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Kristoph

Kristoph

Kristoph

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Hopefully this thread is okay here.

I'm going away for a short trip next week (3 nights) and need some budget camping advice!

Need a two man tent. (Budget ideally £30 max)

An extra sleeping bag (£15?)

and a half decent rucksack for carrying clothes, food etc. (£30 max?)


I know a few of you will be going off to festivals so will probably have done some research, I've used Millets and Amazon.


Tent = http://www.millets.co.uk/camping/tents/1-2-person-tents/product/094183.html

Sleeping Bag = http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gelert-SBG1...sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=sports&qid=1280403898&sr=1-7


Rucksack = http://www.millets.co.uk/rucksacks/rucksacks/product/094809.html



Look okay? Or anything that I might be able to improve on?
 
Check out Tesco, B&Q, and Halfords as all were doing special offers on camping equipment. Also TK Maxx had pop up tents cheap yesterday. Don't forget a torch
 
Whatever you do, dont buy a single skin tent. If it rains, you WILL be soaked.

The one you have picked is fine. Guess you dont mind sleeping on the floor? If you have got space for it, a rollmat will make it just that little bit more comfortable.

Do you need a stove? Or have you made arrangements for food / hot water etc.

Torch is a must. You can get a wind-up one for cheap as chips nowadays, never need to worry about batteries, and will last you a good while.
 
All depends on what camping your doing I spose.

If I was doing 'proper' camping (halfway up a mountain with no ammenities) then I would only use decent kit.

But for the likes of festivals, family camping on proper sites etc then standard stuff will be fine :)
 
Paul. W said:
Whatever you do, dont buy a single skin tent. If it rains, you WILL be soaked.

The one you have picked is fine. Guess you dont mind sleeping on the floor? If you have got space for it, a rollmat will make it just that little bit more comfortable.

Do you need a stove? Or have you made arrangements for food / hot water etc.

Torch is a must. You can get a wind-up one for cheap as chips nowadays, never need to worry about batteries, and will last you a good while.
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Yeah I have my own rollmat from DofE, however food wise - it's unlikely we'll have a stove.

Moses99p said:
I've always thought of camping stuff as something worth spending decent money on. I bought a tent for £279ish quite a while back, and that's still going strong, then I've got some nice MSR stoves (one liquid fuel, gas powered pocket rocket), nice Mountain Equipment sleeping bag, etc. I'd prefer that to making do with fairly rubbish stuff, bought each year.

But I guess if you're just gonna festival, cheap stuff is kinda the way forward.
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It's just for a little festival, http://www.onelovefestival.co.uk/ and possibly if I ever decide to pop down to Newquay and do a few days of surfing.
 
Get a tent at least one man bigger than you need, so if 2 of you are in there get absolutely minimum of 3man tent and prefferably a 4man tent.
 
ShaolinDreams said:
Your selection looks pretty good considering the low budget. You got the right idea :)
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Thanks, hope it doesn't let me down.

AcidHell2 said:
Get a tent at least one man bigger than you need, so if 2 of you are in there get absolutely minimum of 3man tent and prefferably a 4man tent.
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My girlfriend is like 5 foot, and I'm 5' 10" , neither of us should take up much room. I'll look at the prices though, make it a bit more comfortable.
 
It doesn't matter how small you are. A 2nan tent will literally fit two average sized people in, with zero room to store anything else. Width more than length.
 
So would you agree the 3 man tent above would be suitable? It's the same price, and as far as I can see, it's slightly more resistant to the rain.
 
what you doing, where you going and what time of year?

Personally i would get one with a full outer skin and aground sheet in the "porch"
 
Definitely get the three man over the two man. You'll need space for your stuff and some room to move around.

Might be worth reconsidering the rucksack though, the one review for it said it broke on first use. Maybe worth revisiting that bit and spending a little more? A decent rucksack will last for years, my 75 litre sack is a Karrimor I bought about 15 years ago and its still going strong.

E-I
 
Moses99p said:
The thing about the sort of porch in the Ness is that it'd be completely and utterly useless. They're too small to really have anything in, and if it's rainy then the rain will get in there.

Just browsing, and this is the one I have - http://www.millets.co.uk/camping/tents/1-2-person-tents/product/095560.html (I think I have a slightly older model, and mine's a super sweet bright red colour, haha). Anyway, the kinda ~porchy~ area in that is genuinely good for storage, because it's properly rigid and doesn't let in the elements... whereas wannabe ~porch~ things, which are just tacked on to be a selling point, tend to be really rubbish?
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Slight increase of price for what the OP is after... by a factor of ten!

E-I
 
Moses99p said:
The thing about the sort of porch in the Ness is that it'd be completely and utterly useless. They're too small to really have anything in, and if it's rainy then the rain will get in there.
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Most porch are fine as long as they have a ground sheet. they are made out of the same material and constructed in the same way.
 
AcidHell2 said:
what you doing, where you going and what time of year?

Personally i would get one with a full outer skin and aground sheet in the "porch"
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Camping in a field in Hainault Forest Country Park, 3 days / 2 nights next week.

Literally just sleeping inside it, out of the two I just posted, the 2 man has the groundsheeted "porch", but the 3 man doesn't.
 
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