally don't use!!!.


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PersonCross Camping
04/5/2008 at 10:43am
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Hi Georginho

I would say the Evolution range as well. The 400 would be a bit small for 4 but the 600 would be great.

The box sizes are - 400 = 72 x 30 x 30cm

                           600 = 80 x 35 x 35cm.

Gary


Personjoe+rich
04/5/2008 at 11:51am
 Location: swansea
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why dont you buy a trailer instead off losing the quality of the tent for a smaller one with fiber glass poles than a large one with solid poles get a trailer the list of extras you take can be endless then


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Personmatshan
04/5/2008 at 2:40pm
 Location: Co. Down
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There are also 4 of us and we are off to France in the summer for a month. We are taking our car (Honda Accord so not huge) with no roof box and no trailer. With that in mind we have downsized our tent to a Coleman Columbus 4 in polycotton and feel that this will be plenty of room for us, not planning on spending much time in it to be honest, we have also added the Vango large canopy for some extra space.



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