Vango - Nevis 200

If you would like something like the phoxx, i have the nevis 200 its the same sort of shape but much more space from what ive seen of the phoxx and i dont think its too much more.

I have the nevis 200, love the little thing but haven't been out in strong weather lol so couldn't say for sure but seem solid enough for a decent wind with the lower profile. i also got the oex bobcat ultralight but would say dont bother with the normal one as i am a bit crammed in but i plan using it in good weather lol. If you're anything like me youll want a few different tents for different situations lol. My advice is to just get something thats you think will be good and from there youll be able to see what you really want/need.

I've got the Vango Nevis 200. Perhaps I'm in better luck than u/ddraver but my Vango has lasted three years now. The 200 is light, cheap and has weathered actual, real storms. There's room for one person, one backpack and the motorcycle gear on top of the backpack. Meaning, not much room at all but it fits.

TLDR - Vango make solid cheap tents. If you want fancy go MSR or Nemo. Mid range Terra Nova Wild Country make some exceptional stuff. Avoid OEX. Alpkit make some cracking stuff. For convenience go dome style self standing tents ( ie elixr or Nemo Dagger or MSR) I work in a hiking shop in Scotland and I'm an avid keen hiker and camper. One thing I'd suggest is the tent you use to wild camp, if you care about it, I wouldn't take it to festivals. This is for me any way. My tents are precious you wouldn't see me putting my nice MSR or Nemo tent in a boggy field full of drunks. Personally I'd take any old Decathalon tent to a festival one with a front entry and cross bar easy peasy. Any way wild camping it's a whole different box of frogs. I'm not going to tell you the best because that is largely dependent on what you want out of a tent. So here are some questions you need to be asking yourself and what your priorities are. Am I back packing long distance or do I want luxury? - weight - pack size - Head room - strength of the face fabric Am I a fair weather camper or am I putting my tent through serious duress? - strength of the tent - hydrostatic head - construction of the tent (so these are how the poles are orientated) - shape effects how well it handles wind (wedge low profile = better for wind however less room for you) Do I want free standing or a tent I have to tension? - free standing is great for convenience - tents you have to tension are normally lighter and more Packable. Do I need storage? - Somewhere to store gear from the rain - Vestibule for things like beer and festival stuff Where am I camping? - depends what you mean by wild camping - is it campsites - am I camping on a windy peak or near a loch/ lake Few more things to consider. -I'm sorry but no one is back packing or wild camping in a 3 man tent. You go wild camping in England in a 3 man tent chances are you'll be moved on very quickly. In Scotland. It's very different. 3 man tent you're not bringing very far and I'd be surprised if you can find many spaces in Scotland to put a big 3 man tent. Also do you want to carry a 3 man tent? I certainly don't. You CAN break it up a 1 Carey the poles 1 carry the top sheet and 1 carry the inner. -2 man is a much more sensible option. -Make sure your camping mat fits in it. -Most or if not all 2 man tents are going to be fairly straightforward to put up if you know what you're doing -Go to a hiking shop and ask the folk there. You can actually get in them and have a look yourself. - side entry is a lot easier to climb in and out of. Couple tents I'd suggest that are roughly around your price range I'd say £250 + that covet these aspects 1. Good head room, strong, easy to put up, spacious However they lack in packablity and wouldn't make the best pack packing tents. These normally have 2 side entries. 2 vestibule for cooking in and a cross bar or dome style tent for better space MSR - Elixr 2 Terra Nova - Helm Compact 2 Wild country - Axis 2 (they may not make these any more) 2. Light weight is always going to cost more or you're going to have to compromise on headspace and luxury. Lighter back packing tents tend to be single pile or a 2 poke wedge style tent Terra Nova wild country - Coshee 2 (small wedge - tiny pack size but not a lot of head room) MSR - l hubba hubba like the elixr but light and more expensive Vango - Helvellyn (cracking inexpensive 2 man with decent head room and front entry) 3. Cheap and cheerful no frills place to get your head down for festivals (this is what I'd pick) Quecha - 2 man HM100 (self standing cross pole 2 man. What more can you ask for ) Vango - Nevis 200 (bit of a darling in the hiking/ tent world everyone has a soft spot for this tent. 1 pole bang. Up. Inexpensive. Easy tent and isn't too heavy. Top picks for me. If it was up to me if you want strong and longevity get the MSR Elixr. Little bit of the heavier side but it can handle a lot. If you want a reliable tent thats solid for medium length backpacking and wild camping. Get yourself a helm compact 2 Cheap and cheerful - anything by Vango is going to be solid. Avoid OEX like the plague their stuff is dogshite. I'm sorry they have some serious major design flaws. Avoid the Phoxx 2. Alpkit have some decent tents around that price range - for example the Auronaught 2. Bonus if you made it this far https://www.ddhammocks.com/collections/tents?utm_source=google&utm_medium=paid&utm_campaign=google_shopping_ads&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21929368775&gbraid=0AAAAAD-IR3dVnNRUuSjzhMDqi_nR2JXg9&gclid=Cj0KCQjw_dbABhC5ARIsAAh2Z-TBB2Q7VWM_b9wkYJ452ExPlpsaw1A2Hp7gwwht6DVUNVt8JbEmWt4aAqscEALw_wcB These guys sell big pyramid tarp style tents. That require one pole and some of them are for entire families. They range from £100 to £150+ they also have midgie nets and ground sheets you can use in conjunction with. Great for a bit of everything. And they have your superlight backpacking/ wild camping stuff I hope that helps.

