We are new here and complete beginners to camping.
We are after some help on our new investment and are looking to buy a 3-4 person tent for breaks of a couple of nights to a week (ish).
We also have a dog and in this instance would like a bathtub style groundsheet so he can't escape.
We obviously don't want to spend the earth on on and were looking at spending £100 roughly but would like something we could sit in with chairs if the weather gets a bit wet.
Thank you all in advance and hopefully meet some of you out there soon.
Thanks
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Hi welcome to the site. You really need to go to a dealer's display to view the tents actually pitched. Remember if raining you need a tent with plenty of room to move about in. There are two of us and our "small" tent is a five berth, giving plenty of room if we have to stay in because of bad weather. Have a look at Go Outdoors if you have one local they have tents set up and at reasonable prices if you have one of their cards.
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Hi and welcome! Like Keanonwuk, our small tent is a five berth. Ours is a sunncamp but I know a lot of couples that use this one and are very happy with it: High Gear Rock 5
Having only three poles makes it fairly quick and easy to erect and there's plenty of headroom, even in the sleeping area, which makes life so much easier I think!
As Keanonwuk says, you should be able to see one set up at Go Outdoors.
Hi, I thought this a good topic to add a few words. I camped alone with my dog last weekend at Kingsbury, I have a rock 4 with porch , we stayed totally dry during 10 hrs of torrential rain throughout Saturday night. We had very scary thunder storms most of the night. I can highly recommend the rock 4 as I like plenty of space.I have a very lge 2 layer airbed plus a chair and small table in the bedroom with room to dress without struggling . The living area is more than ample and on Saturday night I brought a lot of my kit in from the porch due to the rain. In the living area I had 2 tables, my large camping chair, 4 crates, dog bowls, 4 large bags, 2 cool boxes and several odds and ends, I still had room to make a brew with my travel kettle and the dog lounged at my feet. I admit to feeling a little apprehensive about camping alone during the very severe weather and I did spend some time with a torch checking for leaks. I woke Sunday morning after a good nights sleep to a dry day and a dry tent.I love this tent and would happily camp for a couple of weeks in it. I would not recommend the rock 4 as a tent for more than 2 people for longer than a weekend. It suits my needs and impressed me last week with its first real weather test. I have posted some pictures of a previous camp at kingsbury. Hope this is helpful .
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We've recently bought the Vango Arlay 500 from Halfords. £100 in the sale, down from £289.99.
It's a '5 person' tent, but when they say this they mean five people laying next to each other in sleeping bags.
We are 2 adults, 2 small children and a baby and it's an okay size for us for now but once baby is bigger I think would be too small bedroom wise. The living space is very generous though.
It has a sewn in groundsheet and we are very impressed with it do far.
I think it would be a very good size for you with your dog :-)
Hope this helps!
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