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Hi

I'm a fairly newbie to this site, but have just spent the past few months researching our new tent.  I found it very much depends on your budget and criteria, to us we wanted to be able to stand up in our tent and have a decent amount of 'living' area in case of bad weather - for this the static head is important - it depends I guess how often you will be camping in the spring / autumn, there is obviously a bigger chance of foul weather and therefore I would personally recomment a higher HH, if you are only a summer camper then you could risk a not so high HH and hope that we have a decent summer. There is only 2 of us, but after much comparison and checking of reviews on this site, which are excellent - we opted for the Outwell Montana 6 we have a smaller Outwell tent and the quality is excellent but then the price is higher for Outwell.

I can highly recommend the Khyam Ontario 8 XC if you're looking for an easy to pitch, spacious family tent.

Large bedroom pods comfortably accommodate 8 x 75cm wide airbeds, sewn in groundsheet, standing height (225cm), large windows, good ventialtion, spacious living area 315cm x 370cm), fits on a standard pitch (tent measures 7.5m x 3.7m), groundsheet drops flat at doors for easy cleaning and no trip hazzard, cable entry points, ceiling hook for light, doors can be canopied out to form a sun porch, 5000HH rating.
You can also buy canopy or sun porch and carpet to turn it into a real home from home.

2010 price is around £225 but if you can find a 2007 or 2008 model ythen you can expect to pay around £180