I normally love looking for a new tent, but am quite sad to be doing so this year. We had a Sunncamp Prism for the past few years, and it's by far the best tent I've ever had. Sadly, one of the big poles snapped when we were putting it up in a howling gale in Northumberland last 'summer' :o and as Sunncamp don't make it any more (for some unknown reason) it's apparently an unreplaceable part. Even our trusty Camping and General shop hasn't managed to splice it with anything that will fit :( We managed to camp for the rest of the summer with it splinted with gaffer tape, but that's not a permanent solution is it.
What we loved about the prism was:
one huge bedroom (there are six of us, and we don't like having to crawl around in the middle of the night getting chilly when children have bad dreams or wet the bed)
height. Really, really tall.
strong. Apart from putting it up in a gale, it's been sturdy as anything when the other tents on site have been bent out of all recognition
warm, with sewn in groundsheet
lots of living space- as much as the sleeping area.
light, with lots of windows
cheap! despite having steel poles.
The only disadvantage to it was that it didn't have a porch, which we got round (in ok wind conditions) with a cheap awning from Argos.
Now, do I try to source another? Email Sunncamp and plead that they make them again? Or is there another tent that will tick all my boxes, because I'm all out of tent inspiration.
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marmiteandhoney · 20/01/2012 14:57
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