>>2250420heres something anecdotal for you anon, i took my cousin camping for the first time in august. the day before we went to an outdoors shop and just bought him the the cheapest essentials: a sleeping pad, pillow, sleeping bag and tent
the tent cost £30 and was for 2 people it was branded eurohike. on the second day of use one of the poles snapped while my £300 tent (pic rel) has been used for weeks at a time and nothing has ever went wrong with it not even once.