Looking to buy a new spacious tent for 2.Have found the reviews very helpful. The Kampa Filey 6 looks good but was also thinking of the Kampa Lulworth or Vango Icarus 600.This would be a long term investment so need something fairly robust and worth the money.
All good tent choices the icarus as always been popular, if your looking for a bargain at the moment you can get a coleman pamandi 4 with free large canopy from go outdoors ths week at £99.99 large enough for 2 with a reasonable living area its over 2 metre high so stand upable, and the canopy is as long as the main tent which gives you some extra room
The Filey has a 4000HH level of waterproofing and a 100 denier flysheet whilst the others have 70-75 denier flysheets. The higher the denier, the more tear resistant and the longer the tent will last under UV exposure. Most tents won't last a season outdoors in a tent display. However, the Kampa "Ultimate" range tents last longer...
A useful quote I've found previously:
"75D Polyester is 10-20% stronger than 70D nylon, and has 30% longer life under UV exposure. 150D Polyester is 50% stronger than 70D nylon, and has 200% longer life under UV exposure".
The Filey will cost more and is a generally more high spec tent in terms of quality and features than the others you mention, The Lulworth has a similar grade flysheet to most other makes (75 denier).
We have the Vango Icarus 500 and we love it...and it's just for us 2. Loads of room and easy peasy lemon squeezy to put up. It's so spacious that I now want to buy more stuff to go in it!
It's got to be the Icarus, you can stand up in it there's plenty of room, but get the premier extension, you may not need it now but it will come in very useful in the future.
Oh and good luck with your camping!
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It's got to be the Icarus, you can stand up in it there's plenty of room, but get the premier extension, you may not need it now but it will come in very useful in the future.
Oh and good luck with your camping!
------------- Steve
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have to admit a bias here but our Hypercamp Eldorado is a fantastic tent for the money. Well suited to couple camping and proper Canvas too - once you have had a nice Canvas tent you wont go back to plastic
GoOutdoors have the Outwell Montana 6 on offer with coupon (in store only) at £299.99, this tent normally retails at about £400/£420 so quite a good buy. Offer runs from 19th to 25th July.
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