Bargain tent at Tesco

[widu13]

My local large Tesco Extra had these in stock, reduced to £9 then again today at £4.50!!

http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.200-0497.aspx

They aren't bushcrafty but for that who cares!

 

[Tony]

FOr the money you can't go wrong with that, I'd not trust it in a storm but for something to throw up it's got to be a thumbs up

 

[Singeblister]

worth buying at £4.50 just for the materials you could get from it

 

[joejoe]

yet another one for my grandkids

 

[MartinK9]

That'll do - till I can afford another hammock and tarp

 

[Dougster]

You know all those times we moan bout the crap tents being left in the woods...........

B&Q do a tarp for a similar price that won't fall apart in two days.

I'll vote with my feet and sleep under the rustle of the B&Q tarp for a fiver.

 

[xylaria]

I bought a lidl version 18 months ago. Single skin and dodgly positioned door just like the tescos budget £7.95. I bought it so the kids could learn to put up a tent, i wouldn't be worried about them wrecking it. The tent is still going strong, the children can erect it in minutes, once treated with fabsil it is now waterproof, and if put up correctly withstands wind very well.

All in all it was a very good buy for the amount of use we have had out of it. It generally is used in combination with hammocks and tarps, when we camp as a family. The dodgy door sits under a tarp, as it lets the rain in when opened due to the position of it. It is used for kit, playing cards when it rains and sleeping in if something happens to a hammock. I wouldn't trust it going up snowdon, but for sheltered spots it fine.

 

[h2o]

I bet next year year well be finding these still pitched up in the woods at that price,what self respecting chav would get wet hands packin up a £5 tent.He,ll leave it with his empty cans and huge crappy fireplace.

 

[Lasse]

I bet next year year well be finding these still pitched up in the woods at that price,what self respecting chav would get wet hands packin up a £5 tent.He,ll leave it with his empty cans and huge crappy fireplace.

Reminds me of some music festivals I attended, people came with cheap tents, chairs etc and just trashed & burned everything the day they left :-/ Me and my mates wouldn't have minded to take their tents with us if they didn't want it any more... Strange world we live in!

More on topic: one of those small cheap tents can be really nice for very basic camping, especially for the kids! I always enjoyed camping in a mates garden when I was a kid, didn't need no Hilleberg for that And a friend of mine even brings a small, cheap tent more or less like that one when we go out for a night in the woods, puts it more or less under my tarp & hammock and works just fine... (luckily haven't had any real rain when he brought that tent though)

 

[h2o]

Reminds me of some music festivals I attended, people came with cheap tents, chairs etc and just trashed & burned everything the day they left :-/ Me and my mates wouldn't have minded to take their tents with us if they didn't want it any more... Strange world we live in!

More on topic: one of those small cheap tents can be really nice for very basic camping, especially for the kids! I always enjoyed camping in a mates garden when I was a kid, didn't need no Hilleberg for that And a friend of mine even brings a small, cheap tent more or less like that one when we go out for a night in the woods, puts it more or less under my tarp & hammock and works just fine... (luckily haven't had any real rain when he brought that tent though)

Why didnt he just buy a tarp?

 

[Lasse]

Why didnt he just buy a tarp?

He was able to take the tent from his 8 year old brother on those trips

 

[Tengu]

Wouldnt it be cheaper to scrounge one off Freecycle?

or a car boot? You might even get a decent one for the money.

(Says she who got two tents for £1 on Ebay...local collection....I have too many tents)

 

[xylaria]

Cheapest would be wombling one from the campsite of an idiot that abandoned one in a wood. I found one in a local country park about 2 years ago, I folded it away, but it stank like the previous occupants had urinated on it and a dog fox had tried to mask on top.