Vango Apollo 500 Family Tent for 5 People [Amazon Exclusive] with Large Porch Living Area, Waterproof - Ideal Weekend Camping Tent

I love this tent. I can put it up on my own. It's robust, well made and looks good. It's highly waterproof with a high HH value. Billed as a 5 man, I would say its a very spacious two man. All the zip closures are easy to use. I've used it at a festival and for leisure camping. It doesn't take long to put up and the carry bag is large enough that packing away is easy. It's not massively tall, I'm 1.7m and I have to stoop slightly in the tent but that is the only slight downside. I expect it to last for years because its well made. Can't wait for my next trip.

The media could not be loaded. Used a few times in the lakes, not sure 5 man is the correct description 3 maybe 4 at a push but other than that, it's easy to erect single handed in about 20min, plenty of room in the living area, I'm 5 10' and do struggle to stand unless dead centre... plus withstood everything the lake district could throw at it over a very wet week, few leaks at ground level but to be expected as it was raining uphill in 40mph winds... buy it try it love it 😀

Good size tent with a decent porch .Pitched up within no time .Despite high wind and daily downpours , the tent held up . No issue with water entering the tent .Only one negative point : unable to open the window ( manufactured defect )

I brought this tent to 2 events I attended this summer - each for several days - with mixed weather and plenty of rain.I've done lots of camping since my early teens - in the countryside and at festivals. I've owned 10+ tents of various types also. This is one of my favourites... its great for the price - ideal for two people with stuff - and can handle wet weather easily.The only niggle is that if you use the side door when the tent is covered in rain, some water can run into the porch, but it drains out easily enough based on the porch structure.Overall, I'm very happy with this tent for what I needed it for.

Second one I have purchased, the other has survived hurricane winds and pouring rain without any problems and it's a strong and sturdy tent, bigger than you think and the black cover keeps it cool in the day and dark in the morning.

Having camped in a lot of different tents over the years, and owned several myself, I had a shopping list of things I was looking for in my latest one: easy to put up (single-handed if needed), stable in up to moderate weather, a decent sized porch, a variety of doors (and not ones I need to crawl through), preferably a bit of head room and overall, reliably weatherproof. After reading the reviews, I still wasn't sure, but I'm glad I went for this tent.It went for its first spin in Cornwall last weekend and did brilliantly. The standard dome configuration is very easy to pitch, especially for novices, and I didn't even bother getting the instructions out to look. Two same length poles cross at the back to form the sleeping compartment, and a single, shorter pole (marked with blue ends) goes across the porch. It's quite a big tent, so I'd suggestly loosely pegging the back if there's any wind, whilst you pop the back poles up and in, and then shuffling the dome square and pegging properly, but it's generally easy to manage. We had 3 of us putting the tent up and even having never seen it before, we were done in just over 10 mins. The inner clips neatly in once the outer's pegged and job done.The "bathtub" description of the groundsheet in the porch worried me slightly, as did reviews of water coming in when the doors were open .... so I'd like to offer reassurance. Firstly, it rained quite a lot last weekend and quite heavily - the tent was completely waterproof, aside from a few tiny drips through the front zip where I hadn't properly velcro'd the outer flap down properly that covers the zip and the wind had flipped it up - to be fair it was raining hard and really windy, but just sticking the velcro down properly solved that. Like any tent, there will be some run-off from the roof after rain - I didn't think this tent was any worse than any other I've had for that, and whilst someone else's suggestion of a guiding "ridge" above the door to divert the water would be ace, a few drips aren't the end the world. Most of it can be avoided by just tapping the inside of the tent lightly before you exit to shake the excess water off, and unzipping the door gently and holding it outside the tent for a few seconds to let the run off shift.I was also concerned that if the porch groundsheet was a sealed bathtub then any water wouldn't be able to get out and it would quickly get muddy and wet in there. It's not actually completely sealed though - the outer walls have a little turn-under on the inside and the ground sheet overlaps that but isn't fixed, which allows any water to run out in the event of a leak or spillage. What the overlap does do though is make the porch remarkably draft free when you're sitting in it which is nice in not-so-great weather!I'm 5 ft 6 and whilst I can't stand straight, the tent is tall enough to let me walk around and tidy up / get changed with only a bit of a stoop which is much more comfortable than smaller tents. There's is definitely enough height to sit in a camp chair in the porch, and I think you could squeeze 3 chairs and a small camp table in the porch at a push.Overall - a great tent for couples or solos who want some space, or for 3-4 friends a bit more cosily. 5 is possible but a proper sardines affair. Great tent for the price!

haven’t used away yet but seemed good in garden test

Nice size for long weekends. I had spent alot of time looking for the right one and thought this was it. Easy to put up alone and didn't take to long. Unfortunately it leaked really badly, water was dripping from the roof everywhere and running down the walls. Everything I had taken was soaked, clothes food the lot. I sent it back as soon as it had dried out and got a refund.