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 watch. We only got round to watching it after 2 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... Read review

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Advantages: Easy to erect, large, simple construction
Disadvantages: Heavy to Carry

...first see a tent that you want to buy look at how it has been put up, it may be really complicated. The Madrid 5DLX is very easy to put up. It consists of 6 poles, 4 of which are made up 0f 3 separate parts. In total in the pole bag you should have 8 steel poles that go with 4 carbon fibre ones. This makes the basic frame of the tent. Running along the insides of the tent are 2 longer poles which keep the whole thing rigid. There are also 2 poles for the side door. So, firstly you peg the back of the tent so that it stays in the intended position, secondly my advice is to thread the frame poles through the pockets (on the outside of the tent) without joining them up. Next you should join up the 3 sections of the back pole and pull the tent upright. Follow this procedure for the other 3 frame poles and then pull out to tighten... Read review

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Advantages: Can stand up in it! Quite Big, pegs!
Disadvantages: Problems with condensation, groundsheet

...this tent is perfect design wise, its nice to have a big area to sit in, stand up - eat your dinner etc etc We have had some problems with water dripping down in the mornings but I think that is due to condensation. A good looking tent for a good holiday! Recommended! BI-SPACE 300 SPECIFICATION: FLYSHEET - Polyester 185T INNERTENT - Breathable nylon mesh panels INNERTENT GROUNDSHEET - Polyethlene 240g/m2 LIVING AREA GROUNDSHEET - Polyethylene 140 g/m2 TAPED SEAMS - Yes POLES - Fibreglass (colour coded poles and sleeves) WEIGHT - 11.6kg HEIGHT - 170cm COLOUR - Green WATER COLOUMN - 3000mm PITCHES - Flysheet first DOOR CANOPY POLES - Included This is not a mountain tent! :) More for the camping-site! Where to buy from! The tent can be bought online from http://www.abc-camping.co.uk/details.asp?varCat=touring+tents... Read review

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Advantages: A fantastic story
Disadvantages: Quite female focused, not really a bloke book.

...the plot! The Red Tent is published by Pan, is 386 pages long, and costs £6.99, but Amazon sell if from £3.99. Highly Recommended.... Read review

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Advantages: Easy to erect
Disadvantages: Can be dark inside

...The Coleman Savannah is a 6 person frame tent. It has an iside height of200cm high which is ample height for the average family! The tent is a kind of octagonal shape with the bedroom area taking 1 half & living area the other. We found the tent very easy to erect with colour coded steel poles which feed through from the outside of the tent, then legs attatched to lift the flysheet & place the tent in positon ready to be pegged down. There is then a groundsheet for the living area. The inner bedroom tents have an integral groundsheet & the whole thing is hung inside with colour coded hooks. What we particularly like as well is that there is a separate 'storage' area like a zipped up compartment where the cool box & bags ect can be stored. The bedroom has a removeable divider across the width which is a good idea if like us, you... Read review

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Advantages: Lightweight, robust, colour coded poles, reflective guy ropes
Disadvantages: It's not true 4-season, small cooking area, lack of headroom

...of your rucksack (it you're not a purist!) Because it is primarily designed as a lightweight expedition tent, there isn't much room left once there of two of you in it with all your kit - it's not designed for luxury living! The groundsheet raises off the floor in a bowl shape, which is good when there is surface water around after a particulary wet night. However, it isn't good when you spill your hot drink over yourself! At night, if your mate/girlfriend/wife turns over, you kind of have to turn over as well. Getting ready for bed and getting up in the morning is tricky and (at 6'4") I find it a struggle to get over-the-head tops on. The cooking/storage area is small and you need to do quite a bit of kit management to cook safely when its pouring with rain. During hot weather, it is nice to sleep with the fly-sheet removed... Read review

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Advantages: Easy and straight forward to erect.
Disadvantages: Not suitable for a larger family.

...Not- is the continuation of the title, especially when its your first time camping with them, Callum 2 years 8 months and Lucy 10mths (fast crawler!). This was also the first time my husband had put up this tent, and it was late and we were both tired hungry and irritable and so were the kids. Now add windy to this scene as well and me having to hold on to the tent whilst hubby knocks in the pegs and if I had been watchinh instead of doing then I would probably have been in hysterics. The tent though, getting back to the subject on hand, is a brilliant design it goes up very easily and this was the first time my hubby had put up this tent it was very straightforward and he reckons that he will be bale to do it on his own next time, which is good news for me. Anyway let me describe this marvellous item to you it has: UV nylon... Read review

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Advantages: easy to put up, quality, size inside, price
Disadvantages: size when stored, no porch.

...I already own 2 "normal" tents, but went on a 7 day bike race where i needed to put up and take down the tent 7 days in a row. I splashed out £45 for a "pop-up" tent. The thought of it errecting itself was very appealing!! Sceptical at first, I popped the tent out of it's bag and pegged it down with 4 pegs.....job done......in about 60 seconds. I couldn't believe it could be so easy!!!! Once the tent is up it is like any other, with an inner and outer sheets (don't go for the cheap single skin ones). It has vent to help reduce condensation, although some did form, but then i've never been in a tent where there was no condensation!!! The one I have is a 2 man version which accommodates 1 person + luggage with ease and would accommodate 2 people with some luggage. This tent took on some heavy rain and wind in the 7 days i... Read review

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