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Hi there,

We are after a little help as there just seems to be so much choice of different tents!

We have recently got into camping.  We planned to do it 5 years ago and bought a 3 man tent, but my wife got pregnant and we didn't get round to using it.  We recently did go camping with our 3 year old son and used our 3 man tent, which was too small.

We are now looking for a fairly decent tent for 2 adults, 1 child (room for 1 more possibly in the future) and 1 whippet!  We intend to maybe use it 3 or 4 times per year for trips of up to 4 to 5 nights and hopefully in good weather!

It needs to be reasonably easy to put up and have plenty of space.  Ideally we are looking to spend up to £300.

Many thanks for all your help

David

hi,

me and OH feel all new to camping again now  after 7 years of not doing it, we have 2 daughters (6 and 2) and Tilly the dog. we went for it this year and like you wanted to find a tent that would meet our needs, personally we went for the Vango Amazon 600. We absoloutely love it, HUGE living area, so on those wet days there's plenty of room, 3 double bedrooms, 1 for us, 1 for girls, and 1 to store things like clothes ( my walk-in wardrobe!) it is quite simple to put up with 2, and i'm only 5ft 3! ( about 1 hr, inc setting everything up) and there's so much headroom.

The only downsides maybe it's quite large packed away (large wheeled bag for tent and heavy bag for poles) which wasn't really a prob for us, altho gettin a trailer for next year!

Also i have heard that vango are discontinuing soon, which may mean u could pick up a bargain, we paid £330 in July, but i have seen them online for £299.

Hope u find the right one for u, this site is definately a big help in deciding!

Hi David

Blimey jenchris hit the nail nicely! All good stuff.

My 3p worth (inflation eh?) Wait a couple of weeks, then check Preloved or Ebay, there will be loads of bargains from people who have tried it and don't like it.

Buy the VERY best quality you can afford. For me this meant a Poly Cotton with aluminium poles (very rigid and safe in winds)

Do consider getting the footprint to protect and help keep the groundsheet clean. Oh yes and remember that there's only SO much space in your car lol!

In theory you should have most of the Autumn and all of the winter to get your stuff together, so good luck and keep us informed, we're a nosey bunch, well I am