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

For the price, this is a fantastic tent - really good value. It's meant for more people (I think 5), however we used it as a 3 person so had plenty of room. The porch entrance is a decent size with a couple of entrances and the tent itself is really simple and quick to put up. Fairly lightweight, although we didn't really carry it anywhere as it can be a little bulky and just pitched it next to the car. First outing was to Wales last year, where it absolutely hammered down with rain and wind for a few days. No problem at as the inside stayed completely dry with no leaks and kept the inside at a nice ambient temperature. Can't recollect any issues with condensation either. The only recommendation I would have would just be an inside roof loop/hanger for a light in the bedroom area, as we had to hook ours to above the door. Apart from that, I'd highly recommend!

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.

This is a good basic tent at a reasonable price - it's fairly large, although I'd question whether 5 normal people would sleep in it. I bought it for me, my wife and 3 yr old son to use and it was just about the right size for us and a small amount of equipment. It 's very easy to get set up - i did it on my own the first time in about 20 minutes and got that down to about 10 with a bit of help. Only used it so far in the summer and apart from a couple of light showers it's not really been put to the test in bad weather. Whilst there were no signs of it leaking - I'm not sure it would cope with persistent heavy rain / wind over any great length of time. If you're after something relatively large at a reasonable price to use over the summer then I'd recommend this - however you'd probably want to spend a bit more if you're going to be doing any serious camping.

I brought this tent in may,but only came solo camping today, instructions are easy to follow,tent pegs are a bit flimsy but I'd already got heavy duty tent pegs so used them instead. It's easy to put up by yourself,I done it in less then 45 mins....I can't fault this tent at all,it's a great size,could easily sleep 4 adults & at this price I'd highly recommend it.

Great Size. Obviously no sane individual is buying this for use with 5 people. We used to use a 350 for years so this was a nice upgrade. The porch area being watertight unlike the older versions is great as it stops the wind from coming in. Plenty of interior pockets in the sleeping area and there isn't too much wrong with it. Putting it up is frustrating but that's universal across all tents of this design anyway.

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!

Not sure how to score this as only just put up, to find a puncture and a small bit of glass that caused it stuck to the hole, so from the factory like it. Have repaired it myself, but have left the factory like that is not good. Otherwise looks great seems okay quality wise, apart from glaring issue previously stated. A whole lot better in all ways than another recently bought tent that goes up in 3 seconds. Have a lot more confidence in this tent than that one.

It's a really good tent. We got a 5 man tent as we knew ot wouldn't be enough space for 3 people if we got a smaller one. Its not uo properly on the video and photo but u can get the jist of it. Only reason I have it 4 stars is because the ground sheet is not sewn in ;( I was pretty sure it said it was as I researched for a long time to get one. So that was a little disappointing. Apart from that it's great and not too hard to put up for 1st timers. With time we will be pros. Great 1st time tent

amplia muy rapida de montar y buena resistencia al agua y al viento , piquetas un poco debiles por lo demas todo muy bien, la recomiendo

Ottima tenda a igloo con ampia veranda, molto spaziosa, rapida e facile da montare.

Très déçue de mon achat. Par forte chaleur, la tente ne retiens pas du tout les uv. Donc une chaleur étouffante. De plus il n y a aucune aération pour faire rentrer l air. Nous ne pourrons désormais plus l utiliser l été. De plus elle est bien annonce waterproof, et bien l anon plus ... L humidité delà nuit a mouille le matelas qui touchait le tissue a l intérieur, donc la toile extérieur n est pas efficace non plus

