TENTS

[Badgersmilk]

Seem's we've got more than a few campers in our midst!   

What kind of tents are you guys using?  Why did you choose it?  Do you have any "special secrets" that make it better, or more practical for you?

While we're at it, what do you sleep on / in when in it?

[ericire12]

Good for you, Badger! This should be a fun thread..... should have just made it a "general camping" thread, but I'm sure we will drift there and back.

[tombogan03884]

Tarp wrapped around my sleeping bag, chosen for weight and saving space.

[Ranger Dave]

 10x12 tarp lay your bag on one half lengthwise and fold the other half over the top & "trekkers Tarp" tarp tent combo many  setup options total weight 3lbs
or
Eureka Apex Extreme 2 person tent  6lbs 

[TAB]

That really depends on where I'm going, how I'm getting there and what time of year.


if I'm car camping,  I want something I can stand up in, and lots of room for people/ gear.  if I'm back packing,  I want it as light as I can get it.  If its in the winter, I want a good solid 4 weather tent.

My car camping tent is one I bought years ago out of I think target, its a colemen, its like 12 lbs and sleeps 3 + gear np.  it also has a center hieght of about 6'  which means I can almost stand all the way up in it.

my backing tent is a bibler  its a tight fit for 2, by itself its about 6lbs, with the vestibule its about 7lb. 

My winter tent is a "the north face"  its about 10 lbs, but can handle 60 mph winds and/or a snow load.

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[m25operator]

Any personal structure you choose, a tarp above it suspended, to shed water and snow, will save lot's of heart ache, wished I had listened to my own advice. I use a coleman cot, keeps you about a foot off the ground. Some Shakespeare brand foldup chairs that have a decent rear slope and foot rest, really helped in a hell of a rain storm when the tent was leaking heavily, we were able to place the chairs where the water was not heavily dripping, and keep our sleeping bags around us.

See previously recommended layered theory.

Location, Location, don't be in a water collecting ditch, don't be under a tree when it snows heavy, don't be on a down hill slope, when you expect rain, don't camp on a beach you don't know the tides to.

I'm sure many more will chime in.

Good subject, I do like the canvas tents used by packers, but you do need a seperate mule or horse to pack them in, and good woodscraft to put them up. Something for a few weeks stay.

[PegLeg45]

Back when I camped a lot (nearly every weekend in my 20's) I just used a poly tarp with a camo pattern that I got at the ag-supply store. I just stretched a rope between two trees about four feet off the ground and draped the tarp over the rope. I pulled the outer ends back up into the center and laid my sleeping bag and gear on that. If it was cold or the wind was up, I moved the rope closer to the ground and then put dirt on the leading edges of the tarp for extra weight.




Any of you guys ever bury coals under your sleeping area?    

[tombogan03884]

In any kind of bad weather try to find a fir or spruce tree to get under, GREAT shelter. The thing about not being under trees in a lightning storm doesn't work up here, nothing BUT trees, just try not to pick the tallest one.

[Hazcat]

I consider it camping or 'roughing it' if I have to leave the room to get ice! 

[philw]

Swag...  


as the Mrs  is only likes going 5 star camping  we have not got a tent  


so I just swag it when I go camping  



simple and quick to set up  

ie  roll it out and you are done


inside   just have a foam mat,  pillow,   -10  sleeping bag,