Tent recommendations

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boyse7en

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6,671 posts

164 months

Wednesday 24th May 2017
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I need to replace my Outwell Montana 6 as it has started to leak a bit all across the roof - I suspect due to UV degradation

Anyone got any recomendations for a similar-size tent? Prefer metal poles, as they seem to stand up to strong winds better than the fibreglass ones

PurpleTurtle

6,941 posts

143 months

Wednesday 24th May 2017
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Budget?

Lots of people are going for air tents these days.

We've just bought a small Eriba caravan but prior to that were on the cusp of buying a Berghaus Air 6.

A friend of ours has one, only had it a year so no idea on longevity but they get great reviews and appear very well made. I saw one stand up to very strong winds just as well as conventional-poled equivalents.

http://www.millets.co.uk/tents-camping/163360-berg...

Otherwise Khyam do a great selection with metal poles, I'm also a fan of Outwell for that reason - apart from our Outwell being heavy!

boyse7en

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6,671 posts

164 months

Wednesday 24th May 2017
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Budget is up to about £750 I guess.

Not sure about the value of an air tent. Me and my 10 year old daughter had the Montana 6 up and pegged in under 25 minutes over the weekend, I doubt and air tent is much quicker, and they are significantly bigger and heavier to store by the look of it.

PurpleTurtle

6,941 posts

143 months

Wednesday 24th May 2017
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Ah, in that case crack on here!

http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/tents/

I found this really useful last time we were buying, especially the real world 'in-use' photos that people put up and ratings given.


Chrisgr31

13,440 posts

254 months

Wednesday 24th May 2017
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Where are you based? SK Camping at Godstone just off J6 of the M25 has a huge selection of tents on display. The reality probably is you wont go far wrong with another Outwell.

J8 SVG

1,468 posts

129 months

Thursday 25th May 2017
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Love my Coleman Octogan 8 http://www.coleman.eu/UK/p-26459-cortes-octagon-8.... (£220 from Outdoor World Direct)

Super easy to put up even on my own and I'm 6'3 and can jump inside it which was my main reason for buying it

Has done two glastonbury festivals and several camping trips so far with no issues

No porch but if your budget is that high, you could buy one of these extensions http://www.coleman.eu/UK/p-26615-front-extension-c... (£144 from Blacks today with code BANK15)

Edited by J8 SVG on Thursday 25th May 12:28

boyse7en

Original Poster:

6,671 posts

164 months

Thursday 25th May 2017
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Chrisgr31 said:
Where are you based? SK Camping at Godstone just off J6 of the M25 has a huge selection of tents on display. The reality probably is you wont go far wrong with another Outwell.
North Devon
Bit of a trip to get to the M25,

Antony Moxey

8,016 posts

218 months

Thursday 25th May 2017
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You could do worse than try Darts Farm just outside Topsham. They have a branch of Cotswold Leisure (I think that's what they're called) on site, as well as a number of shops and eateries, that has a pretty comprehensive stock of tents and camping accessories. Best of all they quite often have a tent show on the big grass area beside the car park with maybe as many as 50 or more tents on display for you to nose around and try out.

Not sure if they're doing anything this weekend but it might be worth contacting them to see when the next tent show is on.

boyse7en

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6,671 posts

164 months

Monday 17th July 2017
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Just to give a bit of closure to the thread...

Had to collect my sister from Gatwick airport so popped in to SK Camping before I went to the airport.
Good to see a load of tents in situ and they had some good offers on.
Glad I went to look because something I hadn't though about was that we are four people in a six man tent, and most six man tents divide their bedrooms in to three so they are smaller than the two we had before. Another "discovery" was that I didn't like the look of flexible fibreglass poles (bit flimsy feeling and moved around a lot).
The airbeam tents looked great but don't seem to offer much for the extra cost other than slightly quicker erection, and a lot of them seem to have a reputation for leaking. I did fall in love with a huge airbeam polycotton tent, but that was £1300 so easy to dismiss on budget grounds. Even my advanced levels of man maths were going to struggle with that.

In the end I decided to replace our old Montana 6 with ... a new Montana 6 smile

I really did fancy a change, but the Outwell just ticks all the boxes for me.
It has two (rather than three) bedrooms so more space
It was reduced by £100 and came with a free carpet (which are a fortune otherwise!)
Metal poles

Looking forward to taking it out in the glorious summer sunshine soon
The front extension we have should fit the new tent (although a slightly different pattern material)