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Hey!! all you TENT FANATICS, over here please.......

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LadyTophamHatt · 23/04/2006 11:07

This year we are going to start buying camping equipment for future holidays, been camping pre-kids and always went on camping holidays as a child.

Ok, Dh thinks we should get a big frame tent. I'm sure you know the thing I mean. Big window at the front, 2 layers of canvas.
I prefer the big dome tents, they look so much more 21st century for a start.

Which is better?

Also if you have any other helpful hints and tips of stuff to add to our list I'd be grateful.

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sallystrawberry · 27/04/2006 12:25

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mykidsmum · 27/04/2006 12:40

Cheers strawb, even dp is impressed, off to tesco's Grin

Lucycat · 27/04/2006 12:53

ahem, sorry to interrupt the zip loc thread {grin]

Argos have got up to a third off their tents and sleeping bags at the moment, if anyone wants a warm bag then i can recommend \link{http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/3407930/Trail/C%24cip%3D36237.Sports%2Band%2Bleisure%3EC%24cip%3D36238.Camping%2Band%2Bcaravaning%3EC%24cip%3D40760.Tents%2Band%2Bsleeping%2Bbags.htm\this one} we bought it last year and were like toast in it in September in N Wales!

Lucycat · 27/04/2006 12:56

ooh and manitz, how about \link{http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/3408599/Trail/C%24cip%3D36237.Sports%2Band%2Bleisure%3EC%24cip%3D36238.Camping%2Band%2Bcaravaning%3EC%24cip%3D40760.Tents%2Band%2Bsleeping%2Bbags.htm\this tent?}

sallystrawberry · 27/04/2006 13:17

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Lucycat · 27/04/2006 14:02

Grin only on special occasions!

KBear · 27/04/2006 14:39

Lucycat - I've got that tent - it's FAB. And I only paid £79.99 in last year's sale!

Roll on summer, campers!

Twiglett · 28/04/2006 13:27

This might be a dumb question .. but if I wanted to take my laptop is there a way to plug it in (a portable generator kind of thing) .. cos it only has about a 50 min battery life

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LadyTophamHatt · 28/04/2006 13:40

I keep coming back to this thread, feeling all proud that its doing so well.
DH is most impressed with you all and is pretty much sold on one linked way down the thread( i think you linked lucykate)

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Blandmum · 28/04/2006 13:40

You would use an EHU. It is an extension lead that is safe enough to use outdoors in poor weather. You have to use a proper one.....with all the safelty cut outs etc. They cost about £50-£70. You can't just use an extension lead, that would be dangerous. Sites will also charge you extra for a pitch with an electrical hook up

Lucycat · 28/04/2006 16:12

I think I linke this ehu before \link{http://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/products.asp?partno=3895\here you go} once you've got one you can take a heater, a kettle ooh all sorts of stuff!

Well worth it!

manitz · 28/04/2006 18:51

thanks lucy cat. think i might go with your yale tent. bit scared of frames.

dh the non-camper has just confirmed altho didn't have time to look at them all...

Lucycat · 28/04/2006 19:36

ooh goody! let us know when you have got it, it's worth looking at Argos for cheap (warm!) sleeping bags too if you need them!

Glad to be of assistance, wish we were going away this weekend, but we've too much on Sad

madamechocolat · 29/04/2006 15:17

I am soooooo excited. Went to an outdoor place to look at tents. Have decided on either Montana 6 or Sunncamp Vario 600. Does anyone have any views. Actually preferred Sunncamp but Montana does have 3 pods.....
Will check in later - am frantically trying to tidy up - guests arrive in 20 mins. (Am turning into camping bore!)Grin

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Lucycat · 29/04/2006 16:40

Personally I prefer the Monty, the Sunncamp looks a bit like a Nissen hut from ww2!

Both have sig's though and the extra bedroom will always come in useful, if only for storage!

< sing-songs > mb's going to be jea...lous Grin

UCM · 29/04/2006 17:17

I have just put a trailer tent on the for sale boards if anyone is interested. It belongs to my SIL and I have seen it up. It's a great buy for anyone starting out with a family camping for first time.

crunchie · 29/04/2006 21:29

Keep this going I don't want it to fall off threads I am on!! I have nothing new to say, but needed to bump this for me!!

crunchie · 29/04/2006 21:29

Keep this going I don't want it to fall off threads I am on!! I have nothing new to say, but needed to bump this for me!!

Blandmum · 30/04/2006 08:31

bump for you Crunchie!

I dreamed that dh had bought me an Outwell Hartford XL and hidden it under our bed as a surprise. He had bought it in a sale for £59.....I wish!

manitz · 30/04/2006 10:22

urgh been laid up with throat and flu type thing. am typing through night nurse haze.

where do you go to see them up? also can't work out how small the yale packs down to. does it say on that website and i've missed it?

haven't bought it yet but have just been paid so will buy as soon as get over horrible fever.

snafu · 30/04/2006 10:23

Hey you Grin

Lucycat · 30/04/2006 10:34

Here you go Campus Yale Pack size: 69x32x24cm. Will it fit in the boot, or are you going to have to buy a roof box? Grin

manitz · 30/04/2006 10:39

thanks. will get my tape measure up and will work it out. think it will get in boot. scenic?

hello snafs howzit going? are you going camping too? had a look at my schools thread? am in dilemma, have you started looking yet?