i randomly bought a tent a skinny sleeping bag a mallet and a lamp in tesco............

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...........i will only need the tent if i camp on my own as bf has one lol lets hope i dont get lured into looking at more expensive ones

anybody camped in a tesco one

the sleeping bag is lovely a l;ight not that warm probably but i was quite hot the first weekend in may

I can't wait to go camping. WE had an Aldi one for festivals and it was good!

its a two person one a little one

i am thinking of going to some festivals not sure whether on my own oir not maybe with bf

we are planning our summer hols this weekend i think

we might go to portugal or croatia mountains

so i have to get training

did they get a refund? i shall keep the receipt then

i dont know why i bought it really as bf has a two person vango we used and a smaller one but he is not specially handy for borrowing off if i decided i wanted to use one lol

i dont have a garden just a building site

Zips are often the weak point in cheap tents. I would also consider going over the seams if you plan to go on 'proper' holidays We used to take a plastic decorating sheet when camping with our ancient MK5 as it could no longer cope with serious weather!

If it's no good, I'd suggest Decathlon for a decent spare tent.

i am still gutted as had a super tent in a previous life which was suitable for extremem weather and huge for family but compact and light and generally the biz but exh put nit in his cellar and it got ruined and chucked out

it cost 600 quid about 15 years ago

Ahh heddy days!

i dont think it is online i got it in store it is blue and was only 16 quid..so not a great investment tho for me it probably is as i only earn 40 quid a week

Sorry Zippi, I was responding to sallystrawwbs pots about emergency weatherproofing for old canvas tents.
Shame about your old tent. I would be Peed off too.

it was a shame it was tested in the himalyas or something i was very proud of it but exh said he was going to use it hahahahaha had it back and ruined it

maybe i will just return it

lol i am turning into one of those people who buys stuff and never takes the labels off

Give it a go, Tesco are normally very good about returns, so if it's no good, you'll be ok.

I took 2 dcs away for a night in a cheapy Tesco tent last year. It was the little two-man dome tent and we managed to fit a double ready-bed in there that we all squeezed into, with our clothes stuffed down the sides and our wellies in the 'porch'!
Anyway, it was pouring with rain when we arrived and only stopped long enough for us to put the tent up and cook our tea on the bbq. It rained solidly all night and the little tent didn't start to leak until about 5.30am. Even then it was only a little bit, just enough to stop me being able to sleep. When I discovered that my friends' 'proper' tents were also leaking I was quite impressed with the Tesco one! It was also very warm (probably as there were 3 of us in there) and we had the door unzipped for part of the night, whereas everyone else was complaining of the cold.
I agree though that you have to be a bit careful with the zips, they don't seem too strong.