Vango Galaxy 300 Motocamping Tent Review - Overnight camp in this budget friendly moto tent
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ธ.ค. 2023
- Vango Galaxy 300 Motocamping Tent Review - Possibly the best motocamping tent? Let me know your thoughts, obviously very subjective
We look at this great value tent from UK manufacturer Vango, it's a big basecamp sort of tent, similar ilk as a Lone Rider Moto Tent, but much cheaper and with some useful features you won't find on other tents in the same bracket. You don't always have to have a tiny light weight tent, sometimes bigger is better!
Link to Vango's website: www.vango.co.uk/galaxy-300
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An overnighter is a far cry from the 6-week camping trip in the EU I have just completed. Shit; I was overloaded, must admit.
@@stephenwilliams1824 most people are, way too much kit, take everything including the kitchen sink!
Nice review mate! Certainly looks a roomy and comfy option and it fits on the bike a treat.
Hi Mike, I`ve just come across this tent at a local camping shop and your video gives great info on it ! I will probably get one as I`m looking for a larger tent for when I go to Ireland on my bike in Sept. I`m very impressed with the pack size. Thanks for sharing 😃😃
Hi Mike. Still loving your videos. Have a restful happy Christmas.
Thanks mate - hope you have a good one, and hopefully we’ll meet up for a ride in 2024 👍👏✌️🛵
As always the wind drops as soon as the tent is up !!
Very good content, learnt a lot from that. Firstly I love that Norfolk coastline I know those shops well but didn't realise the camp site was as good, yes you get what you pay for.
I have not done moto camping for years but want to go again. At 6 ft 2 and in my mid 60s I find it hard to get dressed in bike gear while laying or kneeling on the ground. My knees cant take that any more. I have looked at the Galaxy 300 but never seen a review as good as this one. I have been looking at an easy pitch tent but as you said no dam room in them.
Thanks again for sharing.
Firstly, thanks for the kind comments, appreciate it. Yeah I thought it was a small site, was shocked when they said it was £22 a night, but then when I saw the facilities I couldn’t complain. And it’s the best village/location along that stretch. Could do a great pub crawl between Hunny and Deepdale, catching the bus between hostelries! And totally about getting dressed, once I saw my mates Lone Rider Moto tent I was convinced there was a better way to Moto camp in comfort, any fool can rough it.
That tent looks fantastic for a basecamp
It defo is, bags of room, get changed in and out of gear easily, stand up wash in it if needed - just not something you'd take to the top of a mountain!
Really impressed with the Vango 300 Galaxy. You had me on the standing room. Equally impressed with the Burnham Deepdale campground. But most of all with what you cooked up for your tea in the tent vestibule - proper manly ingredients!
I'm trying to do more one pot meals and not buy the boil in the bags or dried food - it is a bit of a luxury tho and all the extra kit soon fills up your bags. Going off to the Lakes in June, my brother recommended a site he often goes to with his caravan - it's £36 a night for a caravan, £31.50 a night in a tent... WTF... It's £25 a night there off season, makes Deepdale seem cheap!
Not sure why people worry about the weight of camping gear, i carry loads and its way less than person on the back, only counts if there is 2 of you.
Well if you're green laning then it makes a big difference to handling ya bike off-road - obviously does make a bit difference on the road but a 3kg tent Vs a 6kg it's no difference really. Some do take a shit load of kit with them, pot, pans, kettles and BBQs etc.... err, not for me
Great Video and some good detail on the tent and other kit you use.
I pondered over this tent for ages when looking for one to stand up in to use when camping on the bike. I have a Vango Banshee 300 which is great and have been using it for years, but needed the standing space as fed up of having nowhere to sit if it rained and getting into motorcycle gear was a pain. In the end, I did go for the LoneRider Moto tent.
Pros, having the two doors is really useful and they have full mesh panels instead of one door and partial mesh, which is great in the heat but good in the cold as well. Dead end poles sleeves are excellent when setting up on your own, rip stop material and there seemed to be more useful pockets in the tent.
