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10/4/2024 at 9:05am
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Hello Campers
We have always camped both pre and post family. We currently have a 4 man Vango and it's been very good.
However now our 2 kids are adults, my wife and I are thinking about getting a lighter 3 person tent for trips.
The spec we are after is that the tent should include a separate well ventilated cooking/storage area that we can stand up in, or at least sit comfortably in chairs.
Another feature that would help, is easy access from either side.
Also, I know that wedge shaped tents are better for windy weather stability, but when it pours with rain, you get wet going in and out of sloping doors, so some kind of solution for this would be ideal.
I'm happy to buy second hand tents, if in good condition and don't mind doing a bit of research, but would prefer to get some feedback from real people, in the field (literally).
Finally, cost does come into the equation, of course, so we want the best of all worlds... A reasonably priced, lightweight, 3 man tent, that will withstand 3 seasons UK weather, where you can stand up in the outer section, and won't get soaked going in or out in the rain!
Please send your feedback and ideas.
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Alan
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10/4/2024 at 2:08pm
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I was recently looking for a relatively 'cheapish' (more a mid priced one with a good end of season discount, rather than a true budget one!), compact floorplan (small pitch restraint!), 4 berth tent with twin bedrooms, and I was surprised at how few were tall enough to stand in (for a 6 footer)! It seems that you often need to look to bigger 5/6 berth tents to find ones with good headroom!
Of course the well established 'rule' of always downgrade the manufacturers claim on berths by at least 1 unless you want to be 'intimate' with your fellow sleepers, and have no baggage in sleeping area, applies! I was only looking to accommodate 2 of us.
I had in the end, to settle for a tent without a separate 'porch' area, as again they only seemed available on larger tents! That went against one of my 'must have' principles of a tent, but I had to compromise somewhere to meet all the other requirements.
Lightweight and 3 season are slightly opposing requirements, lightweight is usually 3000HH (or even 2000HH on budget stuff!), wetter season use 4000HH or higher.
Got to agree with suggestion to visit a supplier with a display section, Go-Outdoors, or Decathlon are well known chains that usually have erected tents to examine.
Second-hand tents can be a gamble, if heavily used, then probably only limited life left if actually in good order in first place! The polyester fabric degrades in the sun, and seam taping is often getting dubious, fibreglass poles also often fail after some use. A fair number of posts on here of people having bought s/h and seeking solutions to re-waterproof (not really going to happen with a polyester tent once polyurethane fabric lining degraded), or replacement poles! Condition is everything, so seeing erected and examining closely is advised. A packed tent can just be a bag of trouble! I bought my old Outwell Glendale s/h and it's been fine, so it is possible to find a good one, but it was a relatively expensive top end tent in the first place and it wasn't very cheap s/h!
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