What's your favorite tent and why?

[Tommy Bruce]

Wedge tent! Simple, fast to put up and period correct.

 

[crockett]

The canvas paint tarp is what I'm thinking- how did you waterproof it?

 

[Poor Private]

Ahh well it was an experiment for the drying agent-- I went to a local department store and picked up a few cans of camp dry. It works well but can be costly I bought them when they were on sale. I only had a couple of spots that dripped during the t-storm that accompied the tornado warning. The only problem with one at 7x7 is once you find a position to lay in you can't move around much. I am still working on the best way to lay in it. I layed high point to groung point with my toes at the end that meets the ground the 7 footer works for me since I an only 5'8" if your taller you might go with the 8x8 or even a 9x9 but remeber your footprint will be much larger and in tight spots you will have trouble fitting it in. Also that big 9x9 you might as well use a wedge.

 

[joe posney]

Howdy crockett...since i have had my Baker, it hasnt rained yet, so I cant say with all assurity how well it does. I have a flap that lowers down in addition to the fly, so i expect no real problems unless we get one of those 3 day rains....or was that 40 days and nights...anyway, still love the view I get from the Baker....

 

[omarick1948]

I think white men were meant to live with four walls!....Now that I said that! I'll explain!

Guess I have always been a sucker for canvas tents....period! Since 1975, I have had a Whalen Leanto, a Baker, two teepee's, Diamond Tarp and other various configurations of tarp shelters, two Marquese and lastly a big 14'X16'X9'high Wall tent. The wall tent was the best! I had a woodburning stove and bunks to stay off the cold ground! You probably know about our Nebraska winters and I have stayed in my "Wally" down to -26 below and the wind past blizzard stage, and kept comfortable to keep warm, while others headed for the cabin. Ya don't need one as big as the one I had, but it was also nice on those rainy wet days, when the kid's of mine had a space to play and get out of the weather and mom and dad's hair!

Rick

 

[crockett]

A wall tent is hard to beat- really a canvas cabin when you think about it- especially with a stove. Between the Whelan and the Baker- which did you prefer and why?

 

[omarick1948]

Baker!...A pain to erect, especislly on windy days by myself, but I went as far as putting a stove ring on the sidewall and had a neat little stove inside for winter camping!.....Worked for me!

Rick

 

[tg]

My small Bellback wedge has donew well on a few Nov. camps in the Oregon costal Mts with a few inches of rain and 40-mph wind gust.I think mine is around 9'x9'x7'high with a 2'bell.two verts 1 horizontal which are easiest cut at site where permissable. lots of room for one guy and lots of gear or two and minmal gear or store gear under tarps outside.

 

[kanati]

10x12x6 walltent with a sewn in floor and a woodstove. It involves about 15 minutes of cussing setting it up, but it is well worth the investment. 20 degrees outside, T-shirts inside, and very comfortable stable temps. Mine is a Montana Canvas, got it at Cabela's. Got the joint kit and then just used 3/4 EMT conduit for poles. Heavy frame, but the thing is rated for 80 mph winds. One tough tent. Does not leak a drop, last hunt it rained 2 solid days, dry as bone inside. Have a cabin anywhere I want to go.

-Ron