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I can pitch a tent fine in bed lol
I shall be camping it up for the first time in ohhhhhhhh 15+ years at Billing this year. Carly and Amber(will be approx 18 months) will be coming too.
So we want a good quality tent thats uber waterproof etc probably 2 "bedrooms" and lots of storage space, but not to be epicly massive when down etc.
Dont want to spend a total mint on it as it might be a one or two off use lol
Ideas please folks :)
I borrowed one of these: http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/3401448/c_1/1%7Ccategory_root%7CSports+and+leisure%7C14419152/c_2/3%7C15701428%7CCamping%7C14419397/c_3/4%7Ccat_14419397%7CTents%7C14419414.htm for PV/combe/trax and it worked perfectly, even waterproof in the PV downpour, however as usual 3 man in a tent means you can fit 3 sleeping bags in it side by side, so I'm not sure that would be big enough for what you want... but something bigger, similar price ish and 2 layer should be plenty waterproof etc?
all tents are made in china. they also do a really clever trick, they make the bag out of a heat shrink plastic, so once its in the bag, it gets cooked & tight as a ducks ar$e.... and you will never ever get it all back in the bag ever....
get on the argos website, they will have some end of range stuff
or eBay, just get an 8 person tent, you'll soon fill it with stuff
Southie
16-03-10, 04:47 PM
This one any good Stuart CLICKY (http://www.thesportshq.com/confidence-holiday-lux-6-man-2-room-tent.aspx?CAWELAID=385273215) thats if your wanting a couple of rooms, oh its a six man though. May be a ballache if your setting up on your own, plenty of room though.
Or if your wanting to get the tent up quick there's this CLICKY (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-Pop-Up-4-Camping-2-Festival-Tent-3-Man-Person-Berth_W0QQitemZ220483919194QQcategoryZ36117QQcmdZV iewItem) but only the one room. Probably best though if it's peeing it down and your wanting to please the wife. :d
its like anything Stu you get what you pay for.
Mine is a vango orchy 6 birth.
It was fine in the hale storm at the national last year and the rain last year.
I think it was around £200 but well worth it mate.
http://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/vango-orchy-600-p99229
That one mate if i can stand up in it you will have no trouble.
this (http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/3401888/c_1/1%7Ccategory_root%7CSports+and+leisure%7C14419152/c_2/3%7Ccat_15701442%7CClearance+Sports+and+leisure%7C 14520980.htm) looks about right
NovaLad
16-03-10, 05:09 PM
Stuart has kids?
When did this happen.
I thought he was a homosexual! lol
Stuart has kids?
When did this happen.
I thought he was a homosexual! lolelton john has kids ;)
Stuart has kids?
When did this happen.
I thought he was a homosexual! lol
these things happen
NovaLad
16-03-10, 05:21 PM
elton john has kids ;)
That's where you are wrong :)
''Elton John has no children of his own but is god father to 10 children, including Sean Ono Lennon, Damian Charles Hurley and Brooklyn and Romeo Beckham.''
Thanks WIKI.
hmmmm i must be thinking of someone else. Amber is blatantly a lame cover up though
That's where you are wrong :)
''Elton John has no children of his own but is god father to 10 children, including Sean Ono Lennon, Damian Charles Hurley and Brooklyn and Romeo Beckham.''
Thanks WIKI.
where did burgo say he was a father???????????
burgo said 'he has kids', as does Gary Glitter
ps. Oscar Wilde was married with sons.......
novacabrio
16-03-10, 05:32 PM
http://www.argos.co.uk/wcsstore/argos/images/416-3970814IEUC556934X.jpg
Ideal
Stuart is as camp as a row of tents, doesn't mean he is gay.
****ers.
New spec is one LARGE tent/room thing so a chavel cot can go in away from the entrance and we can sleep around that lol.
I like the pink teepee though
Tescos have a good size 6-man/two room tent on offer on their website at the mo, 50% off so £60. Unfortunately its been out of stock for ages (well, 3 days, but thats long enough), so I'm waiting for it to come back in. As I want one.
Its not brilliant quality but it should do. Methinks the handful of bad reviews about it are from people who cba to put up a tent properly. Oh, and its >200mm tall in the midsection so you won't get a bad back from having to crouch over. Or run the risk of spudly slipping you one in the rear when you enter the tent.
OMG Stu in camping in a tent at a car show shocker!!!! lol lol
Cue jokes re: camping it up.
lol, etc.
Tescos have a good size 6-man/two room tent on offer on their website at the mo, 50% off so £60. Unfortunately its been out of stock for ages (well, 3 days, but thats long enough), so I'm waiting for it to come back in. As I want one.
Its not brilliant quality but it should do. Methinks the handful of bad reviews about it are from people who cba to put up a tent properly. Oh, and its >200mm tall in the midsection so you won't get a bad back from having to crouch over. Or run the risk of spudly slipping you one in the rear when you enter the tent.
