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Hi All,

I had a Montana 6, excellent tent but found it a bit cumbersome and difficult to put up, especially with not much help from my other half (more physical limitations rather than lack of effort) and the fact that it was only really for weekend use.

I have now sold this and am looking for something lighter and much easier to put up but still able to stand a good hammering from the British weather. There are only 2 of us but my Mrs likes the extra room. In the Montana we used to open the 2 bedrooms into 1 room so this is another feature we'd like to have.

I have narrowed down my choices to the Vango Orchy 600, Tigress 400 or Tigress 400 DLX as I didn't really want to spend over £200 but I have also been tempted by the Outwell Nevada M but is it really worth the extra money for a weekend tent plus seems quite difficult to get hold of at the moment?

Any help would be much appreciated - I've spoken to staff in Go Outdoors who don't seem to have a clue..!    

Thanks for that.

The Cabanon is a bit out of my price range.

RE: The Nevada 4, this is probably a really stupid question but it is being sold with a kids room at the mo and I was wondering if this is an extra or if it just comes with the kids room?

Sorry to here you've sold the Monty, it can be a pig to put up if there is only 1 of you so I can see your reasoning. This issue led me to keep the Monty for week long breaks but then pick up an Orchy 500 which I have found great as a weekend tent and regularly manage to put it up on my own due to the limited assistance that a cheeky 4 year old, adolescent 7 year old and reluctant 10 year old provide.

We manage to sit quite happily inside with one of those blue pop up picnic tables and the clear roof panels make it light and airy. The sleeping area is also ample if not a little cosy when its the 4 of us on Dads camping weekends and very cosy when the OH joins in.

The only real issue is that although the Vango is made extremely well i am still not convinced about the aerodymanics of a canvas dome when it exceeds 1.8 metres in height all the tents that I have had in the past below this height have been excellent in strong winds but above this there always seems to be a degree of buckling but I am yet to have a pole fail (I know tempting fate). Problem is usually solved by startegic positioning of the car.

Anyway happy hunting.

The original title of this post still stands!!

My task today was to narrow down my choices but I've only managed to 'narrow up' if there is such a thing....My choices are

Outwell Nevada 4 

Outwell Iowa 6

Vango Tigris 400 DLX

And I've just come across the Coleman Modulus X5 which looks amazing. If anyone has experience of this tent I'd love to hear from you. The main thing being, is it easy to erect? 

Cheers Numbersix,

Can your Evolva be put up by one person and if so, approx how long does it take?

You seem to have a good general knowledge of tents out there, in your opinion how do you think the Modulus fares in comparison to my other choices?

Numbersix, thats great - a real help.

I'm definitely edging towards the Modulus. I now need to find where there is one pitched nearby. I'm in Wolverhampton so a trip to Nottingham wouldn't be too bad.

Once again thanks for your help.