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07/8/2012 at 10:46am
Location: Derby.
Outfit: Karsten 350+Awnings
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Welcome Seymour.
Are you after a weekend tent, or a family tent? Vis-a-vis, dome or tunnel? Blue, green or other colour?, Poly or polycotton? SIG or ZIG? Fibreglass, steel or ally poles? Fly first or inner first?
If you dithered on just one of those questions, then I'm sorry, you are not ready to buy yet!! 
With respect, I'd suspect that with a budget as tight as that, for what will need to be an absolute minimum of a 6 berth, imo, (but pref an 8) you can't afford to get it wrong. And I don't mean to be rude when I say that.
Do as others say, and (window) shop around. Plenty of looking, plenty of research, but most of all, plenty of questions on here, because the good folk on here really know their stuff..... I can vouch for that, from what I have learned on here since signing up just a couple of months ago.
There is no such thing as a daft question. Even if it sounds like one to you, it won't be!! So whatever is on your mind, throw it out there, and you will get answers.
Take your time, so you can eventually sit back with a big grin on your face, a beer in hand, watching your family have the time of their lives in a perfect tent.......... that you picked!!
Heaven! 
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07/8/2012 at 1:37pm
Location: Chester Cheshire
Outfit: Outwell Nevada M
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We went on our first camping trip as a family last week and we were going to take our basic 4 man pro action tent. I can't stand in it and there is very little space in the main section, so we decided to go on the hunt.
I have read that you need to go 2 man up on how many in your party, so if there are 5 of you - you will need at least 6/7 man tent but more like 7/8 man tent
We had our heart set on the hi gear zenobia and went to buy it from Go Outdoors, but we decided to look at the other tents and speak to the tent expert.
He said it is okay but not very good if we have lots of rain, so we looked around and fell in love with the Nevada M, it is a 5 man and was perfect for us ( 2 adults and 2 children, 1 dog)
We liked the windows, that you could stand, the sewn in groundsheet, the fact it the bedrooms were together but split (young children), and the latte colour meant it was cooler than the darker blue zenobia.
We should have done some research on the Nevada on the net like we did the Zenobia but I fell in love with it there and then so we brought it, fortunately all reviews were decent.
We did have a few little faults, and Go Outdoors have replaced it.
I really recommend trying before you buy and doing a lot of research on the net too :)
Good Luck
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07/8/2012 at 3:50pm
Location: Rugby
Outfit: None Entered
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Wow, thank you all so much for your responses!
I've practically moved in to our local Go Outdoors and Jacksons of Old Arley, I've been dragging the family back and forth since last year to window shop! It's good to know that isn't such a crazy thing to do. We were even accidentally locked outside with the tents last night at Go Outdoors!
Ideally we'd like two tents (being greedy now!), looking at getting a smaller weekend one for now and then spending a bit more in the future on an upgrade. The three I mentioned are within budget but, as a few people have mentioned, I do worry that we'll be rather crammed in!
I've seen the Royal Atlanta and the Hi Gear Voyager, both seem to have a fairly large living area compared to other 6 berths, bedrooms might be little tight, though.
I had a look at the Kampa Croyde 6 and the Outwell Nevada tents, they both seem fantastic and really roomy...I might have to go back to the drawing board (the other half) and try to re-adjust the budget a little.
I shall certainly do some more research, this site especially is brilliant! Thank you all again, sorry about the waffling...
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07/8/2012 at 4:20pm
Location: North Yorkshire
Outfit: Holi * Perran 4 * Airedale 5
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As a family of 5 as well, we have the Khyam Ontario 8 which is just the right size.
http://www.khyam.co.uk/detail.asp?p=1052&product=Ontario 8 XCP
It is very quick and easy to erect, has SIG, large windows, good ventilation, groundsheet drops flat at the doors so no trip hazard, 3 large bedroom pods which can easily accommodate 75cm wide airbeds instead of just 50-60cm wide mats, spacious central living area, standing height throughout, 5000HH rating.....
Overall, you get a lot of good quality tent for your money.
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07/8/2012 at 9:24pm
Location: Atherton Manchester
Outfit: Khyam Ontario 8 and S'camp Vario 600
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like the thread above, we are a family of 5, in a khyam ontario 8 with zipped sun porch, where we have our kitchen area. The sleeping arrangements suit us well, we have the big pod for our queen size double heigh bed, only luxury for me and other half, the oldest child has there own pod, and the 2 youngest share. We have a khyam carpet to finish off, we bought ours about 6 years ago ex display for £100 - we have considered other tents, but there is nothing we feel on the market that matches the HH of 5000 or living layout that we want, and to boot that will cost us another £100 - we got the footprint to match from khyam direct in a sale for about £25,
there are some great tents out there, but for a family of 5 you do need an 8 berth tent, with standing room if possible, we wish you well with your search
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