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fatrat
SE Expedition Society
Now that's f'n awesome!
huskyfargo
Adventurer
My Mombasa RTT is up for sale because I just got this...
The RTT didn't work well with a herd of labs, so I decided to go with the Oz. I set it up in the back yard yesterday in some pretty high winds, and it went up and tore down pretty easily. I think this is gonna be great!!!
The RTT didn't work well with a herd of labs, so I decided to go with the Oz. I set it up in the back yard yesterday in some pretty high winds, and it went up and tore down pretty easily. I think this is gonna be great!!!
huskyfargo
Adventurer
Ace Brown
Retired Ol’ Fart
I have several tents and take the one best suited for conditions expected.
Mountain Hardware 3-man, fast set up and lots of mesh. Vents well but bad in dusty conditions.
Tent-cot oversize, very fast but heavy and bulky. Can get lots of condensation due to small size even tho well vented.
Tent-cot compact, fast and small packed size but cramped inside. Condensation even worse.
Cabelas XPG 4-season 8 x 8, great all-weather tent. Slow and tedious to set up due to pole sleeves and 4 long poles, but once up its bomb proof. I wanted a tent that would work well in desert sand/dust storms and this is it. This tent has quite a lot of mesh vents but all of them can be zipped fully closed to keep out the dust. If Cabelas would make the same tent without the damn pole sleeves it would be perfect.
So I use one of the Tent-cots if I'm doing a trip where we change camps daily. The XPG is great for a base camp especially if storms encountered. The Mountain Hdw is reserved for canoe camping trips due to small packed size and no dust storms likely.
Over the years I have owned dozens of tents and always tried to find one that fits all conditions but finally decided there is no such critter, all though I feel the XPG comes pretty close.
BUT all that said my next tent will be this:
Mountain Hardware 3-man, fast set up and lots of mesh. Vents well but bad in dusty conditions.
Tent-cot oversize, very fast but heavy and bulky. Can get lots of condensation due to small size even tho well vented.
Tent-cot compact, fast and small packed size but cramped inside. Condensation even worse.
Cabelas XPG 4-season 8 x 8, great all-weather tent. Slow and tedious to set up due to pole sleeves and 4 long poles, but once up its bomb proof. I wanted a tent that would work well in desert sand/dust storms and this is it. This tent has quite a lot of mesh vents but all of them can be zipped fully closed to keep out the dust. If Cabelas would make the same tent without the damn pole sleeves it would be perfect.
So I use one of the Tent-cots if I'm doing a trip where we change camps daily. The XPG is great for a base camp especially if storms encountered. The Mountain Hdw is reserved for canoe camping trips due to small packed size and no dust storms likely.
Over the years I have owned dozens of tents and always tried to find one that fits all conditions but finally decided there is no such critter, all though I feel the XPG comes pretty close.
BUT all that said my next tent will be this:
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JIMBO
Expedition Leader
:sombrero: I'm still using the "Xterra" hatch tent after 6 years and it's still perfect-
Works for my jeep with just some adjustments to the straps-
I've gotta couple "AIRZONE" tents I use for quick trips-but no pics
Well, one old pic of the 2-man tent-
:costumed-smiley-007:wings: JIMBO
Works for my jeep with just some adjustments to the straps-
I've gotta couple "AIRZONE" tents I use for quick trips-but no pics
Well, one old pic of the 2-man tent-
:costumed-smiley-007:wings: JIMBO
Ace Brown
Retired Ol’ Fart
Just added another tent to my collection. It's a Black Pine Turbo Tent 4 man. Got this one because I wanted full head room of over 7', fast set up, well ventilated but can be fully zipped closed, and very rugged build. Despite the name and ads depicting fast set up that is a little mis-leading. The main body does go up very fast, about 2', but adding the fly and all it's tie-outs adds a lot of time. Probably 20-30' for one person but that should get quicker with practice.
Ace
Ace