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Subject Topic: Help re choosing a tent
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07/5/2014 at 4:15pm
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 Outfit: Ace Jubilee Viceroy 2008
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Hello !

We are a small family of 3 too!

I invested in a royal athens tent. It's very spacious for us, and all of our belongings.

It's fair priced, in the middle really. It's a heavy tent due to steel poles.

But I opted for the 4 man as it's truly spacious, and invested in an extension for the longer trips

Hope this helps


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07/5/2014 at 6:41pm
 Location: Mid Calder
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Just looked at the Royal Athens 4 and it looks amazing. Is it difficult to put up ????? Really fancy it !


07/5/2014 at 7:40pm
 Location: Caerphilly South Wales
 Outfit: Outwell Montana 6P (2012)
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We just got the Hi-Gear Elite 4 as a weekend tent, my wife really wanted the Outwell Rockwell 5 but I wanted to avoid the cost of another Outwell tent (we have the Outwell Montana 6P and all its extras and matching gear).

Got the Hi-Gear Gobi Elite 4 with carpet and footprint for £185.


07/5/2014 at 9:59pm
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Hi anner!

This was our first proper tent - was a complete breeze to assemble!

Colour coded poles, you truly cannot go wrong

This tent also comes in 6 berth form - it was huge!!!

But we felt if we needed more space - we would use the extension

I'm bias yes - but it's never leaked nor let us down - we love it and use the porch for our toilet


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07/5/2014 at 11:04pm
 Location: Mid Calder
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Do you think it's ok just for weekends, I'm worried it might be too big but I love it and a seller is selling it for £249 which is an absolute bargain ?


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08/5/2014 at 3:55pm
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It's def a large tent - it comes in 2 separate bags ( again large) one for poles and one for tent itself

We felt the price was a steal for us, and truly do t regret our decision



08/5/2014 at 5:18pm
 Location: Mid Calder
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Right I've gone for a outwell Covington 4 , felt the other one was too heavy . Seems to get good write up so here's hoping x thanks for all the advice !


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08/5/2014 at 9:24pm
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Congratulations!!! Hope you have a wonderful time camping x



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