Tent recommendations

[superacerc]

I've got 2 tents, One for my minimalist self and my daughter (aka: When my wife doesn't go). It takes about 5 or 6 minutes to set up and it's an Ozarks(walmart brand i think) Dome tent (yeah it's not pricey or fancy). Only sleeps about 3 but sure feels nice when you put your tent up in time to watch others still trying to figure out which side of their Hotel is the front. Then you can grab a chair and realax with a drink while you either laugh at or help your friends. I've always been a hiker/camper and love to have the simplist possible. Also if you plan on moving sites each night smaller is always nice for setup/takedown time. At big bend where we stayed in 5 different campgrounds seperated by 90 miles of terrain or so it was nice to have the small tent.

My other tent........ is the one my wife picked out from Academy which I think is a magellan or something. Got it on sale for about 130 or so and It sleeps 6 on the inside room and up to a max of 4 in the bug netted and floored front porch. (it also has a "closet" at the rear lol.) If I'm wheeling at the same place and not moving anywhere this isn't a bad tent.

Good luck....

[Matt]

Thanks guys. Great input so far.... lol ill probably save the hotel tent for a 5-7 years down the road when the kids are joining. But do want something with breathing room and a porch area for keeping dirty/wet clothes out.

[Sal-XK]

I've been find with medium priced tents. since this group most likely seems seals the tents anyway LOL If your taking it on the beach it will never be the same the sea spray and sand just beat the snot out of it and I gave up years ago trying to get all the sand out every trip I just leave it now right AJ! LOL Buy one easy for less then $100 use and abuse it and in a few years go get a new one thats what I do. IF I bought a 5-6 hundred dollar tent I would try to fix and repair that thing and keep it for ever. My way just as it starts to get worn maybe zippers are getting stuck now or a smell coming on I can go the newest thing out and start all over.

[Matt]

Lol I just had an idea.... buy a cheap 2-3 person tent, get to the camp site, set up the tent, take all the cargo out of the Xk and put it in the tent, then sleep in the XK!

[Sal-XK]

Lol I just had an idea.... buy a cheap 2-3 person tent, get to the camp site, set up the tent, take all the cargo out of the Xk and put it in the tent, then sleep in the XK!

Works for me my queen mattress fits with some effort and the twin mattress obviously fits no problem. If we could figure out how to raise the roof of the XK it would be perfect. Maybe a button a motor and a plasma cutter.... sorry I got distracted LOL

[NeilSmith]

I have 4 tents. I still have a 2 man pup tent that I bought at a yard sale fro $10 when I was 12 years old, dont use it though ( but I still have it ). I have a single person Coleman backpacking tent, super light, super small. I have a small dome tent, 4 person it says but really only big enough for 2, full size air mattress fits. I use this one if Im by myself in the Jeep with the air mattress. Then I have the big 2 room family tent. Its nice to have choices depending on what youre doing.

[Carn75]

Works for me my queen mattress fits with some effort and the twin mattress obviously fits no problem. If we could figure out how to raise the roof of the XK it would be perfect. Maybe a button a motor and a plasma cutter.... sorry I got distracted LOL

LOL...Sal,I like where your going with this! The first image that popped into my head (besides you cutting your roof off) was an old 70's VW van/bus that has the little pop-up tent on the roof that you access from inside the van!

[The_War_Wagon]

I just got a Coleman Red Canyon 8-man tent at Christmas for me and the boys. Having been a Scout since 1976, I'm old enough to KNOW, that BIGGER is BETTER, when it comes to a tent. I don't even mind having the WHOLE thing to myself!