31-35, F
AtlasScar · 31-35, M
How many people are camping with you? It looks like a pretty big tent.
th3r0n · 41-45, M
@Werewolf1994 should be just enough room then, since dogs like to move around
Just as long as they don't get too rough and mess it up
Just as long as they don't get too rough and mess it up
SleepingWithGhosts · 46-50, M
That's an awesome tent!
BizSuitStacy · M
jackrabbit10 · M
looks like the top half if a pickup truck.
ArishMell · 70-79, M
Not if there are only one or two of you!
Eleven-person... You need look at more than the external photograph.
You need:
- Examine the sleeping-arrangement diagram in the catalogue, typically showing the occupants playing sardines-in-a-tin, and in the "bedroom" only. (In the better-designed, large tents, the bedroom is an inner tent made from cotton for ventilation, with its own groundsheet to double the thickness below your mattress, and suspended from the outer tent.) This ad might treat the entire internal space as the "bedroom".
- Consider how many occupants. If only two or three of you, and staying only two or three nights, you do not need a tent large enough for a dozen. Remember too that the larger the tent the colder it is at night.
- Consider the ease of its erection and re-packing. The bigger it is the more difficult it is to handle, especially in winds; and large tents never seem to re-pack as compactly as the factory had managed!
- Consider the packed bulk and weight. That one will be a lot heftier than you think, and how are you going to carry it? Obviously it is designed for using on a regular camp-site where you erect the tent next to your car; but will there be room in the car for it plus the necessities (sleeping-bags, air-mattresses, spare clothes, and unless you intend eating only in cafes, food and a suitable camping stove etc.) NB: necessities, not mere "luxuries" you do not need.
- Consider the quality. The ad says it costs £79.99. Even for something probably made in China, India or a S. American country and sold via an Internet retailer, it seems far too cheap for serious consideration. I would expect to pay far more than that for a tent reasonably safe in bad weather and lasting a good few years. Even a budget-range, two-man backpacking tent costs more eighty quid. So it has 5 yellow stars. Oh aye?
Eleven-person... You need look at more than the external photograph.
You need:
- Examine the sleeping-arrangement diagram in the catalogue, typically showing the occupants playing sardines-in-a-tin, and in the "bedroom" only. (In the better-designed, large tents, the bedroom is an inner tent made from cotton for ventilation, with its own groundsheet to double the thickness below your mattress, and suspended from the outer tent.) This ad might treat the entire internal space as the "bedroom".
- Consider how many occupants. If only two or three of you, and staying only two or three nights, you do not need a tent large enough for a dozen. Remember too that the larger the tent the colder it is at night.
- Consider the ease of its erection and re-packing. The bigger it is the more difficult it is to handle, especially in winds; and large tents never seem to re-pack as compactly as the factory had managed!
- Consider the packed bulk and weight. That one will be a lot heftier than you think, and how are you going to carry it? Obviously it is designed for using on a regular camp-site where you erect the tent next to your car; but will there be room in the car for it plus the necessities (sleeping-bags, air-mattresses, spare clothes, and unless you intend eating only in cafes, food and a suitable camping stove etc.) NB: necessities, not mere "luxuries" you do not need.
- Consider the quality. The ad says it costs £79.99. Even for something probably made in China, India or a S. American country and sold via an Internet retailer, it seems far too cheap for serious consideration. I would expect to pay far more than that for a tent reasonably safe in bad weather and lasting a good few years. Even a budget-range, two-man backpacking tent costs more eighty quid. So it has 5 yellow stars. Oh aye?
jackrabbit10 · M
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@FreddieUK My thoughts too.
No, it is not suitable for one-person handling. Tents like this are heavy, bulky, complicated and cannot easily be erected and re-packed by just one; even worse in a breeze. The fact that it is claimed to accommodate nearly a dozen (I wonder how) indicates the buyer is expected to have others available to help.
Elsewhere Werewolf says it will be occupied by just her and two dogs. It's far too large for that.
