Vango Icarus 500 Deluxe Family Tent with Separate Bedroom, Living Area and Porch, 5 Man Tent, Camping Tent for 5 People, Camping Equipment, Green, One Size

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A great option for family camping trips the Vango Icarus offers spacious and comfortable accommodation for up to 5 people.

You could also consider the Eurohike Sendero 6, which you’d think is slightly bigger as a 6-berth tent, but actually, it is not. The Eurohike Rydal 500 on the other hand is less expensive, although less attractive in its features. Would definitely recommend this though, easy to put up with one adult (especially if you can get a child to help). The shock cord used in the poles don't seem that good and in mine were overly long so the poles kept coming apart resulting in unnecessary difficulty pitching and striking and a torn sleeve.We have camped for 15 days straight twice now, the first in terrible cornish weather where there was high winds and torrential rain. The sleeping area can be divided into two bedrooms, giving you some privacy and separation from your fellow campers. I went camping for a week and the weather was awful all week, heavy rain and wind, the tent stood like it was made from bricks, not a single droplet leaked in. Yes it made the floor more 'homely' but because we were on a very sloght slope it just kept slipping all over. Saw a few airbreams collapsed on site but the only fault we found was that the front awning had leaked a bit on the frontal slope.

As we had predicted this from other peoples reviews we had pulled the ground sheet and carpet back from near the front doors (to keep them dry). Tent had a small tear on outer tent where you use a peg I have tried telling Black's this could be resolved with a patch I am going back on holiday next week and they couldn't guarantee me having same tent by then. Easy to pitch, prepared to do it myself but helped by a couple of other campers, would be able to do it easily a second time. But it hasn’t gone to tent heaven, it has found a new lease of life with our friends and their two young sons who are new to camping. Only reason it lost one star is because the zips don't line up, one is straight and the other is curved meaning every time you get in or out of the tent you have to undo the two zips separately.Had a large camp bed in the larger bedroom, actually a fishing bed, which was very comfortable, with clothes and towels.

This means it is relatively easy to carry, and does not take up a lot of precious boot space in the back of your car.Its early stages of our use but the very first night absolutely chucked it down for hours and the tent was bone dry inside in morning- there may be worse conditions to come but that’s a very good start for the tent. In the living area I had 2 folding chairs, a folding single camping table, kitchen equipment under the table in boxes, and a camping stove which you screw gas canisters in to, very economical.

The seconds bedroom is slightly over 120 cms in width, so you’d not fit a normal double mattress in it, but a small double like this would slide in easily. Normally, these 3-berth master bedrooms would never accommodate 3 adults; however, in this instance, the Vango Icarus 500DLX just might. It has been reissued for the new camping season in a subtle, darker green colourscheme, to even better blend in with your camping environs. For optimum comfort, whack a tent carpet in the living area and line the sleeping area with blankets before lying sleeping mats on the top.The is perfect and after putting it up in the garden the kids wanted to use it for a week in Wales, it stood up to some good old fashioned Welsh weather with no leaking and has plenty of room for us.