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Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: Two Dogs on May 04, 2011, 08:12:00 PM
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Anybody have one? if so, how do you like it & what size?
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I have the 6 man and really like it for truck camping. It is very well built and will stand up to any weather thrown at it. The vestibule on this size you can put a chair in it and be able to take off your boots with room to spare! It's 6'3" in the center so you can stand up when getting dressed.
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Snag, thats the same 1 i'm looking at for maybe comptons or whatever.
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I've been using an 8-man for years. Bombproof.
Killdeer
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Love my 8 man can put it up solo in about 10 minutes will stand up to the weather. Just need instructions on how to fold the dang thing up.
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I have the 8 man. Love it. Bombproof like Kildeer said. I have had it for years in super high winds and downpoors and it is terrific. Money well spent.
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Ditto on the 8 man. I've had mine for years and find it to be very durable.
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This one is somewhat similar..........it is an 8 man which is perfect for 2-3 hunters and gear.
(http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q291/bjornweb/Tent.jpg)
I can handle the erection all by myself but it is a lot more fun when my wife and I do it together. :bigsmyl:
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Bjorn that was just dirty. Is that an old military arctic tent??
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I have an 8 man and and have used it in some bad rain and never had a leak. I had a 6 man but I like the extra room of the 8 man. Bob
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I have the XWT 8 man and it is a great bomb proof tent. Has a small vestibule in back and a nice size one in front all built in to the rain fly which never leaks. As said above though it is comfortable for 2-3 men.Sets up easily (even by my self)and has excellent headroom which is a must for me.
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Consider the 8 man ... great for 3 men with cots and gear or 4 men and gear without cots. Mine has been in 60 mph winds, downpores, and wet snow ... NEVER a problem. Mine is older and you have to be careful with the door zipper ... I think that they have improved that in the newer design.
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(http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u31/snag23/Beulah.jpg)
This was taken during a November muley hunt here in Oregon. This was the first time I used it. Definitely a keeper.
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Spent many a night in one during Colorado elk season. A very fine tent that will take rain, wind, and snow and not skip a beat. Would recommend the 8 man for three folks with cots and gear. You definately want the vestibule.
DB
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Can you put a heater or wb stove in it?
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I've owned one since 94 and would'nt trade mine. Been in storms, snow, high wind and high heat. Newer ones are better for the heat with the new ventilation system but it's great all around. I owned an 8 man and now have a 6 man (kids are all gone) looking at a 4 man.
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I took my four-man to Alaska and it worked great.
However, I brought it back to Idaho and it was crushed and completely destroyed by heavy, wet snow. The snow broke the poles which straightened out as they snapped and thus ripped the tent wide open.
I had the set the tent up a few days before, then returned to town and hiked in again for a long weekend of the late mule deer season. After a two-hour hike I arrived at the tent at 11 p.m., it was no where to be seen. I had to dig it out of the snow, as it was flattened.
Still, I propped it open enough to crawl into and spent the night in a feeezing wet sleeping bag. When I awoke before dawn, the wet felt liners (had to cross the creek a few times the night before) of my Schnees pack boots had frozen solid, but not in the shape of my feet. Took me forever just to get my feet into them, and about 20 minutes of hiking straight up a ridge until they melted enough to fit my feet.
I arrowed a nice buck about an hour later.
Moral of the story-----unless the poles of the larger Alaskan Guide tents are thicker and stronger than the four-man version, If the snow gets heavy you may spend some cold nights in a collapsed tent.
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I have the 6 man and upgraded to the alum poles. The new ones have a built in vestibule. Haven't been through a snow storm yet but went through a tornado like thunderstorm and the tent never dripped !
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The XTW has the aluminum poles and I highly recommend them also.
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I have an 8-man. Took it to Alaska some years back and my 2 hunting buddies bought one when we got back. The only down side is that they are very heavy.
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On Kodiak last year we used my buddy's 4 man for base camp. We got hurricane force winds and that thing never had an issue.
We stayed in it a few days during the beginning of the storm and it handled those high wind easily.
Make sure to get the aluminum poles to make sure it is fully bombproof.
I'm going to get the 8 man for my family.
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At 30lbs the 6 man is not a backpacker! But it is a good tent for setting up a base camp to hunt from if that is how you are going to hunt.
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(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Killdeer/Hunting%20and%20Camp/2007%20November%20Hunt/Img_5079Nov21SnowCamp.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Killdeer/Hunting%20and%20Camp/2007%20November%20Hunt/Img_5065Suffering600.jpg)
I don't leave a tent up and unattended. I get up when I have to and knock snow offa the fly. I have the old style tent, which I prefer. I like to be able to zip shut the vents, and the large vestibule is very nice to have.
Sleep in a freezing sleeping bag, cram feet into frozen felt liners, and go out and kill a buck... :eek:
That, sir, is hard-core hunting! I bet you killed it just to warm your hands! :D
Killdeer :thumbsup:
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Killie, I havn't seen the new tents in person; but you can't close the vents? don't like that attall,cant make my mind up now, 6 man or 8 man,hmmmm
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I haven't seen them in person either, but saw references to it in the reviews onsite.
There was a 6-man in our classifieds here, and believe me, I was trying real hard to justify buying it!
Killdeer ~budding tent-collector :help:
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Ive had one for years, Had it collapse in a snow storm (6" of snow) not really a heavy snow. Poles ripped holes in tent. Sewed holes and replaced fiberglass poles with the aluminum poles they now offer and have not had any problems since. Oh yea bought it at cabelas side walk sale,they have every year for 100.00. So its been well worth the money.I would suggest ordering it with the aluminum poles, cost a little more but well worth it.Good luck.
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(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/1966kodiak/Tent002.jpg)
Can't close the vents in the new ones but the vestibule is now part of the tent. Here's mine a fter a all night rain storm nice and dry !
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I have the 4 person and it is everything that others have mentioned. The only drawback to the 4 is it has room for 2 people and just a little gear. If I had to do over, I would get the six person. On one trip, I woke up during the night to the sound of rain and thunder but noticed the tent was not moving hardly at all. The next morning when I stepped outside, the folks next to me were putting there collapsed tent back together and the people in the gooseneck camper were talking about how the wind was rocking them back and forth. Very satisfied with this tent.
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I've had this one around 15 to 20 years and its still going strong. Had one bad night in it on an open plain when we got 70 mile/hour winds. One minute it was up and the next it was pressing me to my cote. At the end of the storm everything was alright and I finished another week of hunting. :bigsmyl:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v81/graybuffalo/tentUR.jpg)
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(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/134sawney/100_3740.jpg)
had one for 20 plus years and it will stand up to anything, but 20 years is about its lifespan.
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I have the 6 man with fiberglass poles. Have had to replace the old rainfly/vestibule with a new one due to the sun destroying the old one after 12 years. Not a big fan of the smaller vestibule, but it works. I have been through very heavy rain storms, 6"+ and very heavy winds. Stayed dry and upright.
This tent comes with a lot of tie downs and if you use the velco straps on the inside of the rain fly which attaches to the poles, stake all tie downs down it would take a lot to collapse this tent.
(http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s14/tsturn/Campfacingsouth.jpg)
(http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s14/tsturn/camp-1.jpg)
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Forgot to add. One of the best truck/base camp tents I have been around. Would highly recomend this to any one.
What I would also recomend getting with it is the floor liner. It will extend the life of your floor and it makes it much easier to clean out after a long hunting trip when mud comes into play.
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That looks like a comfortable camp.
Killdeer :)
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The wind shelter was a new add to our camp last year. Very easy to move around to block the wind. Some thing that is a constant in ND.