tent recommendations
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- HijoDMaite0
So I am looking to purchase a tent for Car camping. I was recommended to get at least a 6 man tent so I can have plenty of room to store all my stuff inside. I'll be using a queen size blow up mattress by Coleman inside. These are the two I am looking at right now:
This one runs around $100. the Coleman Montana 6 man - Footprint:12'x7'
And this one around $200:
Coleman Elite WeatherMaster Screened 6 man
Footprint: 17 x 9I like the screen on the second one.
Does anyone know if any reason I should go with a more expensive brand besides Coleman?
Thanks
- 6 man tent for one man?set
- girlfriend and I. Yeah that way I can do everything inside the tent in case it rainsHijoDMaite
- i can cook inside tooHijoDMaite
- tgqt0
get a bivy sak
- digdre0
we always do festivals, my mate has a big tent for 8persons.. I have my quenchua, and sometimes we buy a cheap 15$ partytent so we can make a nice camp :p
- elDoctor0
What kind of tent? beer drinking car camping or backpacking?
- cuke4260
if you're going backpacking, you'll need a light tent.
if you're going camping often, more than 5x year, then you'll want a higher-quality tent.
sounds like you're just doing a little car-camping, 2-3x a year, in which case you can go get a decent kelty tent at target or something for like $50 - you won't want to carry it on your back anywhere, but they're decent tents and will work fine.
as far as getting laughed at, most of the people who shop at rei spend $400 on tents so they can laugh at people the one time a year they use it.
- kld0
hammerhead
- elDoctor0
mec.ca
- fooler20
I have this Marmot Earlylight
Look at sites like Backcountry.com or www.campmor.com they always have great deals on last years gear.
- If this was tent porn I'd have climaxedelDoctor
- nice moonroof!letterhead
- Ranger0
Thanks for all the recommendations, it truely is a slow day on here. I dream of a day where we can all meet up at designer camp and exchange critiques of ripped logos around a campfire.
- Jugarelly0
I use one of these: http://www.rei.com/product/76189…
It's pretty light, durable, packs up small and is easy to put together, but it's close to £180.
- jonturi0
definitely get a 3 season tent. this will allow you to use it in most weather all year round (especially rain). Make sure you get additional underlayment for it (try to get one that matches that particular size tent) and also try to get one that packs up pretty small.
- Jugarelly0
You could go with something like this: http://www.eurekatent.com/p-54-t…
If you look around you can probably find it for somewhere closer to £80.