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18/5/2013 at 6:38pm
Location: Shropshire
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Look on Somerset Camping's website, they have some fantastic deals and their service is excellent. I think you may need one with a hydrostatic head of at least 4000 (waterproof), if you are going to be camping in all conditions. Others on here will give you some excellent advice I am sure.
Good luck and have a great time!
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18/5/2013 at 11:12pm
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I'd recommend looking for somewhere local to yourself that has camping displays so you can see tents in the 'flesh'. You need to think about what is most important to you as your choice of tent will depend on:
Your budget - most important
How much space you have in the car as some polycotton tents have huge packs
How important ease of pitching is
How important the time it takes to pitch is - if you're touring with the tent you'll want to be able to pitch and pack up quickly
Also the longer your camping holidays the bigger the tent you'll want, porches are particularly useful for cooking and storing wet, muddy gear
Do you care how heavy the tent is
Do you care about colour
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19/5/2013 at 1:57am
Location: Coventry
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Hi Dan & welcome to the forum 
Another thing to consider is whether you want a tent you can stand up in, or a low, 'crawl in' height tent.
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20/5/2013 at 12:36pm
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All the above, plus read the tent reviews on here. Also consider buying second hand. My first tent was an eBay bargain - Coleman Bi-space 500 for £30.
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20/5/2013 at 6:33pm
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If Budget allows have a look at the inflatable tents, such as the Vango Airbeam. They are quick and easy to pitch and the bigger ones aren't any harder to put up than the littler ones so you may as well have a larger one.
Always go for a bigger tent than the amount of people you have. Two people need a four or five man tent. I know of couples that use an 8 man tent but that's not much good for touring.
A couple beside me on a campsite this weekend (torrential rain) had a Vango Beta 350. They came home from soaked from a bike race they'd been attending and needed to come home to a dry tent. The tent had sprung a leak (this can happen any tent) and actually so had mine. My Vango Icarus is stand up height, I saw the leak (one spot only) and managed to contain it by putting a towel down. That couple in the Beta had a lagoon in their tent, soaked all their bedding etc. The smaller tent had the disadvantage because one leak did much more damage to their stuff than my bigger tent. They spent the night in the Amenity block. I managed to keep all bedding dry in my bigger tent, even though the floor of the main tent was wet from trailing feet etc and splashing in from outside.
So a separate bedroom pod, and 'living' area are essential, rather than a small tent where it is pretty much all one space.
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