Cooking food is part of the fun of camping, but it’s not as simple as just setting up your new gear inside your tent and firing up the burner. Unless you have a cotton canvas tent you are ill advised to cook inside it. Most tents these days are polyester, this is the lightweight, easy [...]

You may have noticed my random tips displayed in the header @ Tentbook.com, well I’m going to publish 5 of those tips here every week.

Ask somebody to stand inside your dome tent and lift the cross over while you pin the poles.
Pitch your tent with the bedrooms uphill to stop water pooling at the back.
Angle [...]

Click for a picture courtesy of Kyham
The Ontario 8 from Kyham has proved a popular choice for families looking for a solid piece of kit that isn’t a mind bender to erect. Thanks to it’s tunnel tent structure it is not even beyond a single layman to put this slick 8 berther up, though it’s [...]

Well.. this is the first post here on Tentbook.com’s blog, so let me introduce myself. 
I’m Steve and I have worked in the camping trade providing information to campers both new and experienced in the hope that they might find the perfect gear for them. I have been collecting my thoughts and knowledge over the past [...]