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Hi folks,

 just got back from our very first camping trip. We ( my wife ,4 kids  and I) had a wonderful time at Laxey campsite on our beautiful island, which is only 10 miles away but camping is camping I guess.

    Anyway about our Icarus 1000, it was great! loads of room , easy to pitch only took me and Steph an hour from parking the car to finishing. We also bought the canopy which we found slightly more tricky but will suss it with a bit more practice. It was a real home from home for the weekend. We got the carpet and foot print too. What a wonderful thing having a carpet in a tent so so cosy,and as for the footprint, to my mind this is a must have piece of kit, our ground sheet was bone dry and clean when we packed up.

  It was quite cold in the night and with 6 of us in the tent there was lots of condensation , is this normal?

  I aint got time right now but took loads of pics wich i will do my very best to get on here.

 We have spent what i consider to be a lot of money on all our gear, so thank goodness it was a hit with the kids. I have just put our 6 year old twins to bed and one of them said that they had been more comfortable on their air bed( Coleman comort) . I thought that was a wonderful recomendation for camping.

 Also must say the campsite was wonderful too, very helpful warden and very good facilities.

 I cant wait til next year to get to england and have a family holiday in our tent.

  Bye for now

 Neil

Quote: Originally posted by Yoda 773 on 09/9/2012

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Hi folks,

 just got back from our very first camping trip. We ( my wife ,4 kids  and I) had a wonderful time at Laxey campsite on our beautiful island, which is only 10 miles away but camping is camping I guess.

    Anyway about our Icarus 1000, it was great! loads of room , easy to pitch only took me and Steph an hour from parking the car to finishing. We also bought the canopy which we found slightly more tricky but will suss it with a bit more practice. It was a real home from home for the weekend. We got the carpet and foot print too. What a wonderful thing having a carpet in a tent so so cosy,and as for the footprint, to my mind this is a must have piece of kit, our ground sheet was bone dry and clean when we packed up.

  It was quite cold in the night and with 6 of us in the tent there was lots of condensation , is this normal?

  I aint got time right now but took loads of pics wich i will do my very best to get on here.

 We have spent what i consider to be a lot of money on all our gear, so thank goodness it was a hit with the kids. I have just put our 6 year old twins to bed and one of them said that they had been more comfortable on their air bed( Coleman comort) . I thought that was a wonderful recomendation for camping.

 Also must say the campsite was wonderful too, very helpful warden and very good facilities.

 I cant wait til next year to get to england and have a family holiday in our tent.

  Bye for now

 

 Neil

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Quote: Originally posted by Yoda 773 on 09/9/2012

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Hi folks,

 just got back from our very first camping trip. We ( my wife ,4 kids  and I) had a wonderful time at Laxey campsite on our beautiful island, which is only 10 miles away but camping is camping I guess.

    Anyway about our Icarus 1000, it was great! loads of room , easy to pitch only took me and Steph an hour from parking the car to finishing. We also bought the canopy which we found slightly more tricky but will suss it with a bit more practice. It was a real home from home for the weekend. We got the carpet and foot print too. What a wonderful thing having a carpet in a tent so so cosy,and as for the footprint, to my mind this is a must have piece of kit, our ground sheet was bone dry and clean when we packed up.

  It was quite cold in the night and with 6 of us in the tent there was lots of condensation , is this normal?

  I aint got time right now but took loads of pics wich i will do my very best to get on here.

 We have spent what i consider to be a lot of money on all our gear, so thank goodness it was a hit with the kids. I have just put our 6 year old twins to bed and one of them said that they had been more comfortable on their air bed( Coleman comort) . I thought that was a wonderful recomendation for camping.

 Also must say the campsite was wonderful too, very helpful warden and very good facilities.

 I cant wait til next year to get to england and have a family holiday in our tent.

  Bye for now

 

 Neil

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Johnny,the dimensions are pretty similar to my Tigris 800XL. Should give you the idea if its just a sense of scale you are after.

http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/tents/p/Vango-Tigris-800-XL/2572

I did note that the Icarus achieves the 10 person rating by allowing only 63cm width per berth, its 70cm in the Tigris - worth considering when factoring in sleeping arrangements if you intend to squeeze in 5 people at either end!