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11/1/2015 at 8:29am
Location: Derby.
Outfit: Karsten 350+Awnings
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I'm not in a position to recommend a specific tent, but I'd certainly go along with the "bigger is better" mandate. Bob's reference to boy scouts also rings true, imo. The only reason to have a low, small tent, is if you are carrying it on your back. If going by car, then a full height tent makes sense to me. I guess there may be the odd full height 3 berth, but there's certainly plenty of 4 berths. Plus, if he's struck on inflatables, I would imagine a 6 berth takes less than 1 minute more than a 4 berth to erect, due to an extra few pegs?
Personally, unless he's going camping regularly, at least 6-8 times a year, I'd think inflatable is overkill anyway. Most, or certainly many, 4 berth, full height tents with "normal poles", can be put up alone in around 12 to 20 minutes, fully erected and guyed out, once he has "the knack".
I'd be looking along those lines.
Look for sewn in groundsheet (SIG). "Tunnel tent" design. The bedroom would be double skin. It may split in two, so half bedroom, half "junk room"! Leaving a tidy and reasonably spacious living area.
Maybe consider a tarp, if he wants a kitchen set up outside of the main tent?
If no tarp, one thing I would advise... and this is just a personal thing... is to avoid an exposed sloping main entrance, as the rain follows you in the door when entering/egressing the tent! So I'd consider some sort of canopy over the door... but then you have to give even more consideration to high wind!!
One thing's for certain... he'll get plenty of advice and opinions on here. The hard part is to work out what will suit him personally.
First bit of advice would be to warn him it's doubtful he'll get it right first time, so once he knows how he likes to camp, he'll probably change his first tent for something "more suitable"! Just make him aware of that "fact"... and tell hime it's perfectly normal!! 
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. Might be suitable for your brother and the price is good. 
