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Quote: Originally posted by Gareth29 on 31/8/2009

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Go to the chippy its safer! lol I have children, cooking in a tent is a big no no in our family, their lifes are too precious to risk for the sake of an easy meal in the tent, I'd rather get wet outside for 5 mins!

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At the end of the day truckeroxford its your tent and you and your families safety so if you feel that its ok then you carry on and do what you want to do. However, like most accidents they normally involve an innocent 3rd party at the very least. If you camp next to a family who are asleep in their tent when accidentally your tent catches fire and burning tent material is blown onto their tent which then catches fire how will you feel then ? Synthetic tents burn very fast and whilst most suggest that they are flame retardant this does not mean they are fire proof. Your suggestion that its people who dont know what they are doing is totally ridiculous. We have been camping for many years and we had a canister go up on us just recently. On this occasion it was due to a faulty canister seal that initially was ok but shortly after lighting the stove started to leak and within seconds the whole stove was a mass fire ball.

If you feel the need to cook in your tent and I agree lots of people do then you need to accept that it is a risk and take other peoples safety into account by ensuring that you are pitched far enough away from any other tent that if god forbid your tent did catch fire then only you and your family will be at risk and not endanger other innocent people.