which tent ?

[dvjj]

That is gonna be a great little tent setup for you guys methinks

Returning to topic, this is the tent I am currently very tempted by:

http://www.yeomansoutdoors.co.uk/products/...tent-mocca.aspx

[Ray Sheep]

I think this tent will be great and at 10.8kg not too heavy, will you and Mr (Don't know his name! and when will we get to meet him?) be driving down? We could probably take some of your heavy stuff if you wanted, not usre what we are driving down in but Rob was talking about hiring a 4x4!!

Edited May 2, 2010 by Ray Sheep

[Ray Sheep]

I got this today http://www.simplyhike.co.uk/products/Colem...e3PlusTent.aspx

Its a tunnel tent, which is obv good for storage but what sold it for me was the fact it has a raised groundsheet...so no puddles around the edges for me!

[Paul ™]

Mine arrived today

[tazzyb]

We bought a Vango Icarus 500 last year, one of the most popular tents for sale, in fact was sold out almost everywhere by the summer. Has a wonderful size porch you can stand up in, comfortably all sit in as well whilst watching the world go by. Its £130 here.

For reviews on just about any tent try here. This site is full of real user reviews.

P.s do the pop up tents not 'wander off' with help from nasty fairies?

[ICGenie]

Tent purchased yesterday:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Vango-Beta-250-Ten...9374&sr=8-4

Last year's model so seems an absolute bargain to me

Edited May 6, 2010 by ICGenie

[dvjj]

Tent purchased yesterday:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Vango-Beta-250-Ten...9374&sr=8-4

Last year's model so seems an absolute bargain to me

[wow400]

Tent porn indeed!

Having had a good read of this thread, I decided to buy yet another tent (Vango Icarcus 500) which makes it about one a year so far!

Well, it'll have to do Glasto & Global I guess ;-)

[barkley87]

i'm getting this tent:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Waterproof-Person-...7893&sr=8-2

it's gonna be me and my boyfriend squeezed into one room, and my friend in the other. I'm not too bothered about the small bedrooms, but i'm liking the idea of the lobby bit to sit in, and the door that can be opened into a canopy. oooooh!

[Rufus Gwertigan]

I have a got a Vango Banshee 300

3 man job, with 2 doors. Fits in a side pocket of my rucksack weighs 5lbs so not alot to carry

Edited May 18, 2010 by Rufus Gwertigan

[featherboa]

I do love a tent thread!

We have a Vango (not sure on model) it's a 4 man with one large room and a large porch area. It's the best tent I have had, far better than the ones I used to get from Argos!

[dvjj]

i'm getting this tent:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Waterproof-Person-...7893&sr=8-2

it's gonna be me and my boyfriend squeezed into one room, and my friend in the other. I'm not too bothered about the small bedrooms, but i'm liking the idea of the lobby bit to sit in, and the door that can be opened into a canopy. oooooh!

[barkley87]

If you haven't purchased this I would dissuade you from buying from Cyber checkout, we got a similar tent from there in 2007 as we put it up the wind caught and the bit the pole goes through split and the pole broke. (Poor owrkmanship a tent should be able to cope with a little wind) We managed to get a replacement pole from Millets (all be it too long) but when we tried to get our money back from Cyber they wouldn't even discuss it...

Edited May 19, 2010 by barkley87

[dvjj]

i'm getting this tent:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Waterproof-Person-...7893&sr=8-2

it's gonna be me and my boyfriend squeezed into one room, and my friend in the other. I'm not too bothered about the small bedrooms, but i'm liking the idea of the lobby bit to sit in, and the door that can be opened into a canopy. oooooh!

[barkley87]

Click this link for two room tent pictured below

[Mr.Tickle]

I got me one of these for £70, seems like a bargain but it's sooooooo heavy!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Lichfield-Mojave-6-T...0-/270543879862

[Rufus Gwertigan]

[izcuje]

This tent porn thread is amazing!

my mates and I will be flying in from Asia for Glasto. after much consideration we've decided to pick up a tent there instead of lug around one from back home - only now our main concern is that we wont be getting any practice setting up one of these babies-Amazing tents seem to call for superheroic setting-up skills, no?

[redmad1971]

we got a cheap little 4 man one from argos and that did us fine.it wasn't expensive either.

[cejx]

We got one from Argos 3 years ago, 4 man cost about £35. Still using it now but for the price you can afford to leave it behind if it gets too muddy.

[bigsmoke]

I got this today http://www.simplyhike.co.uk/products/Colem...e3PlusTent.aspx

Its a tunnel tent, which is obv good for storage but what sold it for me was the fact it has a raised groundsheet...so no puddles around the edges for me!

[bigsmoke]

oooh, further to above...

having just read the guy ropes thread over in chat, it mentions that 'tunnel' tents need their guy ropes to stay up. I've never owned a tunnel tent before, just dome or ridge, but was hoping that the pegs would hold it up, and the guy ropes would just be a 'nice to have'.

if someone walks past my beautiful coleman (above) in the night and pulls its ropes out of the ground, is it going to collapse on my sleeping face?

(or, more likely, will i return at dawn to find it in a heap?!)

yours, a worried BS

x

[rabid]

oooh, further to above...

having just read the guy ropes thread over in chat, it mentions that 'tunnel' tents need their guy ropes to stay up. I've never owned a tunnel tent before, just dome or ridge, but was hoping that the pegs would hold it up, and the guy ropes would just be a 'nice to have'.

if someone walks past my beautiful coleman (above) in the night and pulls its ropes out of the ground, is it going to collapse on my sleeping face?

(or, more likely, will i return at dawn to find it in a heap?!)

yours, a worried BS

x

[clockworkpurple]

oooh, further to above...

having just read the guy ropes thread over in chat, it mentions that 'tunnel' tents need their guy ropes to stay up. I've never owned a tunnel tent before, just dome or ridge, but was hoping that the pegs would hold it up, and the guy ropes would just be a 'nice to have'.

if someone walks past my beautiful coleman (above) in the night and pulls its ropes out of the ground, is it going to collapse on my sleeping face?

(or, more likely, will i return at dawn to find it in a heap?!)

yours, a worried BS

x

[boredawn]

oooooh, boredeawn - has it arrived? have you had it up yet?

i'm about to order one but have been umming and aahing over what to get for months now so am nervous about taking the plunge

it looks so beautiful in the picture, guess i'm just afraid it won't live up to my expectations. also, it says headroom of 155, which is almost standing for me, but somehow they never feel as tall as they say they are, if you know what i mean. would be interested to hear what you think?

thanks

bs x