RobThomson
New member
Hi all,
I'm in the planning stage for a project that will hopefully see me living and working in NW Namibia for the next three years. Pretty much the entire time I'm going to be living in a tent, and I'll be moving 2-3 times every week, so everything is going to be clipped, unclipped, slid, folded, rolled, zipped, etc. etc. many hundreds of times. I'm pretty sure that 99+% of tents aren't intended for this, and frankly I'd be amazed if I didn't a) need repairs/new poles from time to time, and b) may need an entire new tent somewhere in the middle.
Most of the time it will be just me, but sometimes they'll be two of us, plus some kit. I'm therefore looking at 3-man tents. I'll have a Hilux with me at all times, so weight isn't critical, but anything really heavy will be a pain for me to put up solo... especially again and again. I absolutely do not want a roof tent - there'll be a lot of times I'll need to drive in the evening and night, and will want a base camp already established.
Weather-wise, I'm looking at mainly hot and dry, arid conditions. In the rainy season however, there may be short sharp downpours of up to 1mm/minute for half an hour or so, or continuously light rain all night.
Given how long I'll be using it, price isn't too critical. I want quality here. So far I've had two recommendations (see below), but I'm happy to hear more, or get comments on these two. I'll probably be shopping in Britain, and both so far are from European companies, but if there's a better option out there I definitely want to hear about it.
So, so far it's either the heavy duty version of the Terra Nova Super Quasar, or the Asylum III RTD from Jack Wolfskin (unfortunately only available in unsubtle red).
Many thanks for any and all tips,
Rob
I'm in the planning stage for a project that will hopefully see me living and working in NW Namibia for the next three years. Pretty much the entire time I'm going to be living in a tent, and I'll be moving 2-3 times every week, so everything is going to be clipped, unclipped, slid, folded, rolled, zipped, etc. etc. many hundreds of times. I'm pretty sure that 99+% of tents aren't intended for this, and frankly I'd be amazed if I didn't a) need repairs/new poles from time to time, and b) may need an entire new tent somewhere in the middle.
Most of the time it will be just me, but sometimes they'll be two of us, plus some kit. I'm therefore looking at 3-man tents. I'll have a Hilux with me at all times, so weight isn't critical, but anything really heavy will be a pain for me to put up solo... especially again and again. I absolutely do not want a roof tent - there'll be a lot of times I'll need to drive in the evening and night, and will want a base camp already established.
Weather-wise, I'm looking at mainly hot and dry, arid conditions. In the rainy season however, there may be short sharp downpours of up to 1mm/minute for half an hour or so, or continuously light rain all night.
Given how long I'll be using it, price isn't too critical. I want quality here. So far I've had two recommendations (see below), but I'm happy to hear more, or get comments on these two. I'll probably be shopping in Britain, and both so far are from European companies, but if there's a better option out there I definitely want to hear about it.
So, so far it's either the heavy duty version of the Terra Nova Super Quasar, or the Asylum III RTD from Jack Wolfskin (unfortunately only available in unsubtle red).
Many thanks for any and all tips,
Rob
