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well  looks like ive just managed to get myself a large tent atlast    lol

and tip or bad  points with  these tents   who has one  :)

hiya 

well just got back from picking up the  tent  today 

and let the fun begin  tomorrow when i try and  put it up lol

leon08  ours is the dxl model witch means is has the front  bit on

hopefully  all gona be  ok

hi again

is that the front  for the 700 dlx of from another tent  ??

is so were u get it from ??

yippy  got the tent up in back garden  well sort off cause garden aint big enough  pmsfl  who said this tent woz small  lol

thanks

nice one might have to look out for one of them we need the rest of the stuff yet pmsfl   got tent and nothing to go with it lol

ok i got tent as ive said  , wot else would you recomend   we got

we have 5 kids   dont 4get   lol

any ideas  ????

Same here, we went last year with all of them in the Aspen and it was fine, 4 girls and 1 lad, our son had is own room, with the other 4 girls sharing the other 2, we then used the living area at night to sleep and sometimes the kids swapped with us, it worked perfectly and if we left the double mattress up in the day it was used for chilling out on, although last year we never needed to stay in once.

We made our own carpets for a bit of extra comfort but there are plenty of posts on here for alternatives, get yourself a groundsheet to go under the tent before you pitch it, we got a large blue one from B&Q and cut it to size, a little smaller all around the edge, we were fortunate enough to have a very large garden to use and try ours out on and cut the groundsheet at the same time.

For the actual tent you don't really need anything else apart from a porch for the reasons I gave earlier, a groundsheet and some carpets on the floor, it does make a difference.

For other bits do a search on here for each item as you want to found out the best options, there are loads of good suggestions on here and some you may not have thought of.

As an example, we use all our pots and pans and cooking utensils from home when we go, saves money and somewhere to keep stuff you don't use, you will of course end up with everything as we did but are slowly fine tuning our needs so we actually take less or more compact alternative, we used to take the duvets from home as well and whilst they are extremely comfy they do take up a lot of space, so this year we have just bought them some Mummy sleeping bags and we are getting a Coleman Double, that's just an example but you will find your feet on this site and enjoy what for us as been a great adventure for the kids and already have met some nutters....ooops, great minding friends who share the outdoor life.

It may seem a pain trying to sort everything, it took us months to source all out gear but once you have everything, you can't beat that feeling when you know you can get away anytime you want at relative small cost, anywhere in the country.

just waiting on weather now to try our new tent out  ??

typical get new tent and does nothing but rain grrrrrr

looking to get to use it while kids on holiday but who knows 

well were gonatry out tent out this weekend for the first time lol

we have everything i can think of and more  ( im gready )

looks like weather gona be great aswell ( pheeewwww )

will let you know how we got on lol

yea we went for the vango 700  pure cause of size of bedroom space and living space inside there masssiiivvveeeee  lol

i dont know why more ppl aint got em to be honest good  strong looking tents

you shouldnt have a problem selling ur sisters  i shouldnt think

will let u know how we got on when home if i aint divored  b4 hand  lol

or let there  on my own  lol

We bought this tent when it first came out about 2005 before the extended front porch.  The pitching instructions were unrealistic but we found the best way to pitch was by

1  Peg out the corners loosely

2 insert the front to back roof poles and then their respective upright poles

3  Starting with the middle side to side pole insert and then join its upright pole

4  Insert the other two side to side poles

5  insert the flexible pole which runs along the centre of the roof front to back

6  Peg out and pull over flysheet

We never felt the need for a canopy and loved the spaciousness and brightness of the tent