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Subject Topic: small utility tent??? Post Reply Post New Topic
03/7/2011 at 5:44pm
 Location: northamptonshire
 Outfit: Outwell Georgia 5 Vango Icarus 500
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We have this year purchased a Vango Icarus 500, to use as our "Weekend tent" (we have a Montana as our "main tent"). We are thinking about maybe next year, if not before, doing a long camping trip, and moving on to a few different sites. We want to do this with the "weekend" tent as it is much easier and quicker to put up and down.

We dont really want to start buying extensions for the icarus and have thought about a small utility tent to use as a cooking/storage area, to keep the tent less cluttered on longer stays.

Does anyone have any recommendations or ideas what we could use. Some of the "bigger" day tents, are a bit big for what we want, and a bit pricey too. We have seen at our local camping shop a "toilet" tent, which we think might be ideal?? and is very reasonably priced. But as it is quite tall, I am worried about it standing up to any kind of wind??

All ideas/suggestions/comments welcome!!

familyof4

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03/7/2011 at 6:23pm
 Location: Hull East Yorkshire
 Outfit: Outwell Vango Relum & Cabanon!!
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have a look at the base seconds from decathlon.

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03/7/2011 at 6:33pm
 Location: s.wales
 Outfit: outwell wolf lake 7
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I ve been looking at the outdoor revolution outhouse xl which seems ideal for us

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August..Bristol balloon fiesta
August..Cornwall..of course!


03/7/2011 at 6:55pm
 Location: None Entered
 Outfit: Quechua Family 4.2
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Go Quechua!!!!  Base seconds or the toilet tent.

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03/7/2011 at 7:23pm
 Location: None Entered
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Thirded for the Quechua Base Seconds, but make sure you practice taking it down before you go if you've not used a pop-up tent before.


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03/7/2011 at 7:47pm
 Location: North Yorkshire
 Outfit: Sterling Europa 460 NT
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we started off with the outdoor revolution outhouse xl which we found to be an easy to erect utilty tent however I recently bought the Quecha Base Seconds as I'd bought another kitchen unit and I find that the plus for this as a utility was that there is more space so if it's raining when cooking both hubby and I can be in this tent without getting wet. The eyebrow canopies also mean that we can have the door open even when it's raining whereas with the outhouse we'd have to shut the door.

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May 13 - Cala Gogo, St Cyprien (didn't go, hubby too ill to travel)
May 14 Ranc Davaine
August 14 Les Sablons
August 13 - Camping Playa Brava, Pals


03/7/2011 at 8:26pm
 Location: Kidlington Oxford
 Outfit: Vango Diablo 900 Easy camp Kos 6
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If you have a smallish tent and a utility tent do site charge you extra for having 2 units? Or as long as it all fits on one pitch do they not mind??

This is the one thing that has put me off buying a utility tent. 



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04/7/2011 at 8:09am
 Location: None Entered
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I've always checked the status regarding pup tents when I book and when I check in to a site and I make sure I say that nobody will be sleeping in the small tent. So far no site has had an issue with it, although a Forest Holidays site did specify it had to be a certain distance away from the main tent, and I have never been charged extra.

We don't have a massive tent, so it's nice not to have all the cooking equipment, food, etc. cluttering the porch of the main tent.


04/7/2011 at 8:35am
 Location: Bristol
 Outfit: Gelert Corvus 6+2 and Vango Tigris 400
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Go for the Quecha, it's brilliant.  We took it to Scotland in all the rain and gales during the end of May, it stood up really well, no leaks or anything - I love it, and then there is always the entertainment value of getting it back down again


05/7/2011 at 11:03am
 Location: North Yorkshire
 Outfit: Holi * Perran 4 * Airedale 5
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I have a Royal utility tent which is lovely.

Some sites will charge extra for them and others won't so it's a case of asking each site you visit what their policy is.

So far, I haven't been charged but we are going to Sleningford Watermill in a few weeks time and they are charging us



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05/7/2011 at 11:09am
 Location: s.wales
 Outfit: outwell wolf lake 7
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just looked at the quechua one and it does look good.
is it ok if its windy? wondered if it would blow in a lot on the sides towards the cooker?

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Easter..Nantcols
August..Bristol balloon fiesta
August..Cornwall..of course!


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05/7/2011 at 11:14am
 Location: s.wales
 Outfit: outwell wolf lake 7
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cool! just watched a youtube video of the base seconds as utility tent,uploaded by none other than valbarley

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tent and gear all packed away now and making plans for 2012

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Easter..Nantcols
August..Bristol balloon fiesta
August..Cornwall..of course!


05/7/2011 at 11:27am
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Hi familyof4.

                  We use a Cabanon PN20 utility tent, it's quite samall for a kitchen tent, but suits us fine, very strong little tent, being of heavy "Cotton" for the walls and quite a thick laminated roof, it uses 13mm steel poles, photo in my gallery.

Despite it's heavy build quality, it packs to a remarkably small size, they often pop on Ebay, and can also be found under Archery Tents, as they tend to be quite popular in that sport.




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