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Another Tent Question

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chickers · 04/05/2009 13:35

Hello

Am just after a bit of advice about buying tents.

We have 3 children 8 months, 3 yrs and 4 yrs. We keep looking at the Vango Diablo 900 and thinking its good for us.
Anyone have any reviews and are Vango the market leaders on tents?

This will be our first year of camping and we love the idea of doing it just for a couple of days to start. We are looking at North Devon as it's only an hour or so from where we live. Any advice or tips greatly appreciated.

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Overmydeadbody · 04/05/2009 13:43

do a search for reviews of that tent in google or any search engine.

Not sure if vango are the market leaders but they certainly make good tents.

What kind of advice or tips are you looking for?

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chickers · 04/05/2009 13:53

Thanks I think we are going to borrow a similar tent first. I am sure we will love camping but you never know.

I have read mixed reviews on the tent online just wondered if anyone had purchased one this year.

I was also wondering how long people camp for with little ones. I think 3-5 days max.

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bigTillyMint · 04/05/2009 13:57

Our friends have that one and really like it (2 adults, 2 children)

We camp (and have done since the youngest was 18mths) for 2-3 weeks at a time in France, up to a week at a time in GB. We haven't camped in Devon yet, but some friends hav a VERY memorable 3 weeks there in the bad weather 2 summers ago

bigTillyMint · 04/05/2009 13:57

Our friends have that one and really like it (2 adults, 2 children)

We camp (and have done since the youngest was 18mths) for 2-3 weeks at a time in France, up to a week at a time in GB. We haven't camped in Devon yet, but some friends hav a VERY memorable 3 weeks there in the bad weather 2 summers ago

Overmydeadbody · 04/05/2009 14:15

it's probably a good idea to keep it at 2-3 nights first, just so you all get familiar with camping, and after that, it the kids take to it, the limit will probably by down to how long you can manage it for, rather than how long they can!!

Most little kids are in their element camping.

gardeningmum05 · 04/05/2009 14:20

we have an outwell 3 bedroomed tent and we love it. hartford xxl i think its called.
we went away for a weekend first time, and within 30 minutes of home just incase we did not like it as ds was only 6 months.
we absolutely love camping, off to skegness soon

catchpjd · 04/05/2009 15:06

One tip - if you have a garden big enough, pitch the tent in the garden for a night, and all sleep in it. Then make a note of all the things you go back into the house to get!

Our toddler adores camping. Beware of these 'low level window' things. You can leave the inner zips as high as you like, but those things are the perfect escape route, and it can take hours of fun to keep your darling in the inner long enough to sleep. A swiss army knife sail tool and a cable tie soon sorted ours out (tent, not child )

gardeningmum05 · 04/05/2009 15:10

definately agree with putting tent up in garden.
you dont want the other campers playing the "grab a chair and drink and lets watch the new campers put their tent up" game
thats my fav. camping game anyway

IwishIwasmoreorganised · 05/05/2009 10:29

We've got a vango diablo 600 and I'm pretty disappointed with it. This is the 3rd year that we've had it for and it's not wearing well at all.

We are careful with our tents and always make sure they're properly clean and dry before they get put away after each trip. 2 of the tie straps to secure the fly sheet to the poles have dropped off this weekend, and the bits that the poles go through are pretty thin - one ripped the second time we put it up.

Weve got 2 kids (3.5 and 11 months) and have discovered that it's a lot easier at night to all be in the same bedroom. The bedrooms in this tent aren't enormous and have a considerable slope to the ceiling which restricts space a lot.

I have just seen and fallen in love with the Outwell Arkansas 7. I am now trying to persuade DH that we need to spend that much money on a new tent!

happywomble · 05/05/2009 11:47

I don't know much about tents but we were looking this weekend and were told the following:

With the vango diabolo you put the inner tent up first so not easy if its raining.
The Outwell hartford has similar space but you put the outer tent up first. So if we end up going for this type of tent we will probably get the Outwell Hartford.

The person we spoke to said Outwell were the market leader but Vango is a good make too.

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