ClarionShelter 8P Three-Room Family Tent

For when the kids need their own room and so do you.

Two removable dividers split the floor into three spaces, which is the difference between everyone going to bed at the same time and everyone going to bed when they are ready. Two doors mean the 2am toilet trip does not wake the whole tent.

Manufacturer-stated specifications:

• Sleeps: 8 (see the honest sizing note below)
• Floor: 168 x 108 in / 427 x 274 cm
• Peak height: 78 in / 198 cm
• Packed weight: 30.4 lb / 13.8 kg
• Waterproofing: 3000mm hydrostatic head, fly and floor, taped seams
• Rooms: Three, via two removable dividers
• Doors: 2, plus large mesh windows on all sides

Honest sizing. Rated for eight; realistically six people plus gear, or two families of three sharing with a room each. Also worth knowing: at 30 lb packed and roughly 4.3 metres long, this needs a large, flat, cleared pitch. Check your campground's pad dimensions before you book.

Every figure above is the manufacturer's stated specification. A tent this size takes two people about twenty minutes to pitch the first time — practise once in the garden.