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I have the Eurohike easy pitch family room which is very easy to pitch (literally springs into shape once released then thread through a couple of poles for over the doors) but putting away is an art form but is possible!

Although it states it's 2.5m square that isn't useable space due to the shape, probably ok for two or three people to use as kitchen & dining area but for a family of 5 I need most of the space to cook & dish up and definately don't have enough space for the dining table with this layout (may have another go next time we camp even if its just to get the children to dine in there rather than the bell tent)

Having already owned a frame tent I would rather use a canvas frame utility as the walls don't slope so much so will have more useable area, it really isn't that hard to put up a small frame tent alone.

I've been looking at these too, for the same purpose.  Is it this one?  What happens to those flaps if you are not docking a couple of pop up tents onto the base tent? 

The regular one without the docking flaps is not reduced so costs more. 

Hi Achy, i have one of these from Decathalon also (2.25x2.25m) .... and also have a 5M bell.  I use the Quachua for the kitchen and storage.  You could probably put a table for 2 in there as well with relative ease, a table seating 3 would be snug but possible ... a table for 4 would probably be pushing it ......

Great tent to pitch, takes all of 30 seconds, and probably takes about 10 minutes to depitch and struggle to get back into shape and into the bag.

Humbird

We have used one as a kitchen tent in the past,  what I did was to make a splashback and hang it from the little tags in the corners to keep the tent splash free

 also when packing away leave the tent pegs in three of the corners when you push the free one in,it saves chaseing it halfway round the campesite if you are on your own  

Quote: Originally posted by jennynec on 04/2/2013

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How strong are the decathlon tents if the weather is windy?

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 Has anyone looked at the Ozark Trail Gazebo at asda? for £30.00 it looks like a good buy is lightweight packs into its own bag (tent type poles) and has mesh sides to keep the midges out.

Sorry I don't know how to put a link here but just log onto asda and search for gazebo.

terry

http://direct.asda.com/Ozark-Trail-Gazebo/000939831,default,pd.html