Update 2017: die Zeltstangen haben leider nicht lange durchgehalten. Amazon hat uns dann nach langer Warterei ein neues Zelt zugeschickt, leider mussten wir entdecken, dass die Neuauflage deutlich, und damit meine ich wirklich deutlich verschlechtert ist zu unserem alten Zelt. Die Zeltstangen sind immer noch die gleiche Beläge Qualität, und werden wahrscheinlich auch bald es Zeitliche segnen. Dafür sind viele tolle Details verschlechtert oder rausgenommen worden. So sind z.b. zeltschnüre nicht mehr im Signal orange sondern im einfachen schwarz. Sehr sehr schade, es ist uns absolut unklar wie man gute Details wegnehmen kann dafür kein einziges der Probleme angehen kann. Nur noch drei Sterne! Für unseren ersten Campingurlaub mit Kleinkind und Patenkind musste ein größeres Zelt her. Eigentlich ist mein Mann überzeugt davon, dass man unter € 200 kein tolerierbares, und unter € 300 kein gutes Zelt bekommt, daher war dies ein großes Experiment. Gekauft habe ich es nur, weil ich auf diversen UK-Seiten gute Bewertungen und einige Videos gesehen habe. Es kam per UPS aus England, auch recht schnell, UPS ist bei uns halt immer so ein Problemfall, aber dafür kann Amazon nichts. Das Zelt dann gleich am Wochenende im Garten aufgebaut, den Großteil alleine (nur mit Kleinkind"hilfe") gemacht. Nach etwa 25 Minuten stand es größtenteils, der Göttergatte kam gerade recht zum Heringe stecken. Anschließend gleich eine Runde Probegelegen, und der erste Eindruck war schon mal sehr gut. Letztendlich stand es dann eine Woche im Garten..erst um den Regen abzuwarten um die Dichtheit zu testen, dann um zu warten bis es trocken ist. Fazit nach dem "Trockenlauf": Geräumig, sauwarm, innen immer trocken geblieben, wenig Lüftungsmöglichkeiten, erstmal alles gut. Hinten am Fenster schimmerte ein Loch, das wir dann flicken wollten, doch als wir genauer hinsahen war es schon mit irgendeinem klaren Lack/Harz/wasauchimmer versiegelt. Da hat die Qualitycontrol gegriffen, toll! Dann letzte Woche der echte Probelauf: Mit 2 Erwachsenen und besagtem Kleinkind im Wildgehege "Mitsommar" feiern. Das Zelt ging erstaunlicherweise wieder in die ursprüngliche Hülle, mit 2 Erwachsenen war es in etwa 15 Minuten aufgebaut. Ich glaube das geht noch schneller mit etwas Übung und ohne helfendem Kleinkind. Toll gefallen so Details wie die blaue Markierung für die Vorzeltstange, und die Klettverschlüsse, um die Leinen zu sichern. Was uns fehlt ist eine Grafik in welche Richtung die zwei Vorzeltleinen abgespannt werden sollen, ob nach vorne oder seitlich ist nicht erkenntlich, und selbst meinem Vielcampenden Mann nicht klar ersichtlicht. Mit uns 3 und Taschen war noch immer reichlich Platz im Zelt, den Kinderwagen konnten wir in den Vorraum direkt reinfahren. Nachts kühlte es zum Glück ab, aber für den Hochsommer würde ich doch lieber unser deutlich kleineres altes Zelt nehmen. Den Regenguss hielt es auch gut aus. Abbauen dauerte zu zweit wieder gut 10 Minuten. Pros: -Absolut durchdachtes Zelt, viele geniale Details (helle Schnüre, Farbmarkierungen, Lasche über den Reißverschlüssen, viele Taschen innen) -Gewicht! 9 Kilo, ein leichteres Zelt in der Größe muss man erst mal finden -Günstig! €141, wow -Viel Platz -Gut verarbeitet Cons: -Innenzelt hat nur einen einfachen Reißverschluß, das ist tierisch nervig. -Warm, fast schon stickig wenns tagsüber so richtig heiß ist, wenig Lüftungsmöglichkeit

The Apollo 500 tent seems well-made and durable over time but...time will tell. I've only set this tent up to see how it's done and get a feel for it and the size. The stitching is uniform and there are few, if any spots where it may have strayed from the seams. The size is excellent, in my opinion for 3 individuals with some gear or two adults and a dog. I wouldn't attempt putting 5 people in it unless you were REALLY friendly. I got this tent for my wife and I and sometimes, our large dog. The vestibule is quite large enough to put up a couple of chairs and a small table if you have to wait out the rain or the bugs are too thick. I do however, suggest you get an 8'x10' tarp to use as a footprint to extend the life of the tent. The color is black, so keep that in mind when setting it up. In the sun it can get quite warm. This color though, helps when you want to sleep in a bit later in the AM. Overall, I would make this purchase again IF... it stands the test of time.