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Subject Topic: Tent for 2 adults and a 5 yr old Post Reply Post New Topic
PersonStuCPFC
14/6/2014 at 10:18am
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Morning all! Im currently searching for a small tent to suit us and our 5 yr old daughter for small trips 2/3 night max, as for a short time im not taking out huge 8 berth Hi Gear tent.

Requirements are good quality, not too expensive but must pack up reasonably small and have a bit of a living area. Im running out of storage room so smaller packing size the better. Any recommendations for me?

Many thanks

Stuart


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PersonOldRex
14/6/2014 at 12:02pm
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Hi Stuart, if standing room is important, I would look at something like the Vango Icarus or Coleman Galileo.

If you want a smaller pack size than those, you will need to sacrifice the headroom, and something like a Vango Beta may be more suitable. Any pack size smaller than that, and you wouldn't just be crouching inside, you would be on hands and knees.

As you already know, you need to go for something bigger than a 3-man tent for 3 people, the tent "person-count" is only theoretical!

Good luck tent hunting!

OldRex


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14/6/2014 at 1:51pm
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We bought a vango kalu 400 for two adults and a 10 year old, if you look on trip reports there is a post by me with pics   and there are pics in the Easter thread as well. We have the awning as well to give us somewhere to cook. The living room is not big but all three of us could sit round the table to eat.

Here


And here scroll down the page on this one, first photo shows size of tent bag in car, also has pics of bedroom and living area with table and chairs

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PersonStuCPFC
15/6/2014 at 6:15am
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Thaank you both, I have had a look at the Icarus, and I am tempted. I was tempted to look into an airbeam tent, as for short getaways it enables super quick pitching leaving more time for fun but the price is more than I was hoping to spend really.


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15/6/2014 at 12:33pm
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Quote: Originally posted by StuCPFC on 15/6/2014
Thaank you both, I have had a look at the Icarus, and I am tempted. I was tempted to look into an airbeam tent, as for short getaways it enables super quick pitching leaving more time for fun but the price is more than I was hoping to spend really.

I see where you are going with this idea, and its certainly one all of us have thought about.

I reckon that on a 3-pole tent like an Icarus, the time saving of an Airbeam over a fibreglass pole version would be marginal. You still have to unpack, position, peg out, pump up and guy the tent. And if you use the "Cross Camping method" as seen on Youtube you can put up a standard Icarus solo in much the same time as an airbeam version.

Also, the smaller Airbeams I have seen lose a fair amount of internal space to the beams themselves.

Just my own opinion of course!

OldRex



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