Jeepin_D
Damon Bungard
For those looking for good family/car camping ground tents, one of my biggest frustrations has always been the need for stakes. If you've camped in many state and national parks, you know that the tent platforms are often nearly as hard as concrete and getting a stake in is nearly impossible.
There are some smaller completely free standing options -- I have a Hilleberg Allak for instance as a backcountry tent that also works well for car camping.
But I've always been on the lookout for a completely free standing tent for extended base camps, with room enough to stand, put cots, have covered cooking, etc.
I found it with the Therm-a-rest Tranquility 6. https://www.thermarest.com/tents/camping-tents/tranquility-6-tent
(Also available in a 4 person).
Stakes are always recommended for wind and a tighter pitch, but you don't 'have to' have any with the Tranquility. Pitch is pretty easy for a big tent, can be done alone, and the storage pack even fits in the drawer of my DECKED.
The door can be closed, or propped up as an awning.
Plenty of room inside, and I've been using an Alps Mountaineering cot in there. There's two rooms in the 6.
There's also the Arrowspace Shelter -- which can be attached to the tent like a huge open vestibule, or it's big enough to be picked up and moved over even a picnic table.
Here's a few pics from when I lived in it in our booth at Overland Expo East. The tent plus attached Arrowspace nearly filled the back of the booth, plus a pen for Jaeger and a Nemo Shower. I had table and cooking gear and food stored in the Arrowspace, plus empty boxes from our booth. In the main room of the tent I had my cot and Jaeger's kennel at night, and the other room was filled with more empty cooler boxes.
Looking forward to more family adventures with it this season.
There are some smaller completely free standing options -- I have a Hilleberg Allak for instance as a backcountry tent that also works well for car camping.
But I've always been on the lookout for a completely free standing tent for extended base camps, with room enough to stand, put cots, have covered cooking, etc.
I found it with the Therm-a-rest Tranquility 6. https://www.thermarest.com/tents/camping-tents/tranquility-6-tent
(Also available in a 4 person).
Stakes are always recommended for wind and a tighter pitch, but you don't 'have to' have any with the Tranquility. Pitch is pretty easy for a big tent, can be done alone, and the storage pack even fits in the drawer of my DECKED.
The door can be closed, or propped up as an awning.
Plenty of room inside, and I've been using an Alps Mountaineering cot in there. There's two rooms in the 6.
There's also the Arrowspace Shelter -- which can be attached to the tent like a huge open vestibule, or it's big enough to be picked up and moved over even a picnic table.
Here's a few pics from when I lived in it in our booth at Overland Expo East. The tent plus attached Arrowspace nearly filled the back of the booth, plus a pen for Jaeger and a Nemo Shower. I had table and cooking gear and food stored in the Arrowspace, plus empty boxes from our booth. In the main room of the tent I had my cot and Jaeger's kennel at night, and the other room was filled with more empty cooler boxes.
Looking forward to more family adventures with it this season.
