anyone had a prob getting a pitch for a tent with a big footprint?

[Taichimum]

Just thinking of buying a Vango Diablo 400 or 600 but the camping and carvaning club said a lot of sites might have a problem with a footprint over 7m by 5m. Anyone had a prob at a site with the size of their Diablo?
Can anyone recommend a family sized tent that would be more like 5m by 7m ? Need room for two adults travel cot and 5 year old

[ZoeC]

Why not look at the tunnel-type tents rather than the geodesic (sp) ones, their shape works better on most pitches.

Having said that, I saw several diablos when we went in May, not much space between them though and the c&cc are stricter about the distance between tents I believe.

[Milliways]

We have a HUGE wynnster satellite 12 (780 x 870 cm footprint), but if you go to sites with a field where you pick a spot there is no problem - it is only where there are marked boundaries that you may have an isssue.

[troutpout]

Outwell Montana 6 or similar
here
It's about 4x6 metres

Agree that the tunnel ones fit better onto most pitches. Some campsites are a little sniffy about tents with sleeping pods coming off at angles.

[Taichimum]

the montana 6 looks lovely but very expensive, even selling for loads second hand on ebay. Can anyone recommend another tunnel tent that is not quite so pricy but still good?

[smugmumofboys]

We've only had one or two sites say no to our Diablo 600. It is a great tent and very tough for windy coastal camping.

[PeachyTheRiverParrettHarlot]

Depends on the site but there are usually options if you ask around

Lots of tunnel tents to suit- Khyam Ontario is excellent and every make does a version now such as gelert etc

[troutpout]

how much have you got to spend?

[Flutterbye]

We've got a Diablo as well as this one. The Orchy obviously isn't as big as the Diablo but I prefer it as it's easier to pack, clean, store, etc.

[Taichimum]

under £200 I am thinking. The Vango Orchy looks like a potential good one for me, especially as first camp with kids is without DH to help me pitch and my old tent was a very simple two man storm tent pre kids. Thanks for that tip. Also I will investigate the ontario. Any other opinions?

[motherducky]

We've just bought the vango tigris 800, I think it's footprint is within 7m x 4m. It was about £230 although millets had last years version for £199, that had only a 2000 waterhead-thingy though.

It is huge, and we found it easy to put up in the garden, although there were two of us. I'm not sure whether I could do it alone, I'm planning on trying though - with 5 mins help from a friendly camper I think it would be fine.

One of the reasons we bought it was its smaller footprint however when we were looking at campsites last weekend several still quoted us quite a lot for it as it is an 8berth. One woman told me they charge for the grass actually covered so a multi-dome style tent would have costed no more!