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we have camped using our orchy this weekend and not sure aboutn it  now i really liked iit when i looked at it at the camping shop but after spending weekend in it a few flaws have come up nothing wrong with the tent but doesnt really suit our family needs.

need a tent where kids have separate bed area even though they are 5 and 1 eldest kept trying to wake youngest up ass he has special needs and doesnt listen very well

dont know what to get now and should i sell orchy after one trip or keep it kids whod have em lol

we have it all as one as he has special needs and can have fits we have tent so i can see and check both of them during the night and hubby sleeps one side of him and me the other with baby the other side of me he just creates loads and wont go to sleep very easily so was thinking maybe we should get a tent with several pods one for storage one for hub and son and one for daughter and me but didnt see anything like this at our local camp shop

i need to decide what i am doing long before our summer hol in time to sort out my dilemma

Soz don't know what a vis a vis tent is.....I'm still a camping virgin!  but that's the problem with our tent is the roof poles keep collapsing!

vis a vis means bedroom at each end of tent and living in middle. yeah we only been doing it a couple of years as family been four yr in total as had a baby last year so couldnt go until now.

Our old one was only easy to put up if you got several people helping to hold poles up until they all in and up nightmare it was

Quote: Originally posted by pubgal21 on 03/5/2009

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we have camped using our orchy this weekend and not sure aboutn it  now i really liked iit when i looked at it at the camping shop but after spending weekend in it a few flaws have come up nothing wrong with the tent but doesnt really suit our family needs.

need a tent where kids have separate bed area even though they are 5 and 1 eldest kept trying to wake youngest up ass he has special needs and doesnt listen very well

dont know what to get now and should i sell orchy after one trip or keep it kids whod have em lol

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This is common. It is very difficult to find the perfect tent.

There is a thread about perfect tents and it is surpising how many people would make changes to theirs.

We finally have but it has taken along time

Angie

Well I can only recommend what we have. Its a Vango yukon 800 and has 4 bedrooms .Its bedrooms vis a vis style , 2 seperate 2 berths and a 4 berth that can be divided down the middle, so you have loads of options on how to use it. We have 3 kids so they can have a room each and spread out their stuff! It has a large living area and is very easy to pitch. At less than 4m wide it should avoid the double pitch issue of some other 8 birth tents too. Its not too pricey either for a vango premium range tent so worth a look! Hope this is some help!

http://www.thefamilytentshop.com/PRD_ProductDetail.aspx?cid=15&prodid=352&Product=Vango-Yukon-800-Tent

Hi

Why dont you put a double bed for adults in the middle with single at each side.  Kids can go to be in their own pods and when you go to bed, let down (or hook up)the central curtain (or not if you've had a domestic!!) and the kids will be none the wiser.  They will be in their own bedrooms but not cause you to be apart if you know what I mean!

Fiona