How many tents do you own?

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MLD Trailstar + Oookstar nest (main hiking shelter)
Hilleberg Akto
Saunders Spacepacker
Hilleberg Nallo 2 GT (cycle camping tent)
Golite SL3 + Oooknest
Hilleberg Keron 3 GT (car camping with wife tent)
 
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I hate tents so i only have four. 1 three man , 2 two man , 1 one man. They're a bit like getting a perm in the 70's, having one seems like a good idea at the time as everyone else has one but all you end up doing is asking yourself Why?
 
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2 ... first one was a pop-up to see if I liked the idea of camping at all. Second is the Gossamer Gear "The One" (no longer made apparently) because i found I did like it :D. Neither get used so much now as I love hanging but the GG is superb if I go walkies rather than base-camp and so need to carry my bed on my back (snail-fashion) as it weighs less than a handkerchief, is dead easy to errect, quite roomy enough for me and very effective in wind and rain. As a single skin there is the condensation problem but GG have done a good job with aeriation however it does mean there can be a draft under the bottom which is not always fun!
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I only have 3 tents
1x Hillberg Nallo 2 GT
1x cheap but huge 3 man
1x army pup

and the US modular bivvy/sleep bag system
 
Just the one vicar, a 33 year old Bukta Orienteer................................Why ? 'cause I know it well & can knock it up in a jiffy, it also does what a tent should do, even after all this time......I'm too tight-fisted to get another one anyway :D
 
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Got a couple... Not used all though. Tents used to only last a trip for one reason or another....

Cheap 3man with porch
Cheap 2man with porch(ish) not used
Both pack sizes arent great sooo....
Small pack size 2 man dome - not used other than checking it...

Dessert basha and tw cheap hamock - not used yet...

Will hopefully be getting a mini peak in the near future
 
Got a tent fetish, so:

Tentipi Varrie 9 with Eldfell stove
Tentipi Varrie 5
Helsport Porsanger lavvu with Frontier stove
Hilleberg Nammatj 3 GT
Hilleberg Staika
Hilleberg Akto
Terra Nova Terra Firma
Terra Nova Hyperspace
Terra Nova Ultra Quasar
Wild Country Trisar (20 years old and still superb)
Macpac Microlight
Vango Force 10 Mk4 cotton
MEC Wanderer 4 (superb Canadian canoe-tripping tent)
Huge Vango family tent no longer used
Old Lichfied lightweight - Mistral 3 (my first proper tent!)
Various parachutes, tarps etc

Of these I would say the Varrie 9, the Staika and the Hyperspace are the main users. I am guilty, this year at least, of having more tents than nights under canvas. I just like tents!
 
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Tarps:
DPM Basha (mainly used to create extra shelter, kids dens etc.)
TW black heavy duty 3x3 (not used yet, heavier than the DD but more substantial - probably become my wet weather camping tarp)
DD 3x3 (my main hammocking tarp)
Millets camping tarp (came with kingpoles, cat cut simple sun shelter)
DD Poncho/Tarp (not used yet, emergency shelter option)

Tents:
Kyham Pocket Duo (on it's way - will be used for wild camping with one or both of my boys)
YHA shop (remember them) 2 man touring tent (can't remember the brand) - still going very strong used for overnighters with my eldest on beaver camp
Vango Oregon 800 Vis a Vis tunnel tent (for weekend family camping)
Khyam breckenridge deluxe 9 man pod tent (massive beast - for main summer holiday camp)
Army pup tent (mainly for kids to play in in the garden)

Hammocks:
TW Grey hornet with midgi net (for hammocking in midge infested areas/times of year)
TW Super Excel Hammock (lightweight, very comfy, cheap as chips, my "go to" hammock)

Bivi's:
Treckmates bivi. (never used, looking to sell it shortly)

Other:
Gelert sun shelter (beach tent)
 
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Vango Force ten Mk3 X 2
Vango Force ten Mk5 X2
Blue ridge four man dome
Vango Juno 800
Vango Juno 300
Golite Hex 3
Robens Double Dreamer
Coleman Coastline 8
Tiger Paws X 2
Two man and four man pop up tents (never used)
Pro action four man family dome thing
Other cheapo dome tents from the likes of Tesco I buy when I see them silly cheap
A cotton frame tent, can't remember the details, never used
French army two man ridge tent
I'm sure there are others but I've gone to Egypt thinking about the amount I have (i.e. am in De-Nile)
 
got about 15 dome tents i pick up at the dump that are all in working order,probably a dozen more that i rob the bits,zips,poles and material off.
 
10' x 8' Blacks Icelandic,
10' x 8' patrol tent,
Cabanon Pyramide,
Relum Paradiso,
Bison Tundra 3,
tiny Trigano monodome,
Vango Juno 300,
Polish lavvu
& several tarps.

Mrs Bilmo has a Vango Peace 500.
 
Vango Force ten Mk3 X 2
Vango Force ten Mk5 X2
Blue ridge four man dome
Vango Juno 800
Vango Juno 300
Golite Hex 3
Robens Double Dreamer
Coleman Coastline 8
Tiger Paws X 2
Two man and four man pop up tents (never used)
Pro action four man family dome thing
Other cheapo dome tents from the likes of Tesco I buy when I see them silly cheap
A cotton frame tent, can't remember the details, never used
French army two man ridge tent
I'm sure there are others but I've gone to Egypt thinking about the amount I have (i.e. am in De-Nile)

Oh I am so using you to show Mrs Graveworm I don't have too many:
Terra Nova Laser Photon 2
Terra Nova Ultra Quasar
Terra Nova Laser Space 5
North Face Rock 3
Alpkit Heksa

Loads of bivis and tarps
 
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