I need a tent but I detest camping - what shall I get?

[chilango]

Hundred odd

As said you can get a pretty good or a pretty big tent for that money.

Half that would get you an okay pop up tent.

Don't go too cheap though. Features like ventilation cost.

Single skin tents are best avoided unless its a high spec one to be used at high altitude, otherwise the chances of condensation forming on the inside are high.

If you decide against a pop up I'd stick to a dome shape really. Easy to erect and you don't have to worry too much about getting the guy lines right. It'll stand up without them. Other shapes often need you to get the guying right for stability and to get the fly lifted away from the inner.

If you can get a tent that pitches "all in one" (I.e. the fly and Inner are already attached) that makes life even easier too.

 

[Orang Utan]

The wild country ones look like you can only lie down in them and slide yourself in and out

 

[twentythreedom]

Pop-up tents - Meh, gimmick. A decent, modern tent takes 2 min to set up unless you're a completely brainless div

 

[Clair De Lune]

Pop-up tents - Meh, gimmick. A decent, modern tent takes 2 min to set up unless you're a completely brainless div

Bollocks pop up tents are ace for festivals. You can pop it up and have a spliff while watching everyone else putting their tents up

 

[DrRingDing]

I've been perving over this bad boy...

 

[chilango]

The wild country ones look like you can only lie down in them and slide yourself in and out

You'd be able to (carefully) sit up in them. But they're not built for room.

 

[Orang Utan]

Pop-up tents - Meh, gimmick. A decent, modern tent takes 2 min to set up unless you're a completely brainless div

I'm worse than that. I'm a brainless div who cannot follow instructions for assembling anything.
I also really can't be arsed with sticking poles through hoops and hammering little bendy pins into hard ground

 

[Orang Utan]

You'd be able to (carefully) sit up in them. But they're not built for room.

I have ruled them out then.

 

[chilango]

I've been perving over this bad boy...

I just got this one a few weeks back.
http://www.terra-nova.co.uk/tents-and-spares/all-tents/zephyros-1-lite-tent/

It's ace. Tiny, light, and superb for my needs.

 

[chilango]

I have ruled them out then.

Aye.

Bear in mind that extra space comes at a weight and bulk price.

The more you have, the harder the tent will be to lug about.

 

[Orang Utan]

I know but I cannot bear the thought of waking up, forgetting where I am and getting up and hitting that horrible stretchy material with my face.

 

[geminisnake]

I just got this one a few weeks back.
http://www.terra-nova.co.uk/tents-and-spares/all-tents/zephyros-1-lite-tent/

It's ace. Tiny, light, and superb for my needs.

That's claustrophobic!! Pogofish has one like that. Freaks me out! But you go places I wouldn't dream of so.....
I'm 5'5" and require a 3 man tent with porch for ME!

 

[chilango]

http://www.raymears.com/Bushcraft_Product/927-Bergans-Lavvo-S-4-6-Man-Tipi-Tent/

Tipi would solve yer headroom issue

Tesco have some for £35.

Never used one myself so can't comment further.

 

[DrRingDing]

I just got this one a few weeks back.
http://www.terra-nova.co.uk/tents-and-spares/all-tents/zephyros-1-lite-tent/

It's ace. Tiny, light, and superb for my needs.

1.25Kg?

 

[chilango]

That's claustrophobic!! Pogofish has one like that. Freaks me out! But you go places I wouldn't dream of so.....
I'm 5'5" and require a 3 man tent with porch for ME!

I carry my tent so it has to be small and light.

But it's not as pokey feeling as you'd expect, but you wouldn't want to have to spend days on end in it.

 

[chilango]

1.25Kg?

Oh yeah.

Could get that weight down more too if I swapped for Ti pins instead of alu pegs, and ditched the stuff sack.

But 1.25kg will do me.

 

[stuff_it]

Pop-up tents - Meh, gimmick. A decent, modern tent takes 2 min to set up unless you're a completely brainless div

Or a bit wasted...

I can't remember the last time I tried to put a tent up that I wasn't trippin balls. I hate them so much that I need strong hallucinogenics to convince myself it might be fun.

 

[chilango]

Bollocks pop up tents are ace for festivals. You can pop it up and have a spliff while watching everyone else putting their tents up

They are a bit of a pain to pack up though IME.

 

[twentythreedom]

Or a bit wasted...

I can't remember the last time I tried to put a tent up that I wasn't trippin balls. I hate them so much that I need strong hallucinogenics to convince myself it might be fun.

srsly that one I had at Boomtown, I was pleasingly amazed by what a piece of piss it was

 

[Clair De Lune]

They are a bit of a pain to pack up though IME.

This is true. I can't deny it.
Maybe wait until they invent one that is popupandpopdownable.

 

[Orang Utan]

I may get a more carryable one and just get someone else to put it up and take it down.
I can be persuasive if i set my mind to it

 

[Idaho]

It will be boiling hot if it's a sunny morning. The cheap way to prevent this is to get a medium sized black groundsheet and put it over the top of the tent.

 

[kittyP]

We have stuff you've welcome to borrow if you don't wanna buy.
No tent but other stuff.

 

[DrRingDing]

I may get a more carryable one and just get someone else to put it up and take it down.
I can be persuasive if i set my mind to it

Right, me and the OH needed a cheap tent for a car camping. My requirements was that it needed to entrances. This is so you can open both a bit in morning and get a breeze through leaving your tent at air temperature instead of being a greenhouse.

I found this on eBay for £38 !!!

/*Tits I cannae find it now but it was a Vango Atlas 300*/

Just bought it. Vango is a decent make at the budget end.

 

[DrRingDing]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vango-Atlas-300-Tent-2011-/280882570882#vi-content

Here's one for £45

 

[twentythreedom]

Bollocks pop up tents are ace for festivals. You can pop it up and have a spliff while watching everyone else putting their tents up

Nah, 2 mins extra setting up time gives you a better tent and a less smug attitude - win / win

 

[Clair De Lune]

Nah, 2 mins extra setting up time gives you a better tent and a less smug attitude - win / win

I jest. I did have a spliff and then I helped someone else put up their tent. The pop up bit was still great though.

 

[Orang Utan]

I am going to pop down Decathlon in Surrey Quays and have a look at the Quecha range of tents

 

[Dillinger4]

I am looking for a new tent / sleeping bag, they have to be light enough to carry because I have vague plans for long distance walking, I was thinking of this tent and this sleeping bag

 

[geminisnake]

Both look like good choices but chilango seems to be the guy who KNOWS