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Newbie here - hope you can help me out........

We are looking for a new tent and have decided on the Gelert Morpheus 8. Unfortunately we haven't been able to find any reviews about this tent as I think it's one of the 2011 crop.

We currently have a pro-action 4 man tent and have decided that as a family of four (sometimes 5) we really really need more space.

After a relaxing afternoon looking round a large variety of tent we narrowed down a list of 8 to the Morpheus.

Any opinions, suggestions or advice would be wonderful as we have decided as a family that camping is the way to go! 

Welcome to the forum and the crazy world of camping!

The Morpheus is not a tent I am familiar with but looking online it looks very nice(although very heavy!) and Gelert is a respected brand.

At 740cm x 490cm you shouldn't have any problems getting on to sites (tents over 5m wide or those that are X or Y shaped have been known to encounter problems due to their large footprint)

Have you actually seen it erected?
Remember that all tents look huge until you get all your gear inside!

What other tents were on your list?

Hello,

Thanks for the help.

We have seen it erected. Having looked idley at tents on paper in the past we were amazed at the physical size of some of them

Our list was as follows:

Coleman Fremont 6 &8

Sprayway Canyon 8+2

Royal Cuban

Gelert Morphius

Vango Kasari 800

We have recently beenc amping in a tiny 4 man Pro Action tent and we do like to travel light when camping - bare essentials and thats it type camping but any suggestions or advice would be great as we are so confused now

Thanks

Sian

All he ones on the list we have seen pitched so thats what we made our list from as they have abranch near us. We has a look at Outwell tents but decided that we neede to see them in the canvas so to speak to get a feel for the size and layout.

I think the outwell ones we have seen on the net are probably the expensive end of the market but I am going on another adventure tomorrow to have a look at some more tents. Lets hope we can make up our minds soon otherwise we will end up camping in August in the same tiny tent we have now  which is far to small for four people.

Thanks for the welcome - everyone here is so friendly

Hi,

I just wondered whether you bought that Morpheus 8 in the end and if so what you thought of it? We have just got back from our camping trip and it's the first time we have been since we have had our little boy.  We also definatley need a bigger tent like you and liked the look of this one as it offered lots of space - if you could let us know what you thought that would be lovely.  Thank you.