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Hi all,

Am struggling to work out which tent is the best and maybe its a case of flipping a coin! We have had an Outwell Sun Valley 6 for the last 6 years and its done a great job but the kids are getting older, the tent is starting to look quite tired despite tent tape and lots of cans of fabsil and the kids are hoping we change to a pod tent.

I've looked at both the Kasari and the Hartford XL and can't decide - any comments?

Thanks

Davina x

One thing to bear in mind with "pod" style tents is their large footprints.

Once tents go over 5m wide (which both the mentioned tents do) you may find your choice of sites is more limited. Some sites will simply refuse you, some will charge an excess and some will charge you for 2 pitches, making your trips away very expensive!

There are plenty of sites that accept very large units (see here: http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/chatter/display_topic_threads.asp?ForumID=4&TopicID=27296&PagePosition=1) but it is something to think about when deciding which tent to buy and before you part with your money.

We used to have a pod style tent but now use tunnel tents as we find:
* they are quicker and easier to pitch
* they make better use of the internal space
* they fit on a pitch better (never experienced any problems)
* the bedrooms are better as the roof doesn't slope so steeply

Just my thoughts xx

thanks for info! well I really am leaning to the Kasari and one of the big points is the bedrooms having more height - no one ever wants to sleep in the corner of an outwell as the tent is on your face! and the pitching area being slightly smaller a plus! I'm greedy and want an extension too but even so think it will be worth it and yes the kids will have the smaller pods leaving a nice big pod for me and husband - may even make him go in a seperate one!

I just need to find a campshow to see it in action and I will take a leap of faith!

Thanks