Out of curiosity, anyone got any good suggestions for family tents?
My criteria are very easy and especially easy to put up. Sleeping room and separate living or storage area you can sit in (floor is good enough) but must be capable of keeping it dry. Not heavy, low care requirements and not too bulky. For me cotton canvas is out. Also teepee shapes. Thinking tunnel based shapes. Also not too expensive but we'd look at £500 tents if special. Three man for two adults 7 year old plus kit and toys. Car camping use only.
We have vango alpha or beta tunnel tests, larger 4 man Coleman and even larger vango tunnel tents (steel poled 6 man and fibreglass poled 5 man). Nothing works well. Some better for fit but a lot slower for pitching. The 5 man vango was good space but as the fastest full height tent still took two people and took them 40+ minutes to fully pitch. The smaller vango beta type is one man pitch but not full height.
It's compromise but is there really anything better without great expense?
Sorry, not bushcraft.
My criteria are very easy and especially easy to put up. Sleeping room and separate living or storage area you can sit in (floor is good enough) but must be capable of keeping it dry. Not heavy, low care requirements and not too bulky. For me cotton canvas is out. Also teepee shapes. Thinking tunnel based shapes. Also not too expensive but we'd look at £500 tents if special. Three man for two adults 7 year old plus kit and toys. Car camping use only.
We have vango alpha or beta tunnel tests, larger 4 man Coleman and even larger vango tunnel tents (steel poled 6 man and fibreglass poled 5 man). Nothing works well. Some better for fit but a lot slower for pitching. The 5 man vango was good space but as the fastest full height tent still took two people and took them 40+ minutes to fully pitch. The smaller vango beta type is one man pitch but not full height.
It's compromise but is there really anything better without great expense?
Sorry, not bushcraft.
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