The Outwell Jacksondale 5PA is a great family holiday tent for a family of four.
Yes, it's an expensive tent, but it is packed full of great features.
Value for Money
9
Features
9.6
Family Friendly
9.3
Quality
9.4
Practicality
9.2
PROS:
Great layout for family holidays. The front area of the tent is excellent as a wet/dry zone.
Large windows to let in plenty of light that are tinted for additional privacy.
Each window has toggle-up blinds. The blinds can be toggled halfway up, providing a further privacy barrier.
You can roll the front door back to create a sheltered porch.
The door between the front and living areas uses the excellent Quick & Quiet mechanism and includes a bug mesh.
Two additional side doors can be open but sealed with bug mesh, which helps keep the tent cooler when the weather is hot.
One side door has a porch to be used as an alternative rain-safe entrance.
There's a zipped cable entry on both sides of the tent, making it easier to hook up the electricity.
Both bedrooms have a cable entry point. Ideal for powered lanterns or charging your phone at night.
There's cable entry from the living space into the front zone. Useful for powered lanterns there.
The tent can use the HookTrack system (additional accessory) to help position lights exactly where you want them and even hang up a movie screen :-)
Bedrooms are longer than standard at 215 cm long. The main bedroom has a Quick & Quiet door.
There are storage pockets in each of the three tent zones.
The tent material is fire-proof and has a 4000 mm hydrostatic head with taped seams. It is also treated to UPF30+ to help protect its occupants from harmful UV.
The tent includes guy line storage, which is extremely helpful for the next time you get the tent out.
When pitched correctly using the storm straps, the tent is rated to wind force 9, which is a strong gale!
Tent pump with pressure gauge included.
Optional fitted carpet accessory (highly recommended) and footprint to help protect the underside and position the tent.
CONS:
Tent bags for inflatable tents tend to be larger and heavier than poled tents, as you can always separate the poles into a separate bag for poled tents. So make sure you have room to store and transport the 100 x 45 x 45 bag (which may be larger after you pack the tent away for the first time). At 33.4kg, you'll want at least two people to lift it to avoid injury.
The Vango Rome Air 550XL is a great holiday tent if you have a couple of kids.
Value for Money
9.3
Features
9
Family Friendly
9.1
Quality
9
Practicality
8.7
PROS:
Great sized living space.
Useful side storage area; ideal for a camping toilet.
Darkened Bedrooms
Built-in porch with door
Additional Side door with rain-safe entry.
CONS:
The tent is quite large. This is ideal for holiday camping where you stay several nights, but the tent might be a bit large for regular one-night weekend camping.
This is not just a regular family tent, but from Robens, there are design features that make this tent ideal for those that want to spend a lot of their weekends going camping.
Value for Money
9.3
Features
9
Family Friendly
8.5
Quality
9.2
Practicality
9.1
PROS:
A tent designed for regular use, with hardened alloy poles, tough material, and re-enforced pegging points.
Comes with a porch and a large flexible front door.
Two side doors.
One side door can be used as a sun shelter.
All doors have bug mesh.
Darkened bedrooms.
Adaptive inner.
Lots of storage pockets.
Lightweight and small pack size for a family tent.
CONS:
It would have been good to have the tarp poles included.
As I've mentioned already, I think the Outwell Oakdale 5PA is a fantastic family tent, with plenty of sleeping and living space, and lots of great features for family camping holidays.
Value for Money
8.9
Features
9.4
Family Friendly
9.4
Quality
9.4
Practicality
9.3
PROS:
Great sized bedrooms
Darkened bedrooms
Really good living space
Flexible front porch option
Good ventilation for when it does get warm
Carpet and footprint available (optional extras)
CONS:
As with most inflatable tents, the packed size of the tent can be large, so make sure you have space to get it to the campsite along with all the other items you'll want to take.
The Outwell Rockland 5P is slightly smaller than the larger Outwell Family Tents but still is crammed full of features. We think this tent is ideal for a family of four, giving Mum and Dad a little more space in the three-person bedroom. :-)
We really like the Coleman Rocky Mountain 5, it's proved to be a great tent.
Value for Money
10
Quality
10
Features
9
Family Friendly
10
Practicality
9
Ease of Pitching
9.5
PROS:
A great tent perfect for long weekend camping and really good value for money with quite a few features normally found on more expensive tents. Easy to pitch too.
We found the Vango Ravello 500 a great family tent that's ideal for weekend camping. Use the Vango Excel AirBeam awning to add some extra space for longer family camping breaks.
Value for Money
8.5
Quality
10
Features
8.5
Family Friendly
9.5
PROS:
It was nice to have an inflatable family tent that was lightweight and easy to take to the campsite. Pitching is really quick and easy.
CONS:
This is only really a 5 person if you remove the bedroom divider.
The Outwell Earth 5 is a great tent for those weekends where the forecast cast is good and you just want to get away quickly with the minimum of fuss and effort.
Value for Money
10
Quality
7.5
Family Friendly
9.5
PROS:
A great little tent that can accommodate a family 5, that's quick and easy to pitch, and ideal for one-night weekend camping.
CONS:
During strong winds and rain, we did notice some drops of water coming in around the side door zip. This was easily fixed for under £5 though.
We've used this tent on many camps now, and it's not let us down through wind, rain, and sunshine. The pitching time is fantastic, coupled with Outwell's easy pegging system, means that the whole family can get involved. Pitching the tent is now one of the quickest things to do when setting up camp.
Value for Money
8
Quality
9
Features
10
Family Friendly
10
PROS:
The Hornet XL is a good sized family tent that's amazingly fast to pitch thanks to Outwell's SmartAir technology.
CONS:
This is a big family tent and so it is large and heavy, so make sure you have space to transport it. The pump is not top quality, but if it breaks, it is easily replaced.
