Recommend a 2 person car camping tent

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10/05/2012 at 12:48

Having sold a few tents lately, can anyone recommend a good 2 person car camping tent.  Ideally have good headroom, so at least can sit on a chair in the porch, largish porch space and ideally can be pitched by one person when I go alone with the dog. 

 Up to £250 to spend. Weight not an issue.

Edited: 10/05/2012 at 12:50
10/05/2012 at 12:52
Vango Omega 350 would fit the bill.  I have always fancied trying one of the Khyam Freelanders for car camping too.  Outwell make a couple of small(ish) 3 man tents e.g. Arizona L, Nevada and Oakland.
Edited: 10/05/2012 at 12:54
20/05/2012 at 21:41
Thanks. Just seen the new wild country etesian, mmmm! Ill mainly be using it solo car camping with the dog.
20/05/2012 at 23:31
Try to find a decent tipi of poly cotton. Loads of room, easy to pitch (indeed one man) and potentially you can use a woodstove in it to heat the tent. why go lightweight when car camping if you also can go in great comfort?
21/05/2012 at 00:13

The Vango Omega 350 is an excellent tent for car camping. Having previously used mountain tents on campsites, I used one of these a couple of weeks ago, including a day of seriously wet weather in Pembrokeshire. I really liked having the huge porch after a mountain tent, particularly useful in bad weather, and the bathtub floor of the extension is great. The only downside I found was that the design of the doors, curving inwards at the top, aided ingress of water in wet weather when you were going in or out of the tent. A tarp rigged up here would prevent that though.

I got one really cheap last year from Go Outdoors on their price match scheme.

21/05/2012 at 01:03

You can unclip the groundsheet in the porch & fold it back in wet weather to help overcome the problem above..

The Omega 350 is great value for money.  After trying to use my more hardcore TN Super Quasar & TNF MTN25 for car camping I quick realized I needed something with more room for bad weather when camping with my son & dog. The Omega 350 fits the bill perfectly - loads of room for me, the lad & the dog & enough headroom to sit in the porch on a chair.  Easy big enough for 3 adults & luxury for 2 plus kit.  We got ours cheap from aYeomans tent exhibition.  Can't remember how much we paid but well under £200.  The tent features the Vango Tension Band which works really well in windy weather.

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Edited: 21/05/2012 at 01:06
21/05/2012 at 01:29
I have owned numerous vango car camping tents (mainly for use at Festivals) and by far my favorite one has been a Marmot Halo 4p, can't post link as on a phone but if you google it Webtogs have them in stock.

My Mrs calls it Chateau Marmot.
21/05/2012 at 10:44
Is it possible to pitch a vango 350 by yourself. The headroom in a 250 is too low for a chair.
21/05/2012 at 10:46

Dead easy.   This is the Omega 350.  There is also a Beta 350 - same design but cheaper fabrics & fibreglass poles at under £100 (& the Titan 300 - higher sepc than the Omega plus extra door at front of porch & snow valance - <£500).

I may modify mine & add a door at the end - one day.  The open door could then be used as a canopy to sit under.

Edited: 21/05/2012 at 10:52
21/05/2012 at 11:03

I agree with Spiritburner, I found it really easy to pitch. In fact, the first time I ever pitched it was in my neighbour's garden (I don't have one!) by myself. Didn't take that long, it's pretty intuitive.

I got mine for under £100 at Go

21/05/2012 at 11:40

Zuma wrote (see)
Try to find a decent tipi of poly cotton. Loads of room, easy to pitch (indeed one man) and potentially you can use a woodstove in it to heat the tent. why go lightweight when car camping if you also can go in great comfort?

My preference is to use a vintage paraffin pressure bowlfire.  Tilley & Bialaddin were popular British makes but there were many others - that & a 500cp paraffin pressure lamp - that throws out a lot of heat.  You can see a Bialaddin bowlfire & an Aida 500cp lamp (like a petromax) in my pics.  That said, Mrs S does like the big bell tents with wood burner stove option.

 The bowlfire lit (normal caveats about ventilation etc!)

http://www.outdoorsmagic.com/members/images/14094/Gallery/350e.jpg

  
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