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Personcaz890
28/1/2010 at 12:26pm
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We have a large all singing and dancing tent for longer trips, but our beloved Lichfield Arapaho that we use for weekends is on its last legs (its served us well considering the low price of it)

 

So need suggestions of what to replace it with.  We are two adults with one child age 7.  We want a Sig, and a reasonable living area and our budget is around £150 with an absolute max of £200.

 

Can anyone suggest anything for us to look at and consider.

 

Thanks

 


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PersonSpeedcamp
28/1/2010 at 12:43pm
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Try having a look at Vango - you can get some excellent deals on last year's 4/5 berth tents, with good designs and sufficient room for the three of you. Check out dealers and sellers of new tents on ebay. The Orchy and Tigris, come to mind both with SIGs and well tested designs (see the reviews). The occasional 5000HH, steel poled Vango Columbia 400 comes up on ebay too. The last one went for £174 plus postage - but that was a bargain!

Helen


Personsxis
28/1/2010 at 1:14pm
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There is a Montana 4 on ebay at the moment for £125 thats a really good tent with an hh of 5000 it also has the canopy included in that price i think

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PersonCatalan74
28/1/2010 at 2:24pm
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You must check out the new Kampa tents. I discovered these from a chat on a similar thread and now I'm adamant I want a Bude 4 or Frinton 4!!! There are quite a few ppl expressing an interest so I may need to pre-oder one!

Enjoy tent shopping and happy camping for 2010!



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Personhicky70
28/1/2010 at 2:27pm
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A little left field, eldorado or Djakarta.
Add a tarp for the ground and a decathlon tarp to act as a porch all within the budget and canvas!

http://www.tent-tents.com/overzichtpagina2.asp?id=21&cat=1&pagina=1

I see a problem....could you transport it?

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PersonHEJC72
30/1/2010 at 11:47am
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I can highly recommend the Licata 400 - we have it as our weekend tent and I love it.
Really quick and easy to pitch, SIG, massive windows, door canopies out to form a large sun shelter, spacious living area, bedroom pod can be divided if necessasy and you can now get a carpet!

If you search the Net, you can find it for just under £100 - BARGAIN!!



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Personsaftlad
30/1/2010 at 2:57pm
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I'm waiting for Monday to order a Vango Icarus 500 (2010) from Camperlands in their sale. Price will be around £125 if you can wait til then, and should be that price for all of Feb.

Seems to tick all of my boxes (ie a good sized tent for me & a 9yo, but can also take wife and 4yo for a weekend if needed)


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Person3madboyz
30/1/2010 at 11:47pm
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Yes i'm biased as I am a fan.... BUT.....

Have a look at the new Coleman Coastline range, the 4 deluxe and above are all available as a "package which includes the tent, carpet, canopy and footprint.....
For something almost bomb proof there are still some Sunncamp prism's around for £149 with carpet from awnings.co.uk....Again i'm biased but hey we have one and its fantastic!!!! quite heavy but really easy to pitch and very roomy... (we are the same as you, 2 adults and a 7 (almost 8) year old

As others have said the new Kampa tents do look good but there are sooooo many that would fit into your price range that recommendations would come through till you were really confused LOL

If you are not in a hurry, IMO it is always best to have a wander around a dealers outdoor (or indoor) display before you make your final decision as what you see online is not always what you expect it to be!!! plus you can get a real feel for the tent and imagine all your gear in it......

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Personcaz890
03/2/2010 at 10:37am
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Thanks everyone for the ideas.  We are lucky cos we do have a tent dealer just up the road, who always has a large display of tents, bought our large one there, but they dont do all manufactors obviously and wondering if we were missing out on something.

 

Will have a look at all the suggestions, its just to give me some ideas.


PersonSpeedcamp
03/2/2010 at 10:41am
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The manufacturer that you may find missing is Kampa, which doesn't have extensive dealership coverage as yet although they have an excellent range of products. We face that problem!

Helen


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Personcaz890
05/2/2010 at 5:52pm
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I think we have decided on the Wynnster Montpellier as its the vis-a-vis Layout that our Lichfield has, which has worked well for us and its reasonably priced


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PersonSpeedcamp
05/2/2010 at 6:12pm
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Glad you've found something you like. Good luck with the purchase and enjoy!!!

Helen



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