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.

Overall a lovely little tent but unlike other Vangos I've had there isn't a hanging point in the bedroom for a light, although the description says there is. Also a good improvement would be eyelets to allow the porch to open up better.