I can, just, erect my tent on my own. It is slightly like that advertised, but designed for only three occupants, four at most, so is quite bulky and awkward to manipulate; and really, too large for me.
No, it is not suitable for one-person handling. Tents like this are heavy, bulky, complicated and cannot easily be erected and re-packed by just one; even worse in a breeze. The fact that it is claimed to accommodate nearly a dozen (I wonder how) indicates the buyer is expected to have others available to help.
Elsewhere Werewolf says it will be occupied by just her and two dogs. It's far too large for that.
I can, just, erect my tent on my own. It is slightly like that advertised, but designed for only three occupants, four at most, so is quite bulky and awkward to manipulate; and really, too large for me.
gregloa · 61-69, M
No it’s too hard to set up. You have to put all the tubes together and thread them through the long hoops and way too many stakes. Sam’s Club has a 12 person tent that is way easier to set up. You simply unroll it and pop the thing straight up. No threading poles into hoops. Put in a very few stakes and you’re done. Even has a led light inside. My daughter has one like the one you showed. It’s a pain to set up. I took mine and was done setting it up in less than 10 minutes. My daughter has retired her tent. 😂
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gregloa · 61-69, M
@ArishMell
She asked if it was a good tent. I told her no. From experience. The one I suggested can be purchased in 12 person, 10 person 9 person, and 6 person. It’s an excellent choice. Very easy to set up. Now what exactly is your problem? I recon she is smart enough to figure out how big a tent she wants and which one.
She asked if it was a good tent. I told her no. From experience. The one I suggested can be purchased in 12 person, 10 person 9 person, and 6 person. It’s an excellent choice. Very easy to set up. Now what exactly is your problem? I recon she is smart enough to figure out how big a tent she wants and which one.
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@gregloa It may be a good tent, but Werewolf appears to be asking advice for solo holidays, in which case these mini-marquees are just not right even if they are of higher quality than the advertising and prices suggest.
That 6-person size you suggest is more sensible, but still large.
I write from experience of using both a moderately large (3-4 man) and very compact back-packing tents, on standard camp-sites and in wild hill-country, the latter sometimes in wet and windy weather.
My largest tent is certainly roomy - its "bedroom" will accommodate three comfortably, four at a pinch, and I can cook reasonably safely in it* - but it is too large really, for my needs. It was the smallest I could find that:
- a) I could stand in (though I am short),
- b) leg problems make a back-packing tent awkwardly low for me, especially to be my home for a week or more - but it is warmer at night than the large tent ;
- c) I knew my tent and I might sometimes have to stand a lot of wind and rain, possibly for a few days; so the larger size is an advantage in one way but a disadvantage in others;
and - d) though alone in my tent I would be camping with friends who willingly give each other a hand when needed to build and dismantle our country homes.
BTW I proof my tents against both water ingress and the Sun's UV light.
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*I use a 'Trangia' cooker with gas-burner option in place of the spirits-burner, standing on a
food-box that doubles as a low table.
That 6-person size you suggest is more sensible, but still large.
I write from experience of using both a moderately large (3-4 man) and very compact back-packing tents, on standard camp-sites and in wild hill-country, the latter sometimes in wet and windy weather.
My largest tent is certainly roomy - its "bedroom" will accommodate three comfortably, four at a pinch, and I can cook reasonably safely in it* - but it is too large really, for my needs. It was the smallest I could find that:
- a) I could stand in (though I am short),
- b) leg problems make a back-packing tent awkwardly low for me, especially to be my home for a week or more - but it is warmer at night than the large tent ;
- c) I knew my tent and I might sometimes have to stand a lot of wind and rain, possibly for a few days; so the larger size is an advantage in one way but a disadvantage in others;
and - d) though alone in my tent I would be camping with friends who willingly give each other a hand when needed to build and dismantle our country homes.
BTW I proof my tents against both water ingress and the Sun's UV light.
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*I use a 'Trangia' cooker with gas-burner option in place of the spirits-burner, standing on a
food-box that doubles as a low table.