Have had a Nevis 200 for five years and put it through its paces over successive cycle tours and other wild camping adventures in the Highlands and it's still in good shape. Most recently it survived sustained 60mph winds overnight at the top of a dam behind Killin. In my experience it's a good tent but I can't speak to the others. I use the footprint groundsheet which has saved it on rough ground.

Vango Nevis 200. My favourite 1/2 man tent and every tent I've had since has been based off things I liked about the Nevis. Things I like: 1.5 vestibule. High ceiling in the middle. Can exit both sides. Fairly light. Nice fast pack tent bag.

I have a Lanshan 2 and Nevis 200 (both 2 person tents) which I find are very comfortable, the Lanshan offers more headroom but can be a PITA to pitch at times. For smaller pitches, I have an Alpkit Soloist and Durston X-Mid 1, the Lanshan offers ample of space and is great in all weathers (even strong wind with mods to the guy lines). I am now wanting a bombproof 3-4 season tent, I’d love a Hilleberg but they’re crazy money!

The Vango Nevis is a top notch bit of kit in my opinion. I only had the one man, but it was super! 

Unless you are camping on bracken/ long grass you won’t get ticks just from camping, they will come off the vegetation you pass by throughout the day and will come into the tent on your clothes and bag. If you are staying in proper campsites your main issue will be midges not ticks. I really don’t recommend keeping your bag inside the tent, ALL of your stuff will get soaked when you bring your wet bag into the tent, and it won’t dry off overnight, you will just get wetter. Even with a synthetic sleeping bag, being wet sucks balls and it won’t be fun. Secondly any bugs on your bag will migrate into your tent inner and then burrow into your sleeping bag overnight. Finally a bigger tent to accommodate your bags will weigh more, and are usually (but not always) harder to pitch. I’d recommend getting a ground sheet for under the tent and that will reduce the number of midges/ticks that can come up through the grass and bite you, if you are really worried, and will be more comfortable overall. I recommend the Vango Nevis 200, super tent for bigginers, quick to pitch and lots of space. There are two entrances in it so you can zip away your bags into one vestibule and then get in and out from another. It’s also super budget friendly for beginners at like £120. I had mine for 8 years before I upgraded. I’ve not done the WHW but stayed in all the campsites along side it (well north of Tarbet) as well as the Bridge of Orchy spot. I’ve done A lot of multi day hikes, I prefer to be on top of the mountains not underneath them. I’ve never had ticks crawling in my tent, but as I wild camp if a spot had a lot of ticks I’d probably move on.

