About to invest in our first family tent - about £400 - £500 to spend, experienced campers I could do with your input please

[jenthehen]

We haven't been camping since we were students but now the children are 5 and 3 we would like to start again. This would be a weekend activity and we'd like to invest in a really easy to pitch (DH not likely to stick it out if it's a pain), fairly spacious tent. We don't have a huge garden or garage to dry a tent in so this needs to be taken in to account. I didn't realise there were so many on the market so I could do with some advice to narrow down my search.
TIA

It was a camping show, rather than a site that I was looking for Biglips. I'd like to view before I purchased.

Have you tried the yeoman's website?

They do really good shows!

yes we've been to a Yeomans one, which as good, but they don't stock all the brands. I remember going to Campex near Nottingham a few years ago but I can't find anything about it on the web. Perhaps it's not on anymore.

Millets ahve some touring shows about the country as well, they have leaflets in store.

At the price range you are looking at you have a choice of really good quality tents- the easiest to erect would be one of the larger Khyam tents- you could look at the rigi-domes. For a little less and a bit more hassle (not much with prctice) Wild Country tents are a really good bet. They are made in Derbyshire by Terra Nova (who make really top quality mountaineering tents such as the quasar)and the quality is top notch. The added advantage is that they will stand up to really bad (summer!) weather. (husband wrote this he used 2 manage a camping shop. hope u r still awake!)