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Hi All,

New to the site and new to camping. I'm looking for advice on a tent and think I've narrowed it down to two.

Outwell Georgia XL

Outwell Idaho XL

Would the Georgia be warmer because of the two layers? What about condensation? Also, can you get any type of black material as my children do wake up early in the summer.

Thanks in advance

Matt

Hi Matt + Lu.

                   Welcome to the site, I myself have not been a member for too long, and have found loads of info and saved a bunch of cash, following good advice on here.

You can't go wrong with Outwell, I have looked at them close up, and the Polycotton (TenCate) models feel very nice, I also notice that Vango have some nice Polycotton models as well, you may have gathered I prefer Canvas to Poleyester, although my backpacking tents are both a type of Polyester, purley a choice restricted by weight considerations, my family tent is new but made from traditional Cotton Canvas, if you can, have a look at Cabanon tents, they kind of set the benchmark, for the best of the best there is De Waard and Karsten, but at around 3k for a family tent that is serious investment for a tent. always make the effort to view a tent pitched, it is the best way to avoid any potential dissapointment.

Matt if you decide on the Georgia give me a shout, (see here) I can't comment on the Idaho but I'm sure that's a very good tent too.  Do love ours, the room it gives you is excellent.  Can't justify keeping the Georgia as well as the Dandy though unfortunately!

I also don't think you'd get anything with blackout material  in/on but I could be wrong, hopefully the kids will be warn out from all the fresh air and sleep in longer!

Whatever you decide, welcome to camping and I hope you have a wonderful time!

Andi

Re children getting up early.......I`m always awake first when we are camping, not only do they go to bed later they get up later.......my little one is rarely up before 9am ( so wish she was like that at home)

On our first camping trip we pitched with the bedroom pod facing the sunrise..........best avoided if the pitch allows it.

Andi...looks like an excellent bargin

Thanks ub400jb9 - We think so lol

We've also got lots of other camping gear we no longer need now due to buying the Dandy I haven't advertised it yet!

Andi & Rob

Let me know when you do..........I like a bargain!! Tent`s too big for us though, we`ve downsized this year.

Jo

Hello Matt + Lu, and welcome to the forum.

One advantage of the Idaho over the Georgia is that it is more compact, which may be an issue.  Some campsites have pitches that are marked out and, because of its more spread-out design, the Georgia may not fit on some of these pitches.

There have been a number of threads on the problems of finding campsites for larger tents and it tends to be designs such as the Georgia that have a problem.

Another thing to be aware of is the living space of the Georgia.  Although it seems to be more generous, because of the dome-structure you cannot stand up straight in all of it.  This is not the case with the Idaho.

My Minnesota is more like the Idaho than the Georgia and condensation has not been an issue; there are plenty of vents.  But I did have to pitch it in quite heavy rain once and I was grateful for the flysheet-first/pitch-all-in-one design over the inner-tent-first design of the Georgia.

Hi Andi,

Thanks for the comments, are the pods sewn in with the tent inner or are they separate? (I am thinking of getting a kids room) What other stuff are you selling? and i take it the georgia XL is in good condition.

Thanks

Matt