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gregloa · 61-69, M
No it’s too hard to set up. You have to put all the tubes together and thread them through the long hoops and way too many stakes. Sam’s Club has a 12 person tent that is way easier to set up. You simply unroll it and pop the thing straight up. No threading poles into hoops. Put in a very few stakes and you’re done. Even has a led light inside. My daughter has one like the one you showed. It’s a pain to set up. I took mine and was done setting it up in less than 10 minutes. My daughter has retired her tent. 😂
gregloa · 61-69, M
@ArishMell
She asked if it was a good tent. I told her no. From experience. The one I suggested can be purchased in 12 person, 10 person 9 person, and 6 person. It’s an excellent choice. Very easy to set up. Now what exactly is your problem? I recon she is smart enough to figure out how big a tent she wants and which one.
She asked if it was a good tent. I told her no. From experience. The one I suggested can be purchased in 12 person, 10 person 9 person, and 6 person. It’s an excellent choice. Very easy to set up. Now what exactly is your problem? I recon she is smart enough to figure out how big a tent she wants and which one.
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@gregloa It may be a good tent, but Werewolf appears to be asking advice for solo holidays, in which case these mini-marquees are just not right even if they are of higher quality than the advertising and prices suggest.
That 6-person size you suggest is more sensible, but still large.
I write from experience of using both a moderately large (3-4 man) and very compact back-packing tents, on standard camp-sites and in wild hill-country, the latter sometimes in wet and windy weather.
My largest tent is certainly roomy - its "bedroom" will accommodate three comfortably, four at a pinch, and I can cook reasonably safely in it* - but it is too large really, for my needs. It was the smallest I could find that:
- a) I could stand in (though I am short),
- b) leg problems make a back-packing tent awkwardly low for me, especially to be my home for a week or more - but it is warmer at night than the large tent ;
- c) I knew my tent and I might sometimes have to stand a lot of wind and rain, possibly for a few days; so the larger size is an advantage in one way but a disadvantage in others;
and - d) though alone in my tent I would be camping with friends who willingly give each other a hand when needed to build and dismantle our country homes.
BTW I proof my tents against both water ingress and the Sun's UV light.
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*I use a 'Trangia' cooker with gas-burner option in place of the spirits-burner, standing on a
food-box that doubles as a low table.
That 6-person size you suggest is more sensible, but still large.
I write from experience of using both a moderately large (3-4 man) and very compact back-packing tents, on standard camp-sites and in wild hill-country, the latter sometimes in wet and windy weather.
My largest tent is certainly roomy - its "bedroom" will accommodate three comfortably, four at a pinch, and I can cook reasonably safely in it* - but it is too large really, for my needs. It was the smallest I could find that:
- a) I could stand in (though I am short),
- b) leg problems make a back-packing tent awkwardly low for me, especially to be my home for a week or more - but it is warmer at night than the large tent ;
- c) I knew my tent and I might sometimes have to stand a lot of wind and rain, possibly for a few days; so the larger size is an advantage in one way but a disadvantage in others;
and - d) though alone in my tent I would be camping with friends who willingly give each other a hand when needed to build and dismantle our country homes.
BTW I proof my tents against both water ingress and the Sun's UV light.
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*I use a 'Trangia' cooker with gas-burner option in place of the spirits-burner, standing on a
food-box that doubles as a low table.