 Spartan24 
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Posted: 7/17/2012 6:36:08 PM
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die-tryin
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Posted: 7/17/2012 6:55:16 PM
I had one, its a throw away or backyard tent at best. There isnt much you can do to make a crappy tent better.
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ColdSoul
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Posted: 7/18/2012 3:00:06 PM
My very inebriated friend tripped and fell on mine ripping a huge ventilation hole in the process. That was an improvement and I got to use some camo duct tape to make a repair.
 I was one of those true friend moments. The look on his face and saying he was sorry was more than I could handle I was laughing for about 15 minutes. I purchased a eureka tetragon 5 after that trip. Not the cheapest or best tent but it works for me. http://www.amazon.com/Eureka-2628224-Tetragon-Tent-sleeps/dp/B000EQAUVY/ref=sr_1_1?s=sporting-goods&ie=UTF8&qid=1342637908&sr=1-1&keywords=eureka+tetragon+5 I don't know what your money situation is but trying to purchased something cheap then makes mods is more headache than it is worth. |
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Posted: 7/18/2012 3:28:04 PM
Its one of those things. I bought this because my wife had a one person tent from Big Agnes. I took it on the river trip two years ago. By the end of the trip I wanted to chuck into the river. I hated it. Way over complicated and required guying it out in all sorts of directions. I guess it wasn't all bad. Just when you had the rain fly on it became quite the bastard. Just the tent itself was nice when there was no threat of rain. But it was small. Small and a complicated bastard in threat of rain. So I said screw it! I wouldn't use it the next year. Instead I looked around and all I really wanted was something to separate me from the creepy crawlies and some protection from the elements like rain. In the constraints of budget and time, I got the Texsport 2man camo tent for the river trip last year. I won't say it worked great, it didn't. However it did work good. Easy set up, compact size and weight, roomy for one dude, and was a total of $25. For what I needed it worked good. Now I have this tent and I want to use it since I have it. I may be going on a backpacking trip with some friends and I want to improve it for that. I know good tents. My wife and I have great tents: a Marmot something 2 person and an MSR Mutha Hubba. However for my one man excursions with the guys, neither tent fits the bill. Too big and bulky. The Texsport has already given me $25 bucks worth of use out of the last river trip. Anything now is gravy. Maybe I should sell it? Donate to church youth group? I thought maybe improving it for use on a couple more trips.
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fisterkev
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Posted: 7/19/2012 3:05:42 AM
I had one of these a few years ago. I threw it away. Piece of crap.
For solo I use a Snugpak Stratosphere. More than just me I have a Alps Mountaineering Zephyr 2. You spend $25 on a tent expect it to fail. Expect to spend more than its worth to fix it, if you even can. I think there is an important rule that is not being applied - buy once, cry once. |
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Posted: 7/22/2012 7:42:44 AM
If your biggest gripe is the ventilation issue, cutting some openings and sewing in some mesh might well do the trick.
I have seen some interesting homemade tents on the web. Tyvek breathes and is lightweight, strong, and cheap. I am not opposed to cheap. Cost is almost never a good way to choose a product - either for or against. But it is not something that can be ignored in the process either. A lot of lower cost options work quite well compared to the expensive stuff. |
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