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Subject Topic: New tent for tall people!!!
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02/3/2008 at 1:03pm
 Location: sunderland
 Outfit: tent
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We are looking for a new tent for 4 people but both my husband and I are quite tall and the tent we currently have is ok in the middle but in the bedrooms we have to walk around like hunchback to fit in!  Can anyone recommend a tent for us for no more than £200?

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02/3/2008 at 1:15pm
 Location: East Ull
 Outfit: Kampa Kielder Air 5
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http://www.outdooraction.co.uk/acatalog/KHYAM_INDIANA_8_PS_TENT__2006_.html

My husband it almost six foot and can stand up in our bedrooms.



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02/3/2008 at 1:20pm
 Location: sunderland
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Thanks, looks idea as all the rooms are roughly the same height, I'm 5'10" and hubby 6'.  Price not bad either.

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02/3/2008 at 1:24pm
 Location: Milton Regis Sittingbourne Kent.
 Outfit: Coleman Columbus 8 & Quecha T4.2
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We have this tent http://www.simplyhike.co.uk/ProductDetails.aspx?StockID=18915

and I am a big girl at 6ft 1" tall and I can walk around fine in it :)



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05/3/2008 at 7:52pm
 Location: Barnsley
 Outfit: Campus Indiana 8 Citroen Picasso
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I am 5 10 and OH is 6 4 and we have an Indiana 8, no problems with height with this tent.


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06/3/2008 at 12:06am
 Location: Urmston Manchester
 Outfit:  gelert michigan 8 abi jubilee
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or a gelert alaska 8-same tent,different name isnt it?


06/3/2008 at 7:00am
 Location: Weymouth
 Outfit: VW T5 & Outwell Nevada
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What about the Outwell Vermont range?

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