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Hi all,

new to the site, been looking for a family starter tent for a couple of months now. We are a family of 4 - 2 kids aged 10 and 7. Wanting quite a roomy living area with sewn in groundsheet,  Looking to buy second hand and these are the two we've narrowed it down to!  Just wondered if anyone had any advice or knowledge of either tent. We are complete newbies to the camping scene and have so many questions,  One of which was is there a restriction on width/length of the tent that campsites adhere to or is it just a case of ringing them beforehand to ensure our tent is suitable?? i no its probably a stupid question but one thats bugging me all the same lol.

Thanks in advance

Any six man tent will fit onto a standard pitch, it's when you get to 8 man and 10 man sized that you need to start thinking about that one.

I would avoid Skandika. What is it about the Diablo that you like? Is it the shape of it? A tunnel tent instead would give you standing height even in the bedroom areas. But then the smaller bedrooms are easier to heat as there's less air above your heads.

As far as I know the Diablo is an inner pitch first, with a seperate flysheet over the top. I'm not sure if it has a SIG (sewn in groundsheet) How about this Vango Colorado instead? You can leave the bedroom pods in while you're folding it up, you only need to put them in the first time.

http://www.norwichcamping.co.uk/vango-colorado-600dlx.html