Lightweight tent recommendations?

[Covey]

Originally posted by Canadabowyer:
 www.tarptent.com   Good stuff and very lightweight,  Bob

Think I found my next tent! Jason

[Ragnarok Forge]

A two man tent is a one man tent, 4 person is a 2 person, and so on.  Look at the diagrams.  The tents shows 4 people jammed together tightly.  Try and get up to pee at night and your going to step on somebody.

If you need a true 4 man tent, you going to need a 6 man.  Look at the temps, weather, terrain, and time of year your going to use the tent in.  Pick the worst of each and then post some specifics here and you will get a clearer answer.


I have been camping and hunting in the high Cascade Mountains my entire life. I use North Face Tents.  They are not cheap.  They also never fail me.  I have used the same 2 man tent for  hunting, high mountain traversing and camping alone or in small groups for 20 years.  Rain, hail, sleet, heavy snow, high winds, it stands up to it all.  It is one of the bright orange tents you see on Discovery Channel on the side of Mt Everest.

Getting the right tent is a decision to take very seriously.  Buy the best tent you can afford.

[J. Oles]

I've looked at the tarp tent website too.

Always looking for a light weight EDC shelter for my backcountry work.

Let me know if you give them a try.

Check out titianium goat stove site too.

Jason

[tecum-tha]

Kifaru, period.They stand behind their product.
I have an 8 man and a 16 man tipi with all the bells and whistles.
The 8 man is for our drop camps. The 16 man is my basecamp tent.If soemone comes to camp and needs to stay for the night, no space problems there. I have a 1-2 weeks supply of firewood in there. I used to stay the whole elk season in them at 10500 ft, wind, rain, snow, hail etc. My buddies come back every year with a different tent (cabelas or bass pro special offers) and they're ok, but I don't want to carry one of those things on my back. The wood burning stove makes you completely independent of fuel. I used it in the desert for antelope (dig in the walls about 5" for snake protection) and had it in TN humid/cold conditions for whitetails. I highly recommend the liner for eastern climates. Fact is about the KIFARU: The material is unique, it is not a ripstop nylon. They discontinued this stuff for years. Their fabric is really expensive, thus the higher price.
What I saved compared to staying at a motel for my hunting trips paid several times for the tents and they will be operational for years!
Believe me, you can rough it for a few days in extreme climates, but not be 100% focused on hunting if you're wet, can't dry your clothes etc.

[DeerSpotter]

I have used cooks custom sewing Tundra tarp since 1993,You can put it up in any configuration mine is 12 1/2 X 12 feet.

We were in the boundary waters in Minnesota when the blow down happened ,The storm had hit and we had already taken down are tent that tarp was still set up the way we had it set up and we were in such a hurry we just about forgot it ,But until we took it down it wasn't gonna come down ,It is one strong tarp and there are so many tie down also on it (one every foot),One thing that I have attached a mine At each of the Loop  points Is bungee cord .It helps in the stress on the tarp ,

I've set mine up as a lean to and also as 1/2 tepee .It is the best purchase I have made for camping ,It is very lightweight ,And out of all the tarps that I have had and tents ,The weather proofing on cooks custom sewing tarp has never peeled off and it is good as new today ,

Very good quality ,I would check them out

   http://www.cookecustomsewing.com/welcome.htm  

Carl