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Topic: Need new weekend tent

zipperwales

29/8/2014 at 12:21pm
Location: wales
Outfit: 2020 Raclet Quickstop SE

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Hi now we are comeing to the end of 2014 and looking for a new weekend tent for next year we have been using a Vango Icarus 400 for the weekends and for longer stays we have a Kamp Filey 5 Air

And for next year we are looking for something in size between the two and quick

and light to pitch we go both types of camping with or without a EHU your thoughts would be very helpful and now there are just the two of us and one small dog

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CatAndNett

29/8/2014 at 1:28pm
Location: West Yorkshire
Outfit: Concorde L & awning

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Id just take the Filey, seeing as its inflatable- you wont find much quicker to put up than that?

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paul+kate s-o-t

29/8/2014 at 2:39pm
Location: stoke on trent
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I'd also just use the kampa that's one of the reasons we went inflatable so we only have one tent

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Lurcher Luvva

29/8/2014 at 4:57pm
Location: West Yorkshire
Outfit: Outwell Newport L and various Vangos

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I got a Vango Ark 400 for 1 or 2 night stays ( just me and 2 Lurchers ) .

Took me 10 mins first time pitching , including fastening the inner in ( left in so will take less time next time out )

Loads of room , and such a tiny pack size ! Stood up to wind and rain , easy to pack away and can't wait to use it again

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zipper99

29/8/2014 at 6:39pm
Location: South Wales
Outfit: Kampa Filey 5 Air - Vango Icarus

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Hi thanks for the feedback why my wife is looking for some thing in between the two size tents we have, the Filey is 33.80 KG not a tent you can just pop up the attic and chuck it in the back of the car on a Friday night and it is a big tent to dry if you pack up on a wet day had it in the house wet for a week before we could pitch it back up outside to dry

mitzionline

29/8/2014 at 9:50pm
Location: Devizes Wiltshire
Outfit: Cabanon Barbados & Cabanon Guadeloupe

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Our weekend tent is the Vango airbeam flux 500 its a super tent for three of us sleeping on wide camp beds.

It's mainly bedroom, but with a very small porch area - it looks so compact from the outside but feels quite roomy inside. I did a review on uk campsite + there's photos

There is also Flux 300 version which is narrower and not enough height for standing

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zipperwales

03/9/2014 at 6:44pm
Location: wales
Outfit: 2020 Raclet Quickstop SE

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After spending a few days looking on the net found a tent from Norwich Camping Kampa Hayling 4 Tent - 2014 for £199.00 and as the weather looks ok for the weekend off to the Gower to try out

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