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Hi Mark and welcome to the site.

That is a very small budget for a family tent. A 4 man tent is usually too small for 4 people

The Sherpa is a little cutie but a double airbed is around 140cm and singles around 70cm so they wont all fit in the bedroom.

You also want living space in case the weather turns and for storage.

Imagine a table, chairs, clothes, cooking stuff, coolbox etc and try and get that all in that small living space.... not easy if not impossible.

What about this or this or this ? A little more than 80 but good value imho

Hope this helps

Angie

Ideally, for 4 people you should be looking at a 6 berth tent - as a general rule you always add 2 onto the number of people who will use the tent to get the berth size you need.

The Sherpa is a good tent for 2 or 3 but would be very cramped for 4 and it only has a height of 140cm so you won't be able to stand up.

Some of the Halfords tents only have a HH rating of 1200mm which isn't very good really - you want at least 2000mm (especially if you plan to camp during the great British summer!)

We have just returned after our first camping trip (in tent). Our tent was ordered online and never arrived in time, so as not to disappoint kids (and us) we ran out and bought a cheap Lidl tent.  Well much to my surprise it stood up to some terrential rain (4000HH). It wasn't windy so cannot comment there. But for 90 euro it was fine. Supposed to be 6 person but suitable for four ( 1 in end berth and 3 in other). Living area ok for weekend use. It's dims. were over 5m by 2.5m.

Out well Kansas 5.

We ahve just bought one as a weekend tent and its great...