Best 1-Room Family Tent (Budget)


Posted BY Ian under best-tents

If you read my article on Qualities of a Best Family Tent you'll know that I rate the Size of a best family tent according to many factors, not just the standard number of adults that will fit across the floor space. Following up on one of these, I have divided up my best family tent recommendations by the number of sleeping areas or rooms that each tent has. Within each article I will further break those recommendations down - by price.

There are a huge number of tents in this 1-Room category. I have ended up with more choices than in other categories but that reflects the imaginative designs available. I have therefore split the article by price bracket. Take a look and see what suits you.

Those who have younger children may prefer to sleep all-together in a 1-room family tent (even if this is divided up by curtains or the like) to keep an eye on them. You may also consider this type of tent if you are a couple on a long trip wanting lots of space; a home-away-from-home, without resorting to a caravan. Several tents in the range have the option not to pitch one of the inners giving you even more space for living, or storage.

Budget

Best tent A very nice tent all round, the Vango Orchy 600 offers an ideal high dome living space with the one sleeping area as a tunnel off from that. Vango use good quality materials and there are plenty of nice little extra touches to make your camping experience that bit easier.

There is an Orchy 500 for smaller families.

The Robens Dreamer has a nice simple but strong design and would make a nice tent for more remote camping scenarios. There are several variants available, including bigger and smaller models and a light version. Check these out when following the links below.

For a smaller family on short trips the Jamet Pacific 4 is worth a look. This tunnel tent has enough space to sleep 4 comfortably and a nice little porch area for meals etc.

Gelert are fast becoming a very popular make. Their Tornado 5 dome tent is incredibly cheap and well worth a look if you only plan on short trips - or are a couple who just like lots of room.

The Stormlite Weekend 400 would be suitable for just that; weekends away with a small family (4 of you, not 400!) The dome only uses two crossing poles which is not a strong configuration. I wouldn't use a tent like this is much worse than good condition.

Amazon.co.uk offer the following tents: Don't forget to search on these names once on the site. Amazon.co.uk often offer variants as well as second hand items at special prices.

Field and Trek offer two of these tents: The first three tents are all available from OutdoorMegastore. For convenience you may want to copy this list to Notepad or similar before following the link for use in their search engine. Direct links to prices are not possible at this time.
  • Vango Orchy 500
  • Robens Dreamer
  • Jamet Pacific 4
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