We spent a loooong time finding the right tent for us! We settled on Kiwi Camping pretty early, but couldn't decide between the Takahe 10 or 15. Being able to view these tents fully constructed (we're in Chch) really helped. In the end, we opted for the 10. The 15 was great, but was massive! It's unlikely to fit on many camp ground sites. The 10 worked a treat! The blackout was an added luxury that was totally worth it! In short: we're very happy with our purchase. But read on if you want a bit more info to help in making your own decision. Nothing beats practical experience right?! The build instructions may need an update as there were a couple of challenges that weren't explained: the strap and clips that connected the two poles on either side of the sunroom took us a while to figure out, also, the idea of laying out the fly inside the tent for pack up is a good idea, but seems impractical given the double doors (and therefore central "pillar" of each set of doors) that means spreading out the fly isn't possible (but don't change the double doors - they're great!). We slept two adults and two kids in the tent. We ran the stretchers and inflatable mattresses lengthways (so each person had a door at their head). This worked pretty well as we kept the internal bedroom doors open (first time camping for our 8 and 5 year old). The Takahe 15 would be better suited if you want to shut the bedroom doors and keep the same sleep orientation. I'm 1.85m tall and the sleep orientation worked, but I noticed my sleeping matt (10cm thick, self-inflating) would have been rubbing up against the door if I had it shut. Not a deal-breaker for the 10, but worth a mention. We had a lot of drizzle and some rain. The tent held up well. No moisture inside the tent. We had to tweak the pegs for the sunroom entrance after the first night of rain as we'd had some pooling on the sunroom floor. This was the result of the entrance flap being velcroed to the floor of the sunroom. We didn't have the flap tight enough so the entrance flap sagged on the sunroom floor and water was able to run down this, and enter the sunroom through the velrco connection. We found it necessary to move the pegs for the entrance further out and avoid sealing the entrance against the floor velcro to ensure water didn't enter the sunroom. My suggestion for future improvements would be to move the velcro on the entrance flap a little higher up to ensure the entrance overhangs the groundsheet. But moving the pegs worked well...and it could be our inexperience in pitching this tent that led this easily resolved challenge. The benefit of the 15 is the sunroom is fully enclosed as part of the tent. The 10's sunroom is a groundsheet covered by a fly. For us this worked well. We used the sunroom as a type of porch before moving into the tent. It meant the sleeping areas could be kept bug free, but we could still get quick access to things like food and drinks which we kept in the sunroom. The dream would be an inflatable blackout Takahe 10. Inflatables go up and come down so quickly! But the size of the 10, the layout (kids one end, adults at the other) and the other features don't make me regret our decision. ...oh, and stringing up fairy lights inside the tent was a big win! It's truly dark inside this tent. You're going to need a torch to find things if you've got all the windows closed ;)

This is by far the best tent I have had. Wether it was just myself, 2 kids with me or 5 it has been great. It's easy to set up and take down alone and very wind proof. It has two winged doors which can opt as verandahs. You will need to purchase one more set of awning poles for this otherwise just use the front as a verandah using the set of poles it comes with. I was finding it hard to choose between this and the Takahe 8 but I'm so glad I purchased this Takahe 6. The space is just as good only very slightly smaller and there's really no need for the extra sunroom at the front as the winged door verandah works just as good. Especially if you also use a gazebo. There are plenty of pockets for gear and mesh doors on all doors. There are also mesh windows and sky light windows at the top in the middle room. The side windows have PVC covers for the rain. Really great tent.

The gutter is a great addition to our shelter when camping with friends, being able to join shelters gives that bit of extra space when it’s raining.

Love our chillax chairs. Nice and comfy, but also practical (can eat dinner at the table with out sinking )

This tent is AMAZING!! Used for 8weeks straight, and pitched up in Central Otago (overlooking Clyde dam) while I did an orchard season. Pitched on unforgiving ground, endured some epic wind spells and a good rain/hail storm, this tent stood up to it all!! I honestly can't rave about this tent enough, everyone who was living around me in cabins etc were very impressed and mentioned often 'best advertisement' for this tent/brand. It definitely fooled other tenters new to the area, 'well that tent is OK let's put ours up next to it'....yup next wind they were slapped up against mine oops. The blackout feature is a bonus and worth it. On the site i pitched it we used cut down warratahs with D shackles for main fixing points as we knew about hard ground/wind etc yeah we really tested this tent....secondary pegs were from H&F then standard tent pegs for the rest of guy ropes. The pegs that come with tent are ample though for a more kinder camp site of grass :-) as I did test run on backyard before venturing Central. The 3 rooms ideal I used as storage/living/bedroom and front porch as kitchen space.