Bought in the Go Outdoors winter sale as our second tent for extra living space / kitchen etc for our two weeks holiday, although one of the three teenage kids slept in it and loved the eclipse feature. Overall, I’d rate this tent a 8/10 for the tent, 10/10 for the other accessories and a 4/10 for the porch. What the two bedrooms lose in length, they certainly gain in width, though sleeping 4 in each may be tight. However, if it’s an airbeam you are after, or you have a bigger budget and are looking for an upgrade tent, we’d recommend heading to Damian at Newquay Camping, or the lovely Mike at Attwoolls, where you will, in our experience, get a wider choice, and still get fabulous service, a warm smile and plenty of help. If you want a big tent to hit the field, you won’t be disappointed with this one and in our experience, we’ve always found friendly, helpful staff at Go Outdoors, this is a great tent and well worth the money.

HI-GEAR Tents | Blacks HI-GEAR Tents | Blacks

For fans of the Swearing Welshman on YouTube, he has done a video, and we’ll link it when it’s ready! day agoMid Wales a haven for wellbeing breaks this autumn and winter 2 days agoGO Outdoor’s October sale begins – with huge discounts on a range of products up for grabs. Apart from covering the door (which you will appreciate, as it is the tent’s biggest flaw) and offering a little space to stick boots, the porch brings nothing else. It has a great hydrostatic head, the poles are easy, Mark pitched it mostly single handed, with a little help to hold it steady while he pegged it down, and we were pitching for the first time in the rain and it still wasn’t difficult (although with the dog barking like a loony, both of us soaking wet and being surrounded by camper vans that just pulled up and got the kettle on, at the time I swore I hated Mark, the tent and camping in general! Kitchen-wise, forget sticking it in the awning, but thankfully this was not an issue as we brought along a 4.The old Frontier 8 porch was absolutely amazing (and still available but sadly won’t fit this tent), but you’d never think this came from the same manufacturer. It looks a lot bigger in the picture than it is in real life, the slope of the tent means the porch adds very little practical space. Really easy to put up / take down, really is a big tent and contended with storm Evert in Cornwall July 2021 in great fashion whilst others in the field were collapsing. If you have used this product please leave a review, or your comments for other visitors, many thanks!

HI-GEAR | Camping | Tent Accessories | Canopies, Porches HI-GEAR | Camping | Tent Accessories | Canopies, Porches

In fact, I would say it takes no longer to pitch than our Outwell Corvette, an airbeam which comes in two pieces. To this day, it remains one of our all time favourite tents, so much so, I could not bear to sell it and gave it to friends of ours – who now love it just like we did, however after pitching on a windy day and hubby getting whacked with a pole in the nether regions, thanks to a gust of wind, it’s been little fibreglass poles or big airbeams ever since in our little tent collection – and our Fibreglass Outwell Glenwood (my favourite) is wonderful but aging now, and probably due for an upgrade, so always looking for a bargain, we saw one and headed to Go Outdoors.We’d like to see zip up curtains, a flat rather than sloping front door and longer bedrooms but this is a great tent and exceptional value for money.

Hi Gear Vanguard Nightfall 6 Tent - Millets

We raced back to Go Outdoors to take their awful Outwell tent back to them and in fairness had no issues, with the offer of a refund or replacement (as you would expect).The Hi Gear Vanguard Eclipse 6 Premium is a sturdy steel-framed tunnel tent with a spacious, airy living area and very comfortable bedrooms.

Hi-Gear Vanguard 6 Porch (blue) - Millets Hi-Gear Vanguard 6 Porch (blue) - Millets

All in all, if space is what you want, along with stability and easy pitching you won’t go far wrong with this. Really good size inside even with added storage pod to put away all our things and access them easily. This meant there was a massive space in main living area of the tent, which on this occasion only held our table and chairs, however there’s easily enough space to keep a family entertained here. Normally we use a spare bedroom for the loo, but it seemed a waste of such a lovely big space so we found a handy spot to the left of the wardrobe for that, instead using the spare bedroom to create a lovely little dark lounge space for our inflatable sofa, footrest and Outwell Kimberley side table.