Tents

[lucas1991]

Guys, i'm a newbie!

Me and a group of friends are going and don't know what to do about tents, should we just have one huge tent? or a few smallers ones??

and does anyone know if more early bird tickets go on sale?

Cheers

[nicho]

You can get some really cheap 2 & 3 man tents from the likes of tesco, asda etc.If yo go for a really big tent for everyone, it will probably weigh a ton & therefore be a right bind to carry, whereas the little cheapo's are small & light. The other advantage is, you can just leave them when all the chavvy knobheads have pissed on them, cut them, or burnt them. I got my son a small cheapo tent from tesco last year (2man) & it was about £6.50, heleft it after someone pissed on it.

[stephen07]

I would recomend spending alittle more on a tent with a internal skin because if it rains like it did at V last year them cheap 1s turn into a small paddling pools.

As for 1 big tent dont even bother , take ages to put up and heavy to carry from your car.

Get a semi decent Euro Hike 1 for about £40, 3 man tent (DART THATS WHAT I GOT) sleeps 2 and there stuff easily.Im on my 5th year with my tent just wash it when u get home and its as good as new other than abit faded.

[lucas1991]

Okay cheers for that. Anyone got a clue about more early bird tickets coming on or...?

[We look out upon the sea.]

Last year we decided to try the whole, 'lets get one big tent!'. All it ment was that the weight of about 4 smaller tents was left with one person; me. We're taking a cheap pop up tent each and a gazebo this year, loads better

[mandypants]

Click here for a really good bargain tent. It's got everything you want for a small tent, decent quality for a bargain price. It's double skinned so it's less likely to leak, and you don't get all the condensation dripping on your face as you try to sleep. I've seen it set up in store and I was seriously tempted myself, but having four tents already kind of made me think twice