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3xDC+ me: what tent can I erect on my own?

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Rugbyscrum · 10/08/2015 23:19

Looking for a tent that is quick and easy to pitch on my own to take 3 DC and me off for camping trips but I am not particularly tall or strong!

I currently have a 4 person pop up which is great for overnight stops but too cramped for any longer and we have a Vango Icarus 600 (a tunnel style) for family trips but I cannot bend the poles into position or get the tent up on my own (DH has to put it up).
I have heard that bell tents (which I secretly covet) can by put up by one person but I wonder if the canvas would be too heavy to lug in and out of the car and to do the pole inside on my own?? Like the idea of dome rather than tunnel tents and also of vis a vis style to get 2 bedrooms and some height in the living area if possible. I have looked at Kyham quick erect tents but they seem very heavy and large. Any MNers with experience of pitching a tent alone (in rain while hungry small children bicker and fight in the car....)?

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Rugbyscrum · 14/08/2015 15:24

Miss wimpy- that looks interesting, and there are quite a few other polyester bell tents to look at there including some with porches! I wonder how comfortable/practical they are all night without an inner tent (condensation, cold etc)? Anyone with any experience of these or of sleeping in a single layer polyester tent?

I have just ordered a tarpaulin to use with either my existing pop up or any new tent, giving some extra covered area for cooking outside.

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MissDuke · 17/08/2015 10:58

I am very new to camping and took my three children camping without dh last week, just spent a while practising putting it up in the garden first. I bought a very cheap tent from argos, it was great! Roomy and very easy to put up. I must admit, I barely had it spread out on the ground before I had two offers of help! I accepted, but I still did most of it as they obviously didn't know how it worked, but it was handy having them hold it up while I pegged. I definitely could have done it without their help.

www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/3099276.htm

Madamacadamia · 18/08/2015 22:33

The Argos tepee is not available any more - they only have children's playhouse tepees now. In any case, it was not canvas, and did not have a bathtub type groundsheet, so would be draughty at night (and let in insects) - I only used mine as a day tent. But the Vango tepees do have bathtub type groundsheets - only single skin, though.

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