Cons, weight, pack size and price. There also isnt any specific vent panels into the vestuble like on the Galaxy. I think LR are really missing a trick not making a UL version of it with shorter lenngth poles so it could fit into a pannier.
Parking the bike in it is useful when striking down camp in the pissing rain or doing any work on the bike out of the elements (both of which I have had to do), but wouldnt ever intend to use it for security (no point) and was never a reason for me to go for it.
On the Galaxy, I noticed a lot of people use tarp clips on the fly sheet to keep the porch walls more taught in high winds and prevent it flapping so much.
Yeah I thought Moto tents were just a bit big, then went to Adv bike festival with my mate who had one and I saw the light, getting changed laying down and wriggling like a maggot got very boring and just general admin was a pain. Sometimes a little tent is the right thing, but often a bigger tent makes way more sense, especially if you are in the same place few a few days 👍
Can’t say I’ve had an issue with flapping. Don’t see weight and pack size a a big issue in the Moto tent, some people take a whole other person on the back of their bikes, so 6kg extra is nothing - I think it’s a bit like saying the mortgage on my 4 bed house is a bit much, I’ll just live in a one room bed sit!
@@twowheeledadventuresuk2739 God to hear you haven’t had the flapping issue.
I wasn’t comparing the tent’s weight and pack-size to the alternative of having a passenger on the back seat. When it’s on the back seat then doesn’t matter.
It was as a direct comparison when I was researching and then deciding which one to go for between the Galaxy 300 or the Moto tent plus a couple more on my short list.
For me, as a base camp tent the weight and pack size are worth it for the comfort you get at the other end (especially for the standing height).
Ironically, I am now actually looking at getting a smaller free standing tent for a trip next year in Europe, as I will be travelling through instead of basing myself somewhere.
Very at risk of creating a tent collection at this rate - it’s addictive! 😂
I have at least 12 tents, bought 2 bivvy tents this year, so god just realised I have 4 bivvy tents now… I only have 2 freestanding tents, an old vaude one I’ve had for years, bought when I was a mountain leader, and an MSR Access 1 I use in the mountains now. I prefer tunnel tents generally or single pole tents as they are quicker and easier to erect and free standing tents generally pitch inner first which is a problem when it’s raining. Tents are like motorbikes, you need more than one because one just isn’t enough, and no one tent or bike suits all scenarios! 🤷🏼♂️😂💪
I got this tent on a cracking deal a few weeks back, probably won't use it till next year, so no idea if it's good, but I'm a big fan of Vango gear, it's always been value for money and have never been disappointed, only problem now is a groundsheet footprint is impossible to find..
I also have the Halo 300 which is absolute bombproof, the only problem is in bad weather you are stuck sitting inside crouched, I usually take a tarp with me, but if the wind gets up the tarp can't take it, so I purely bought this tent for the porch area and the stabilizing system for bad weather.
You can't stand up under a tarp in a field and be naked and have a wash, can't be in a field with others and be naked and get dressed, can't get out of the driving rain and wind under a tarp - a few scenarios were a tarp just isn't suitable. I will be taking a tarp on my next trip when I do a bit of bivvy bagging, so tarps certainly have there place, but so many seem to dismiss the bigger tents as excessive, but I'd disagree. Have you thought about making your own tarp, perhaps out of polypro or similar?
Love watching Moto camping videos like this, thanks for uploading
Been looking for a little cooler bag like yours, would you mind sharing where you got it from please
It was from Go Outdoors, but don't think they do them anymore... wait one... www.gooutdoors.co.uk/15905134/freedomtrail-5l-cool-bag-15905134
Wow, many thanks for prompt reply. Much appreciated
We have one of those shops near me in Chesterfield. I’ll pop over and have a look, they may offer an alternative
I have a Slummit Cub 2, I find this perfect for touring when you’re only stopping over for single night - easy up easy down
If I had the money, for multiple nights I’d have the Vango Galaxy 3. A couple of pals have them and we usual end up sitting in them of an evening. I certainly couldn’t justify the cost of a lone rider, I’ve been considering the Wolf Walker.
