tentipi

[Bear Heart]

Who uses a tentipi? What model and size. How many people fit comfortably?  Pictures?

I would like to fit four guys on cots with a woodstove and gear.

[Dan bree]

I have a kufuru. 4 man and a 8 man tipi didn't use the 8 man yet !  Like them a lot  only thing is condensation problems  sorry no pics.

[Harleysboss]

check out wyominglostandfound.com many options listed. dont have any direct knowledge they just look well built.

[Bear Heart]

Looking at these.

 http://www.mansfieldoutdoors.com/

[njloco]

Look up, backcountry elk hunt tent, here on the pow wow, dated Feb 2, I posted up a picture of my Kifaru Sawtooth tipi. If condensation is a problem, just get the liner with it, and that ends that problem.
The tipi poles and pegs weigh in at 4.8#, it stands up to 7.2" and is about 9 1/2' x 13 1/2', the height tapers down to 3 1/2'. It's perfect for two people, and in an emergency 4. Very good for packing in, a little big for one person, except if your car camping.

Good luck

[mjh]

If I hadn't bought a snowtrekker I most likely would have bought a tenttipi.  They were not easily available but there is now a US vendor as posted for them.   Looked long and hard, lots of research, number 3 Kifaru,  looked at the others posted about too,  but for my needs the snowtrekker and tentipi were the top two choices.  Perhaps a Kifaru in the future, need a small one man kit as my old one is finally wearing out after 20+years.....

[Bear Heart]

The vendor is out here in WA on Whibey Island.

[Bear Heart]

Condensation is a very big problem here in the Pacific Northwest

[beendare]

My take: before you spend $2,000 on one of those buy a $300 go lite Shangrila 5. See if you like tipis. you can sell the Shangrila for close to what you paid if you get it on sale. I think you will be very disappointed with tipi's is in general due to a couple issues but mainly condensation.

I've owned a Shangrila 5 and made a 1.5# stove for it that helped with condensation, but eventually sold it due to better options.

4 guys with cots and such, I would go canvas wall tent with internal alu frame- no center pole- and a cylinder stove, you will really enjoy camping with that.

[Shakes.602]

Not to "Jack" the Thread, Howzabout Yurts?? They look like an awsome alternative!!

[calgarychef]

Yeats are the best against the elements hands down.  I've got one and it all fits in the back of a truck but they still take quite a bit of room, if that's a problem a yurt might not be for you.

[Bear Heart]

I talked to the dealer and was told that the canvas material tentipi is the answer to condensation.  The lite models are ripstop and can have that problem.

[JB74nola]

A simple tarp tossed over your tent and staked down should solve most condensation issues. I lived in a 2 man pup tent for a few months while rebuilding homestead after hurricane Andrew leveled south Florida in 92. The moisture in the wind would just soak through the tent and collect on the inside of the material. I put the tarp over over the tent and never had another issues with it. Not quite on topic, but it's a lil info that may help some one out there.

[Harleysboss]

I looked at the tenttipi's...wow they dont give those away do they! You could buy one heck of a wall tent for the price of the tipi and stove or several bows or guided hunts or well you get it.

[njloco]

Well, if your packing in, good luck with your wall tent, don't know what kind of bows you buy or what type of guided hunts you go on, but you are correct, the good tipi's do cost much more than most regular type tents, and as the old saying goes, you get what you pay for. I know my tipi will still be standing long after most tents have blown away in a storm, or still be standing in heavy snow or rain, already been there and done that !