5m bell tent or Sprayway Valley 4 (polycotton)?
It's got to be cloth or canvas - can't stand any more billowy nylon in my face.
And I seem to be getting more and more claustrophobic - can't stand having the ceiling in my face (and I'm looking lustfully at double height airbeds now).
So - me, DH and DS (6). For use twice a year for a week or so, possibly the odd festival.
I love the ease of pitch of a belltent, but have never actually been in one since I was a brownie. How in your face are the walls when you're lying down? And if we had the double in the middle of the tent would there be space to curtain off DS to the side for privacy? We'd get one of the inners, as first trip of the year is always end of May with big temperature diff night/day. Does it still feel that luxurious? Have been thinking about a bell tent for about a year now...
However, we were in a sprayway today and it was rather lovely. Just the right size (assuming we can put DS in a puptent in a year or so) and nice and upright. But heavy (steel poles!) and looks like a bitch to erect. It was rather lovely though - and probably a lot easier to find a pitch for in the under-prepared private field we're headed for.
I don't know.
If we got the bell tent, we'd also take it to the local common for picnics. I make it sound like a dog don't I...
If we got the sprayway it would all be a lot neater...
Help me o wise and wonderful campers...