This might not be an exact answer to your question but I have camped solo about a 4 years ago for a week with borrowed Vango Nevis 200 and survived without problem a fairly unpleasant winds in Cornwall (it was the end of August). The good thing about this one (and the design in particular) is that you have to peg it out properly to even stand and then by positioning the pegs and tightening up the guy lines against the wind (and having the tent "face" the wind) the force won't break the main pole sideways and the wind mostly just glides over. It was bit noisy inside though (but not as noisy as last year in Scotland w/ Wild Trek Helm 3 Compact). This year I am looking for camping again, with my partner, and went through extensive reading of various reviews and user recommendations - most interesting read was from the Breton Bikes - and I am leaning towards the Robens Lodge 3 tent (for 2 people). What attracts me to the Robens apart from this is that they actually have a wind testing facility and test the tents for stability in wind (and publish the data). Some of their 2 man tents are claimed to survive even 180 km/h winds (110 mph) - Sprinter 2 or Chaser 2 would have the highest wind resistance claimed, if that is the only thing you care about.

The Phoxx tent looks ok for a budget 2-3 season/person tent, I have a few vango tents, a 2kg Blade 200 and a 2.5kg Cairngorm/Zenith 300 when I have a friend to split the load, both were under £100 on fleabay, the Nevis is also well liked. My tents have never let me down despite torrential rain, I also have a 760g - 3x3m DD hammocks tarp for day hikes, fishing and soon to be deployed as a camera hide, shop around for the best prices on tarps. In fair weather you can get away with a sub 1kg tent and hiking poles, DD hammocks pyramid tent springs to mind though there are others, Hilleburg and such will cost lots, some imported high end tents seem overly complicated for my liking. Thermarest neoair xlite or xtherm sleep mats, you will find few are better and the lifetime warranty with no store receipt required is the cherry on the cake. Recently picked up a last gen xtherm used on fleabay, £110 delivered in good condition with pump sack, 6.9R insulation. Buy a sleep mat based on your physical size, regular, long or wide. £1 for an inflatable pillow from budget uk high street retailers work well for me wrapped in a T shirt, I inflate mine around 60 to 80%, same place for mozzy spray pens and dry sacks for your underwear - electronics. A water filter/straw is handy, likewise a compass and OS maps with fresh water springs denoted, you can download/print/laminate these for almost free from various historical map websites oldmaps online and oldmaps . nl are good, just screenshot an area on a large high res monitor/tv. For a stove look on ebay after watching utube reviews and take your pick, likewise aluminium or titanium pots and a small frying pan with foldable handles. Osprey Rook 65 is a good starting point for a quality budget rucksack, DONT skimp on this, carrying 10 to 20lbs all day in summer heat can damage your back and gets very uncomfortable at 25C+. That said if you have a comfortable rucksack that doesn't damage your back muscles use it, do try them for size with dummy weights before you purchase, the weight should rest firmly on your hips. Goretex/waterproof jacket of your preference, champion longcoat is best bang/buck, for cold weather fleece and puffy jackets, fine/thin wool/synthetic jumpers are very good. Mil surplus goretex MTP lightweight over trousers new/unissued are best value/function ime, nicwax wash in helps goretex etc stay water repellent. Stay away from cotton, once its wet it can lead to hypothermia very quickly, down is also useless if wet but gives the best warmth/weight in winter. Sleeping bags take your pick, look for the EN comfort rating, note this is a simulated test rating and is a rough guide only. You aren't the only one from Yorkshire, a quick bus or train ride and there's hills and valleys for everyone round ere..

Go for the Vango Nevis instead as it has a few advantages over the Vango Banshee for not much of a price difference. The Nevis has a proper vestibule area that's just big enough for stashing muddy gear and cooking. The porch door has a rain deflection strip which is handy for when it's open and you're cooking in inclement weather. The Nevis 200 weighs about half a kilo less than the Banshee 200 as weight saving is always good. And IIRC the Nevis is a reiteration of the discontinued Banshee Pro. If the tent is just for you then get the 200 as the 300 is really for two full sized adults plus backpacks and gear. And buy some proper quality aluminum tent pegs as the ones that come with Vango tents are utter crap.