Family Camping 

Gelert  Tahoma 9  £349.99

The Tahoma Tent with three separate bedrooms has sewn in living area groundsheets that keep out drafts, a spacious porch and generous bedrooms. You also get tent tidies, a zip that allows you to access an electric cable point and a double guying system that offers increased stability. The large front porch area is suitable for storing wellies and a host of outdoor gear whilst the central living area is very spacious. You also have the option of a front and rear door, with porch poles provided. The pre attached guy lines are helpful when pitching. The tent weighs 33.4kg and has ample headroom of 300cm. When packed its dimensions are 74 x 56 x 30cm.

 Vango  Breckenridge 400   £400

The Breckenridge is a unique tunnel design tent that is ideal for long summer holidays for a family of four. The flysheet, inner tent, mesh and groundsheet are all fire retardent. It comes with colour coded poles and a choice of being able to use rear or front doors. A seam taped fly gives long lasting protection and it also has mesh on the flysheet doors for extra ventilation. The huge living area, fully sewn in groundsheet and inclusion of a roller bag for easy transport really do make this one to consider. It weighs 32.85kg and packs down to 70 x 40 x 35cm.

Aztec Falcon 12 £599.99
If you need a tent for uncles, aunts or nephews and nieces as well than have a look at the Aztec Falcon 12. It’s an airy and spacious tent designed for those extended
family holidays.  It sleeps 12 people who can be separated into six bedroom areas.
Each bedroom has a tall internal height meaning it is easy to stand up. There is a good-sized living space and external porch area.
The tent uses shatterproof fibreglass or steel poles and comes with a lifetime guarantee. It weighs 60.9kg and when packed down, its size is 75x43x50cm.
What you get for your money is two doors, four vents, eleven windows and two skylights truly making this a light and airy tent.

Coleman   Camping Chef    £49.99

The Camping Chef is a power grill stove with a burn time of up to eight hours. It has 2 x 2300W burners and a grill underneath the two burners offering 1100W that is great for toast or bacon or simply keeping food hot. It operates off campinggaz  refillable cylinders and has push and turn child safety control knobs that give an adjustable flame option. The lid also acts as a windbreak and the fold down legs let it fold flat to a briefcase size. It also comes with approved tubing and clips and a carry bag.

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Anjungilak  Kompact Winter £110

The synthetic filled Kompakt Winter keeps you warm to –15 making it one of the warmest synthetic bags available. This bag is marketed as a 4 season product but for me it’s probably best for winter use or cold and damp conditions as I guess it could be too hot for the summer. Uniquely it can be machine washed at a hot 60°, which will destroy bacteria. This means that if you wear outside clothes while sleeping or consume food and drink whilst you’re in the bag it’s well worth investing in. It weigh 2140 gms including the stuff sack.

Trangia  25-8 Duossal Stove  £70

The Duossal is a lightweight, storm-proof stove for campers and backpackers. Series 25 includes larger stoves suitable for groups of about 3-4 people. They are excellent family stoves with capacious pans, a wider frypan and a larger kettle.

They are made of stainless steel and aluminium which means they are durable and heat up quickly. stove includes two pans, 1.75 and 1.5L, 1 frypan, 22cm, 1 Aluminium kettle, 0.9L, 2 Windshields (upper and lower), a burner, handle and strap and it weighs in at a lightweight 1390 grammes. There’s also a multi fuel burner that fits on the lower windshield with a self cleaning facility.  

Millets  Green Lantern  £29.99
This collapsible 360 degree lantern is ideal for family occasions both in and outside the tent. One minute of winding time will give 10 minutes of light by charging the internal battery. Its light source consists of fifteen ultrabright LED lights that will last up to 50,000 hours and all can be lit for a bright light or you can use only nine of them to save battery power. It also includes a loud emergency siren and will run from batteries that can be recharged from an included car adaptor and a mains adaptor is available.

Hi Gear Oval Aluminium Table  £39.95

This lightweight folding aluminium table has a heat resistant surface and adjustable telescopic legs if your chosen ground isn’t quite level. There’s a handy carrying handle underneath and we liked the way it also comes with large feet for increased stability. There is a large range of chairs, stools and recliners available to suit all the sizes and needs of the family. The table’s top has dimensions of 120 x 60cm and its height can vary between 55cm to 74cm. If weight is important to you in your travels the table has a weight of 6.5 kg.