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Topic: Which tent for 4 is quickest to erect?

Dianne249

16/7/2010 at 6:10pm
Location: West Sussex
Outfit: Outwell Montana 6

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fellow campers - we need some urgent advice! We are off to France on Friday next week and had intended to take two small tents for a series of 2 night stops. However, I have hurt my back and we need a tent with more headroom. We already have a Montana 6 (which we use for longer camping trips) so the new tent is just for overnight/weekend use.

Our criteria are that it must have enough room for 4 Coleman Comfort air-beds (85cm wide) with room in between (so kids can't fight!); it must have sewn in groundsheet; it must be as quick as possible to erect and take down; it mustn't take up too much room in the car.We are not bothered about windows or colour and budget is flexible.

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Finnboy

16/7/2010 at 6:14pm
Location: Medway Kent
Outfit: Base Sec 4.2 Base Sec 2 Sec+III

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The width of those beds is going to mean a bigger tent is needed than a conventional 4 berth perhaps? Generally meaning it might take longer to erect.

The "average" bedroom pod is usually about 140-150cm wide at a guess. Basically the width of a normal double airbed.

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moonmummy

16/7/2010 at 6:41pm
Location: Cornwall
Outfit: HypercampDjakarta Vango omega 350

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Quick to erect, a pyramid tent. The Vango Peace and Juno 800's are big enough. Or a canvas pyramid from Obelink or ebay.
Vango Icarus 600?

superwoman

17/7/2010 at 9:21am
Location: Hampshire
Outfit: Khyam Ultimate Deluxe

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Given that you are going to France and it is likely to be nice and warm this is my suggestion.

The Quechua Base Seconds 4.2 is a 4 berth having two bedroom pods vis a vis. It is a pop up so goes up and down in just minutes but has plenty of headroom in the main section.

The bedroom pods are only 140 X 220 cm. However the middle section could easily be used for sleeping in. So you could stick 1 child in each pod with bags of room and then you and OH sleep in the middle section. If you get the Coleman carpet 230x230 that will fit perfectly in the middle and make it nice and comfy.

We have one of these tents with an added Base Seconds that we dock to it if staying for more than a few nights. When we went away in June to France we realised that we could do what I have suggested above to make sleeping more comfortable because we spent all our time outside the tent.

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17/7/2010 at 11:18pm
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Go for a tent with a 5-berth single inner. This should have enough room for the four airbeds, otherwise you are probably looking at needing a 6-berth.

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18/7/2010 at 12:25am
Location: King's Lynn
Outfit: Karrimor Ultralite Icarus 600

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It's got to be an Icarus although for four people I would suggest the 500 or 600 I am sure that you will be able to make use of the extra space.

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feeblecat

18/7/2010 at 9:27am
Location: Scotland
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I would second the advice about the quechua 4.2 pop up.

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