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Quote: Originally posted by taffyp on 16/6/2010

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I know the general rule is to double the amount of people to find the correct berth, but is this true?

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For a weekender/short stay tent the rule of thumb is no of people +2, for a long stay tent of a week or more it's no of people x2. Of course a lot depends on the layout of the tent, the ages and sex of the kids, who wants to share with who etc but I'd say an 8-berth would be about right for your pal.

For a very high quality bargain (as it is last year's model and discontinued) they should have a look at the Vango Columbia 600 - it has 2/3 bedrooms, 5000HH, SIG, steel poles, Vango's TBSII internal strapping system that you clip in place for even more stability in windy weather, enclosed wet weather entrance.... etc. etc. It was in Vango's top end premium tent range last year. £275 (rrp £450 last year).

Helen

Hi, we have the Hi Gear Kalahari 10, fantastic piece of kit...huge!!!  We have three children 5 & under loads of space, I'm just under 6ft but plenty of height room

Good Luck