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Very Affordable Holiday Home!!

Advantages: Good size, quite high, sturdy, easy to put up
Disadvantages: Large and quite heavy when packed

...to stand up it. The Vango Venture 500 was set up and was a winner as soon as we looked at it. Dimensions and Layout The tent measures approximately 12' X 8' and is about 5'10" high at the highest point. There is a large porch at the front which takes up about a third of the length of the tent, and the rest is taken up by the bedroom. The Porch The porch is a good enough size to set up a table and two chairs to eat if required, as ...
...wind and some rain. The Vango Venture 500 stood up to the wind brilliantly considering its size and height and as long as it is well pegged down it can withstand quite strong winds with very little problems. We had a little rain this weekend and had no problems with leaks however we have been out in fairly heavy rain before and this manages to find its way through the material so I would not recomend it in the rain, however it is only advertised ...

johnny040676 28.05.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Vango Venture 500

Hardest Erection Ive ever Had !!

Advantages: Compact/ Lightweight/ Portable/ Smart/ Spacey for a 4 berth
Disadvantages: Erection time!/ Instructions/ Not suitable for young children

...question was this one. A Vango Alpha 400 4 berth dome tent. I am a very occasional camper, in fact I havn't been for over ten years and I found tents had changed a whole lot in that prevailing time. The tent comes in a lightweight holdall. Very compact and easy to carry around. It took up hardly any space in our Citroen Picasso boot at all. We arrived at the campsite in Ingoldmells just outside Skegness and placed ourselves in our desired location. ...
...and we all proceeded to pitch the tents. I had already made sure prior to leaving, we had instructions, so was fairly confident we wouldn't have much trouble. However things don't always go to plan do they. We laid out the groundsheet easily enough and secured it. Ten minutes later we were still trying to work out where the poles went and which holes they went through. I looked round at my sisters tents who had both managed to virtually erect theirs ...

WormThatTurned 09.07.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Vango Alpha 400 Dome Tent

Vango's Erections

Advantages: Lightweight, spacious, well made
Disadvantages: fiddly to put up

...Who’s that fella Vango anyway………….?! I consider myself a hardened camper. My experiences range from a bivvy bag above the Boulder Ruckle in Swanage, to a budget Millets 2-pole tent on the Orkneys, from family holidays in Harlech under a vast canvas and steel construction to New Years Eve in a Vango Force Ten Mk5 in Langdale, as well as several seasons in the Swiss Alps, plus many, many other trips. I have camped in rain, wind, sleet, snow, sun and ...
...But the good old Vango Force Ten was looking a bit the worse for wear so we decided to invest in a new luxurious but compact model large enough to accommodate 3 young children and 2 middle aged adults. Tent design changed a great deal about 10 years ago with the advent of dome tents and tunnel tents. These incorporate flexible jointed poles, made either of metal or glass fibre. They increase the usable space inside the tent, having a curved ceiling, ...

sdwill 28.06.2002 · Read full review
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Review of Vango TBS Equinox 600 Tunnel Tent

Robust, spacious 6 berth tent

Advantages: very spacious, steel frame
Disadvantages: large pack, heavy

Nice, robust, tent. Apparently some sellers discontinued it as there were concerns over it leaking, but we've had a couple of very rainy nights in ours and no problems. Durability - some of the hooks/clips that attach the bedroom pods to the tent have come off (due to children jumping around) but can be sewn back on. It comes with a DVD showing you how to put it up - you can do it without watching it but there are some handy tips so it's worth a ...
...camping trips, but found it cut pitching time by 10 mins or so - it now takes us around 45 mins to pitch. Loads of room - spacious bedrooms (easily sleeps 6), large living area. Great for families as there's space for cooking, playing, etc. Good layout, with the bedroom/living room dividing line going along the lenght of the tent rather than the width (so the tunnel arc is from front to back rather than side to side if that make sense). This means ...

catherine2001 19.09.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Vango Breckenridge 600 Family Frame Tent

You can go with this Vango

Advantages: plenty of room, long lasting, easy to erect, ideal for backpacking
Disadvantages: weight

I have had this tent since 2003; it has just started to leak in 2007 from the ground sheet. It is easy and quick to erect and is less effort than most new tents on the market. I used this tent to backpack around Britain it has done the Pennine Way, Coast to Coast, Peddars Way, Cumbrian Way, West Highland Way, and Norfolk coastal walk. I also have used it in deep snow, up mountains in the wild and on a weekly basis in my work. It is an excellent ...
...range. I loved this tent, for when there are 2 people; you both have your own door and your own storage for boots and such outside the flysheet but inside the outer shell. This also gives you options for cooking too. There are 4 generous sized mesh pockets for torches and things you may need to store, two-way zips for ventilation. Many People would argue that because you have to put the inner up first, it is not as good for protection in the rain, ...

mickerick 08.01.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Vango Storm 200+ Dome Tent