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11/6/2017 at 9:22pm
Location: Yorkshire
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We had a 5m bell tent a few years ago but not for long...we sold it on for reasons already mentioned: the low doorway means stopping to go in or out, lack of windows makes it a very sealed-off sort of camping experience (IMHO). Mesh doors weren't an optional extra when we had ours and we didn't have a separate bedroom inner (it'd make the living space feel a bit cramped, I reckon). And, where do you cook? We had a kitchen tent back then, which wasn't ideal because if you wanted something and it was raining/night time, it meant unzipping, twice, to access the chocolate biscuits and make a cuppa (which is surely what everyone does, at midnight?).
We bought a tarp from Obelink for over the doorway but found it was really mahoosive and took longer to pitch than the tent itself, so that was a no-no for us. Big tarps have to be taken down if gale force winds threaten, so all in all it was too much of a headache.
That said, bell tents are easy and quick to pitch and pack sizes are very reasonable for the size of tent they offer. The pole bag is laughable (if you've ever had a big, family tent, you'll know what I mean).
If we ever have another, it'll have to be the one from Cabanon. I was - for some obscure reason, given the above reasons not to have one - looking at them at the beginning of last season, on the Cabanon website (when we could buy direct and the currency rate was quite favourable), had one in my basket to buy but dithered and then, the next morning, found there'd been a substantial price increase overnight. So, my euros stayed in ma poche.
Good luck, whatever you decide!
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