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Tips for choosing a family tent
Here's some tips to choosing a family tent:
Go Large Go for the biggest family sized tent you can afford, I'm not saying that so you buy more from us, I'm just speaking from personal experience. A little bit more storage in the tent is always useful. Also airbeds do take up a lot of space.
Tent with a porch Most family sized tents have big porches. If you going camping for a couple of days, it's a good idea to have a tent with at least a small porch so you can cook in it if essential or store any muddy boots etc . If it's a festival tent with a few mates buy a cheap tent then go to the burger van…
Tall person - Tall Tent (bit obvious I know) If you are tall get a high tent (keep adding to each of these points 'unless it's a festival tent then just buy the cheapest').
Sewn-in groundsheet Sewn-in groundsheets keep the draughts and bugs out. All of our Gelert family sized tents have sewn-in groundsheets in the inner tents and some of the family tents have sewn-in groundsheets throughout. Sewn-in groundsheets are very good for warmth and stopping the bugs but they also cause a little more condensation.
Ventilation Vertilation in the tent is important. Internal windows in the tent with mesh are a good way to ventilate and will keep the condensation down inside the tent.
Inner tent first or second? With some tents you pitch the inner tent first and put the outer-tent on afterwards. This is common with family sized tents with sewn-in groundsheets. The downside is that if it's raining when you pitch your tent, your inner tent could end up wet
Accessories Get yourself a good camping chair, and maybe a table to put your beer on if you want to really show off. Sitting outside the tent on the damp grass for more than three seconds isn't much fun
