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Subject Topic: Weekend tent for a family of five?
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12/5/2017 at 11:02pm
 Location: Liverpool
 Outfit: Vango Rhapsody 800XL
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Our Rhapsody is wonderful, but it's a lot of tent for just short trips. So, does anyone have any recommendations for a family of five for one or two nights during spring/summer?


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12/5/2017 at 11:53pm
 Location: North Devon
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How much indoors non-bedroom space do you really need and how bothered are you about how the sleeping areas divide up?
I don't know how old your kids are but would a significantly smaller tent plus pup tent be an option?

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13/5/2017 at 10:10am
 Location: Liverpool
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I'm thinking it's something for the finer months, so we'd be predominantly outside the tent. It'd need to be big enough to accommodate 5 sleeping - so a double airbed, 3 singles - bags, tech, etc.

The kids are 11, 9 and 5, so we're still at a stage where we don't really need separation.

Maybe with a porch just large enough for overnight storage of chairs, stove, coats, etc, or shelter from the rain.

I have quickly looked at the Tipi tents on Go Outdoors, but they're the wrong side of £500.
Cheap too! :)

http://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/vango-icarus-500-deluxe-tent-2012-p201938

Looks promising.

Probably a bit too much £££, but the Vango Capri 500 and Lomond 500 look good, too. The latter being cheaper, but essentially the same tent but with a roof over the side door?

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13/5/2017 at 11:04am
 Location: London
 Outfit: Esvo Bedouin 280
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At 11 and 9 mine would have been in a small pup tent (at their insistence) which is an option if you want a smaller weekender.


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