Outwell Sun Valley 6

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2008 Model

Tent is 6.55m x 4 m so will fit on the majority of pitches without a problem.

Wow - what a great tent. Best money we have spent.

Used it for thee first time for the October half term hols for a week at Brighouse Bay (Dumfries and Galloway).

We had it pitched in about 20 mins. Footprint down and tent pitched. Pegged out all 4 corners then threaded the poles through and erected one at a time.

The long side pole was a bit of a devil to get in (and out again when decamping) but everything else was a doddle (had an extra person for holding up from inside for the fist pole up - just in case).

Being October it was slightly chilly and we had the fan heater on just about 24/7 - not a spot of condensation to be seen anywhere. The weather didn't get really wet or windy but I have faith that the tent would have stood up to these pretty well.

Children loved the storage pockets and filled them immediately with gloves, torches, games, shells from the beach etc.

Living area is plenty spacious - we had a double Alu roll up table, Larder cupboard and our 4 chairs with loads and loads of room left (will be taking another double table next trip and will easily fit)

The 'porch' bit was great and we did all our cooking under it. It will zip off completely if need be but we sheltered the bin and muddy wellies under it.

I thought the tent may be a bit dark with it being blue (had been in some Vangos and found them dark) but it wasn't and when all the curtains were zipped open then we were flooded with light (and warmth first thing as we got the sun).

Front has zip curtains and fly mesh. Both side entrances have zip fly mesh and curtains and there are bottom fastening curtain on the first tunnel bit.

Bedroom pods have fly mesh too and a little zip part with window in the side at the bottom. They can be used as one big space or two separated by a fully zipped partition. Mesh pockets in the pods too - we stored books and watches when in bed, children used them for glow sticks and head torches and all those annoying bits and pieces they accumulate!

Plenty of room in the bedroom pods and easy to stand in for getting dressed.

Well ventilated.

Cord tidy for the light flex.

My only niggle apart from the side poles (due to my strength - or lack of) was the back corners of the bedroom pods - will try and pitch a bit better next time as they were very baggy and seemed to need something else to get them pegged out properly.

We went the whole hog and got a carpet - but keeping an eye on costs we got a brand new Monty 12 carpet at half priceish and it fitted the living area perfectly.

It was just as easy to take down as it was to put up. We decided to leave the carpet in when we rolled up the tent - in theory saving the space of the carpet folded and being in the boot. It all fitted back in the bag no problem (bag is a big sturdy one on wheels).

All in all I would thoroughly recommend this tent to any family of 4 or 5 if all the children are little.

We also had the Hartford L and I much prefer the Sun Valley.

[bighitter]

yes it is great tent got ours last year used two times may & july rained all the time but tent stood up very well