2/3 man tents.

[Izzetafox]

Been considering getting a lightweight tent.

Spent a night shift checking out a load of reviews and on seems to look reasonable.

I am looking for a 2/3 man so that if my grandsome comes with me we still have room for some gear inside. From what I can gather 2 man tents generally are 1 man plus kit.

One that seems to fit the bill for me is the Vango Banshee 300. I like the lowish profile and the ease of putting it up and down.

Anyone familiar with the Banshee?

[philpot]

Don't know the Vango but can recommend Outwell tents as being really well made. Try yomans outdoors but try at one of their garden centre sites as they do sell of last years models cheap. They do both the Vango and Outwell.

If you don't have one near you, there is Pennels garden centre at Lincoln and Stephens garden centre at Scunthorpe, both of which have yoman sections. If you find one at Scunny, I can always get it for you.

Phil

[nemo]

If you can get to a 'Go Outdoors' store they usually have a decent range of tents, usually have them set up on a first floor so you get a better idea of size and setup.

[Izzetafox]

Go Outdoors was where I was looking, they price match and give an extra 10%, which would bring their price down by nearly £30. plus they have some Merrell trainers at half the price of elsewhere that I want.

I will have a look at the Outwell range Phil.

Terry

[spadulike]

Outwell r pretty good as phil says.There a go outdoors in loughborough.the other place to try is decathlon.they do agood range of pop ups which r so easy...

Take a look at don valley sports on line .. They do.some good.deals.qt this.time of the year but do try before u buy.

[yorkpiker]

Have you thought about a bivvy? They have come on leaps and bounds in the last few years in terms of weight, price and the good old rapid erect ;D

All the best
John

[Izzetafox]

I don't want a pop up so that I can take it inside the hull of the kayak if I wanted to. Go Outdoors Loughborough is my probable supplier.

John the other use was for if my grandson wanted to take it on his own so whilst the bivvy is attractive not ideal for an 18 year old like our Dom.

Cheers all
Terry

[esoxuk]

Have you looked on fleabay... I got a belter for £35 posted, its double skinned 8' wide x 16' long with 2 x 8' x 4' bedrooms and a 8' x 8' space for gear with the doors zipped up.

[Izzetafox]

THat's the thing Phil, I have a great 2 bedder with loads of living space that I got cheap off ebay but this is a light smaller tent just for sleeping. Quality rather than quantity if you like.

Terry

[Izzetafox]

Now also looking at the Coleman Cobra 3, good price at £80 and reviews are excellent.

[Daz]

Feb 8, 2013 1:03:58 GMT Izzetafox said:

Now also looking at the Coleman Cobra 3, good price at £80 and reviews are excellent.

i looked at that one....looks a good bit of kit and is small when packed

[Izzetafox]

Goo if you go for a tunnel then for the geodesic there is the Tauri x3. A bit of a porch on that one.

[nemo]

Feb 8, 2013 1:03:58 GMT Izzetafox said:

Now also looking at the Coleman Cobra 3, good price at £80 and reviews are excellent.

I've had a Coleman tent in the past, really well made, good robust kit.

Kev.