You're just making sure Stu doesn't get the last one before you lol Tescos tents looked crap when I looked at them tbh, single skin and cheap fabric... parents got me one for christmas for the show season though (for a car I can't afford due to the mounting debt I was told wouldn't happen at uni, but that's a whole different essay lol) So I guess we'll see :p
you will end up spending more on cheap tents in the long run as they dont last at all. the one i had last season either needs lots of repair or binning. i can see it heading for the bin to be honest. that was a halfords £80 jobbie
http://www.wilkinsonplus.com/Gelert-Tent-Cadiz-6-Man/invt/0287599?htxt=PsAGyAqy%2FDSGVBgOHPBfATKVETOKIWHcwqo ICuDrG%2FxTcDPfxIrYzUvEu76RzzM6wutKTeo9AOCB%0AtDs7 6aYYKg%3D%3D
Timewaster.
This will never happen!
General Baxter
16-03-10, 07:59 PM
we all need to get there before stu, pull up a chair and watch the comedy,
OMG Stu in camping in a tent at a car show shocker!!!! lol lol
Its only taken about 10 years lol
Will look in the local 'Go outdoors' place.
Its only taken about 10 years lol
Will look in the local 'Go outdoors' place.
Imho don't. tents tend to be cheaper in places you'll least expect to find them. ie netto/b&m etc. i bought our 6man coleman off bay for about £50 iirc.
General Baxter
16-03-10, 08:04 PM
i need a new one, mines just a tad too big for 1 person lol
ohhh this looks good. one big 'room'
http://www.coleman.com/coleman/colemancom/detail.asp?product_id=2000001593&categoryid=11020&brand=
Awesome. Billing is a must camp at show.
boyle_46
16-03-10, 08:38 PM
Stuart my dear roumer has it that your as camp as 12 pink tents lol
I want to camp at Billing :(
I want to camp at Billing :(
Why don't you then...
On my own? No way. I can only imagine the things that would go on.
On my own? No way. I can only imagine the things that would go on.
kip with me and the mrs lol
On my own? No way. I can only imagine the things that would go on.
hahaha i was thinking of buying a shaker suit, you in a tent by your self even more reason..
*edit that could sound wrong. I mean in a to scare you way.
General Baxter
16-03-10, 09:06 PM
I want to camp at Billing :(
sleep in your car, it has locks lol
were not that bad tbh, we settle down about 8pm, then just sit around the 'campfire' till around 12 -1 in the morn, then piss off to bed lol
were not that bad tbh, we settle down about 8pm, then just sit around the 'campfire' till around 12 -1 in the morn, then piss off to bed lol
Just like our lot, talking about childish stuff, farting and laughing like kids at it..
'campfire' till around 12 -1 in the morn, then piss off to bed lol
By that time Baxter tries to tempt you into his tent, speaking from experience :(
is that a sad face because you didnt go in the tent when you had chance adam lol
General Baxter
16-03-10, 09:29 PM
he ****ing well did, was mike and craig aswell :p
Its a sad face due to what happened after i entered said tent.....
General Baxter
16-03-10, 09:34 PM
me and mike woke up surrounded by jaffa cakes lol
Its a sad face due to what happened after i entered said tent.....
Did you enter the tent, then he enter you?
At about 12 ish last year we needed more fire, so walked off to find some wood.
I found a 6foot long branch.. That was still quite wet and sticky and basicly just smoked like funk!
i honestly cant remember feck all from billing.
General Baxter
17-03-10, 07:46 AM
Food fight lol
you cant bloody talk, at least i knew mike more then 5 hours before jumping into bed with him lol
i honestly cant remember feck all from billing.
they say that if you can remember billing, you aren't all there
Stu, have a look on Amazon. LOADS of tents on there.
Lynz, would dougie not camp it up with you?
farting and laughing like kids at it..
I laughed, spud choked. lol
General Baxter
17-03-10, 11:03 AM
Lynz, would dougie not camp it up with you?
he might mess his hair up lol
I'm loving the fact you put 'it has to be waterproof' in your specification. lol
you cant bloody talk, at least i knew mike more then 5 hours before jumping into bed with him lol
Youre only jealous cos it took you a hell of a lot longer :p
And jeebus Jack i didnt just choke, i nearly died, much to Dans amusement who almost died of laughter as he heard the....... 'parp'
And then my reaction a few seconds later of 'jesus christ wtf was that, eugh... cough cough....zzzziiippp, ahhh fresh air at last' lol
I'm loving the fact you put 'it has to be waterproof' in your specification. lol
well you never know
This is true, Craig ommitted this spec in his trailer tent. The fact it leaked directly over his bed was only made funnier by the fact it also leaked over the only other part he could put his bed as well lol
not such a stupid thing to put in the spec afterall then ;)
I'd recommend coleman for a good cheap tent stu.
That Coleman Montana 6 looks perfect but not available in the UK :( And the tents they have for the UK market are twice the price, half the size :(
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/coleman-galiao-tent_W0QQitemZ130375209275QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Sp ortsLeisure_HikingCamping_Tents_JN?hash=item1e5af7 d13b
Any good stu?
this is what we got for 50 quid.
can stand up in it with ease. a little fiddly to put up, but held up well in the wind and rain in wales. Bit bulky whn packed up.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Coleman-Cedar-Creek-5-Berth-Tent_W0QQitemZ270548523503QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Sp ortsLeisure_HikingCamping_Tents_JN?hash=item3efdf2 d9ef
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