Tents?

[incident]

Blackout isn't actually black though...

[Paul ™]

Just got an email from Go Outdoors, sale ends this week and this tent was on the eFlyer

http://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/gelert-nimbus-...paign=megadeals

Looks good for £30, it's 2000HH too

Amazon link for more info on tent

[rolfester]

A couple of years ago I bit the bullet and shelled out for a Khyam Biker

http://www.campingworld.co.uk/Models.aspx?ModelID=2023

We are still very much in love....

[whizzo]

I dont really understand what your tent is going to be offering that the decent pop up tents dont?

is it just the LED?

[bertieb73]

Just got an email from Go Outdoors, sale ends this week and this tent was on the eFlyer

http://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/gelert-nimbus-...paign=megadeals

Looks good for £30, it's 2000HH too

Amazon link for more info on tent

[NaomiStarz]

Hey everyone, just read through all your posts as I decided to buy a Vango Dart DS 200 today. It seems to cover everything I need- double skinned, popup wahey!! It looks big enough just for myself, seems to have decent enough waterproof-ness and has a small-ish porch bit where i can shove my wellies etc! I'm gonna put it up in the garden when it arrives and hope that it rains lots so I can test it lol

Jackman I think if you can cover HurrahBrother's 5 points below then you'll definitely have a winner as all 5 points are exactly what I was looking for in a tent and as HurrahBrother's said, the Vango Dart DS seems to cover most of them.

If you can pull off

1) a twinned skinned pop-up

2) with a smallish packed disk size (about 2 foot 6 across or smaller),

3) a HH of 1500 or more,

4) with additional ventilation (like the air)

5) and a porch large enough to take your boots off inside the tent but not in the sleeping area.

You will have a winner, because other pop-ups can usually only manage 3. though the Vango dart DS 200 seems as if it may have covered 4 of those bases Take a look here. but not point 4. Seems to retail for about £40 at the moment, but having seen one in the flesh it really is a one person/very loving couple size of tent.

[ukslim]

1) I would never buy a pop-up tent. Just too unwieldy to carry - unless there's some new design other than those ones that pack down to a wide disc.

2) One very useful feature at festivals is individuality - for fun, and for finding your tent in a sea of green Eurohikes. If you could come up with some way to have a huge variety of randomised designs, it would really help those too lazy to customise their tents.

[r0cky]

I should think so. A Cloth backed space blanket (if such exists) would possibly be better (pegged to the outside of the tent), blacking out the tent but reflecting the heat/sun.

[Kirky_99]

I can't decide whether to bring my slightly large 3 man tent I normally come with (and share)....or invest in a new, rather more practical (and cosy) 2 man affair ! If I bring the 3 man one....anyone help put it with me

[mandypants]

Just practice putting your tent up and packing it away a few times, modern ones really are simple to do, most either have colour coded poles, or all the poles are the same size. Once you've got the hang of it, they're simple as anything, I even managed to help put up a mega tent last year! Basic shaped dome tents are a piece of piss.