In the meantime, for two nights or more I have a 3x3 Tarp and poles which I set up as a shelter
@@thematlockbiker i've noticed that Naturehike do a version of the lone rider, always a gamble with some of them tho. I was in a massive Sainsbury's near me and in the kitchen/home section that had some nice small cool bags, perhaps worth a look in a really big supermarket near you
Ok thanks I’ll look out for that too
Appreciate your help 👍
Yes GBP22 is kind of pricey for an off-season site. But you have to factor in the Burnham Market effect just down the road - otherwise known by the locals as Chelsea-on-Sea!
I’ve had the Bashee 300 with a tarp, perfectly adequate, but it’s a bit too low.
I’ve gone for the Skye 400, 6.3 kg but lots of space for kit etc,someone’s told me you can get the bike in too!
It’s a brand new demo model from the camping showroom, which get sold off at this time of year, how much…..£70.00 plus free delivery
Shop round.
I’d say the Skye is a bit low for me as a basecamp tent, that’s the beauty of the taller tents is you’re not hunched over in the living space. You can get a bike in the galaxy but not something I’d ever really do. I paid £260 new for my Galaxy, bought it last winter, probably selling the summer stock off cheap. 👍
Thanks for this great video! 🙏🏼. Can you tell me what kind of shoes you are wearing there? I’ve always cold feet in my tent 😅
Link to the slippers in the description 👍 great tent slippers actually, kept my feet toasty
Proper tent love mine and yeh why do people fret over tent weight lol
Great review, I’ve been using an MSR Elixir 3 for the last few years and getting fed up crawling around on my hands and knees, accepting it’s a great tent for packing down and combating our UK wind and rain; how have you found the galaxy in higher winds?…
I haven’t been out in really bad weather yet, it was obviously fairly windy the day I filmed this, but not too bad. I think if I knew the weather was going to be bad I’d take another more appropriate tent, and forecasts are generally fairly accurate these days. As ever with tents, there’s always a compromise! 👍
I’m currently looking for a galaxy , non anywhere at present , spoke to vango and they will be available end of feb 24 , but I’m also intersted in that tall chair , what make and model is it thanks Roy
It was from Amazon but it’s no longer available
Great Vid. Does the Vango tent bag keep the tent dry on the back of the bike?
No, If it's wet I put mine in a separate dry bag
Will a middle weight/cb500x fit in the porch area....
'Ull' east yorkshire.
Not sure 🤔
Hi, great video on the Galaxy 300, just wondered where you got your chair and does it support your head ?
@@stephenparsons5039 chair was from Amazon but they don’t do it anymore, no idea about my head, can’t really remember
Thanks for the reply , appreciate it 👍
Is it okay to cook inside of a tent? I thought you would have to at least have a door open or something
There is a big gap at the bottom of the tent so lots of air can get in. You do need lots of venting, if it was more sealed then I would have opened the door 👍
When you say you'd spray it with fabsil do you mean all of the flysheet or just the seams?
The whole flysheet - Vango tents are generally very waterproof and they are seem sealed in the factory - a bit off a silly never hurt tho, just belt and braces
Realistic time - would have liked to have seen how each item goes together.
I would say on average takes 10 mins to put up, was very windy that day which made it a bit trickier. It's dead easy to put up, didn't want to insult people intelligence.
What is the cooker do You use ? 😊
It s called a Svea 123: www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000XZ5FDY/ref=ox_sc_saved_image_10?smid=A2AI6QASDKFK36&th=1&psc=1
trying to sell the tent hard but on minute 33, admits tent is leaking, what a waste of 33 minutes.
😂😂😂
Mine's fine and doesn't leak and I have been in some very shitty Cornish weather.
Vango schmango, people should stop paying for camp sites and instead do wild camping or stealth. I just laughed the whole way through this video, you know this tent would get wrecked in Alaska and probably in UK in winter up in Scotland or Wales, if you want to live normally book a room in a hotel.
Funny old thing, in winter or bad weather I use a winter tent…. Stopped in a hotel recently, hated it, boring as hell
Hi Mike! Great vid, sent you a message on Instagram with a couple of questions if you have a second. Cheers, Matt ✌️