What tents do you own, what's your favourite / least favourite, and why?

[Arya]

Helsport Nordmarka Dome 2+
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[bob_the_baker]

Only got the one tent, for when the family are involved: The Khyam Balmoral. 1 weekend on my own, I need a rucksack, 1 weekend with the family, I need a people carrier fitted with a topbox

 

[Gray]

Gossamer Gear "The One" superb if I'm hiking, otherwise I hang

Elen I thought Gossamer made corsets and bras........or is that what you mean by hanging?.....is that a nice way of saying sagging? Hahaha lol. Awww just joking

 

[spader]

Vango event tent has arrived today. Put it up in the garden. It has ample space inside, looks very sturdy with 6x poles. Quite happy with it.

 

[robevs73]

I have a green nylon tenttipi (12' ish accross ) and a clark hammock.

 

[salad]

Umm I have/had a few too, I like/liked all of them for different reasons

Hilleberg akto(moved on) a great one man tent, but when my missus got into backpacking I moved in on to fund the Hilleberg nallo 2 so we could both use it together



Hilleberg Soulo(new, only had for a week) love it so far as is built for the mountains/snow which is where I live now. Photo was taken last night on its first outing



Hilleberg Nallo 2 (a favourite for years) great light tent for two people



Tentipi safir 9 (great fun winter tent)



Vango hurricane 200 (moved on) was great but we moved it on when we had our daughter and replaced it with a vango force 10 which we use for car camping as it is bigger and better for our family of 3 people



a vango force 10 mark 5 , this is my 3 year old daughters favourite . She always asks to bring the orange tent ( a great car camping tent with the missus and little un)

 

[Tengu]

I have so many, most car boot finds.

(such as my Moot Bungalow, which I will have spent no less than six weeks in when I get back from my hols end of this month.)

I have two force 10s, a standard Mk 3 (2 man) and a Mk 2 (1 man)

I also have a Banshee (never used) and a vango dome tent (again never used, its to replace my weekend tent when it wears out)

My weekend tent is a Urban Escape Sukhoi (said to be a 3 man, but only if you are into troilism) Not a brilliant tent, (it refuses to pack into its bag, a bad trait in any tent) but has a big porch (an essential)

 

[Laurentius]

My current favourite and has been for some time is the pro action tiger paws tent I got for £3 from a charity shop. Light and small to carry, goes up quickly, and for extra space to sit and cook under I rig a tarp.

 

[Seadog]

20+ year old Terra Nova Quasar - my original motorcycle tent
Terra Nova Solo - small and quick to erect
Golite hex3 uber light (but not very waterproof from underneath)
Tenttipi safir 9 (winter or when expecting bad weather)
Canvas tarp

on shopping list Ooknest for the Golite

 

[Uilleachan]

Blacks Icelandic

Blacks Icelandic & similar 10' x 8' patrol, flysheeted overall,



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That takes me back to my boy-scout days, great tents. If I had a spare £500 and a few volunteers to help carry one (or a bigger car and or trailer) I could be sorely tempted

 

[murpharoo]

A few of mine...

Z Packs Hexamid

Six Moons Designs Refuge X

Six Moons Designs Lunar Duo

MYOG Cuben Tarp... 90g all in

Gossamer Gear Spinn Shelter

My other heavier tents sadly don't see much use now ....

 

[Macaroon]

I only have two tents, both old and small; the Robert Saunders Fell Packer I bought new in 1978 or 9 for £70.00, a big lump of money for me back then, and the second is a Robens Cloud 2 which I got in a trade on this forum earlier this year. I love 'em both even though I'm a tarp dweller by preference. They're both as good as new, and here they are a couple of days ago. They've been up for the past two weeks in heavy rain and sometimes strong-ish and gusty winds............both perfectly stable and dry as a bone............all the best, mac

 

[_mark_]

Tarptent contrail, light and tough.

 

[Seadog]

:The Saunders is a blast from the past - had a girlfriend back then with one- great little tent. How is it holding up, I am not sure that my 20+ year old Quasar is not a little brittle due to loss of plasticizer from the fibres.

 

[Macaroon]

The saunders is 100% still, I've used it a great deal every year and it's as good as new - wonderful tent and not all that much heavier than the new stuff......it's also great to use fly-only as a tarp tent....atb mac

 

[Chiseller]

Vango TBS Tempest 300 and old school , goodalls pocket tent

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[Catfish1972]

I have lots of tents.

I have a couple of one-man tents, Hilleberg Akto and Hilleberg Unna, that I've recently bought but have yet to use. I hope to write some reviews once I've given them a test drive in appropriate conditions (and knowing me, I'll probably buy the Soulo as well, just to make sure I haven't missed out on anything).

My two-man tents are all Terra Nova Quasars - a heavy duty, normal and superlite (I'm looking to sell two of these, so PM me if you are interested).

My three man tent is a Hilleberg Saivo. I took it on my most recent expedition to Sumatra and it was truly excelent. It's a bit heavy at a touch over 5kg (including the footprint) but it kept us dry throughout some pretty foul weather. We got caught in a serious tropical downpour and I slept soundly, only occasionally feeling sorry for our friends a bit further up the valley who were sleeping under plastic and leaves!