Lightweight family tents?

[Nospringflower]

Does anyone have a lightweight family tent that they can carry eg if going camping without a car? Thanks

[troutsprout]

How many people ?

[zumo]

I doubt it
I feel you would be best with couple of small tents.
Or see if the campsite will let you post your tent to them.

[Nospringflower]

There are 5 of us - I can get one that's the same make as our 2 person tent and only weighs 5 kg but its £900 (or £600 if we buy one that's a 'second'). Was hoping for something cheaper ...

[Kahlua4me]

We have a 4 berth Decathlon pop up that I can carry easily. It has rucksack straps on it.

[troutsprout]

Monsoon 6 is 7 kg I think ... Too heavy?

[Nospringflower]

Thanks - the Monsoon 6 one looks good and at 7.8 isn't too bad. Just when you compare 5 kg and tony pack size (£££+) it's hard to decide.

[Nospringflower]

I do love Terra Nova / Wild Country too. The decathlon ones are great but 13Kg and I'm a wimp

[troutsprout]

I lust after them too. I think they are fantastic.

[Nospringflower]

We have a Trisar that we got about 20 years ago. Now looking at the Laser Space 5 and the Monsoon 6.

[Moredofbumsnet]

This weighs a bit more but is a lot cheaper. There is a slightly smaller one too. Are you actually hiking with it or is it staggering from the bus stop you were thinking of? If you're carrying it a long way then maybe you need to sacrifice the living area for weight loss, if not then 8 kilos of tent is not bad.Vango never cost their rrp so shop about.

[cyclecamper]

Nospringflower I'm looking into the same thing, due to a surprise arrival expected in June. We are usually cycle campers but that is going to be tricky this year. I also lust after the Laser space, but don't run to it.

We have a cheapo vis-a-vis made by High Point which we bought before my stepson was happy to go in his own tent. Unfortunately they don't seem to sell them anymore and ours has a broken pole, which is currently taped, but I don't really want to risk it. Tesco do a similar one that is a bit heavier.

[casper77]

I have the same issues, as we prefer not to own a car. The Vango Zeal 500 looks good - www.ukcampsite.co.uk/tents/p/Vango-Zeal-500/2659. You can get it for around £100 and it weighs 8kg.

[casper77]

Actually, just looking again and found the Gelert Tornado 5, which is just 6.3kg and £100ish. Seems to have really good reviews too - I'm going to get one!