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Given that your boys are 11, 8 and 5 they'll be wanting a bit of privacy soon, rather than staying next to mum and dad right through their teens! You have to think over the next five years or the lifespan of the tent. After all, do they really need that much attention...if any...at night now?

Or you could go for the cheap option, keep the Monty and buy the two older ones a pup tent. They'll be wanting one soon anyway.

Quote: Originally posted by Valk_scot on 08/7/2009

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Given that your boys are 11, 8 and 5 they'll be wanting a bit of privacy soon, rather than staying next to mum and dad right through their teens! You have to think over the next five years or the lifespan of the tent. After all, do they really need that much attention...if any...at night now?

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Our boys have never slept right next to us - they are now 15, 7 and 3 but we started camping when the eldest was 10 and middle son was 3.
Our first tent was the Sunncamp APS 3006+ and the boys had a pod each and we had the third one.
We now have the Khyam Ontario 8 - they sleep at one end and we sleep at the other.

Eldest doesn't often sleep in the main tent with us - he prefers his own tent.

Giving them a bit of independence at night by not being right next to mum and dad makes them feel more grown up.

yay, get the maryland!!

we have the luxury end , with the bedroom seperater open, its makes for a huge bedroom, and this is big enough for our double airbed and baby in his junior kampabed. the other three sleep the other end, with teenage boy in 2 berth side and two girls in 3 berth, if and when the teenage daughter comes along - she gets a pup tent outside lol!!! means that any nightime activity that you want to enjoy, is not too close to those that count lol!!!