Looking for a Tent, not a normal tent but one to take cold weather.

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Looking for a Tent, not a normal tent but one to take cold weather.

Posted: 9/17/2009 2:10:23 AM EDT

I have looked across the board, Guide tents, Cabin tents, etc. Anyone have a tent story or info??
Hitting the Allagash this fall and tired of taking the camper, its tent time.

Posted: 9/17/2009 2:34:00 AM EDT

[#1]

What size are you looking for? How many people will be using it? Is it going to be set up once then left until your trip is over or will it be taken down and put back up several times? Will it require privacy sections (teenage daughter / female friend of the family)? A canopy overhang for sitting outside? Will it be used near facilities or out in the boonies?

There are a lot of options when you're shopping for tents. I found more information than I needed just using google.

Good luck. Have a safe trip.

Posted: 9/17/2009 3:40:44 AM EDT

[#2]

I've seen rather large tents,,,walled type,,,,that you can use a wood burning stove in.

Also had a floor, plastic or canvas, and dividers for privicy.

Think Cabaellas (sp) sold them.

sparky

Posted: 9/17/2009 3:42:07 AM EDT

[#3]

Cabelas Alaskan Guide Model. Great tents. Spring for the nice poles.

Posted: 9/17/2009 3:43:17 AM EDT

[#4]

Sportsmans Guide sells large surplus GI tents. I always wanted one, but never had a reason to buy one. They look like great tents.

Posted: 9/17/2009 5:50:42 PM EDT

[#5]

http://www.hilleberg.com/

Posted: 9/17/2009 6:21:18 PM EDT

[#6]

Eureka USMC two man tent...ive had it out in zero degree weather, it rocks.

Posted: 9/17/2009 6:30:59 PM EDT

[#7]

Car camping or backpacking? How many people? In snow and hi wind? A lot of tents for a lot of jobs. What are you going to do?

Posted: 9/17/2009 6:34:22 PM EDT

[#8]

Canvas all the way....Mine is the shiznit
Link

Posted: 9/17/2009 6:38:37 PM EDT

[#9]

Quoted:
Cabelas Alaskan Guide Model. Great tents. Spring for the nice poles.

Fantastic tent, we have the 8 man one- it's friggin huge. Been thru a few torrential thunderstorms- no problems.

Don't forget the floor saver and ground cloth. For cold weather, might consider the vestibule.

Posted: 9/17/2009 7:18:05 PM EDT

[#10]

DAC aluminum poles are a really good starting point for a good winter tent you expect to withstand halfway decent storms, and Kelty Expedition tents are fucking bomb shelters.

Posted: 9/17/2009 7:21:24 PM EDT

[#11]

The keep the wind, water, and bugs out. Most of the cold weather worries can be applied to the sleeping bag you use.

Posted: 9/17/2009 7:41:10 PM EDT

[#12]

Look at a North Face 4 season mountaineering tent. they will take a lot of wind and snow.

Posted: 9/17/2009 7:44:43 PM EDT

[#13]

Hilleberg
Bibler
Warmlite

Posted: 9/17/2009 7:46:18 PM EDT

[#14]

We use a GP large and a Cabela's wall tent for our elk camp and it serves us well down to -20 degrees F and up to 60 mph winds. The pot belly stoves must be burning full blast, though.

Posted: 9/17/2009 7:47:01 PM EDT

[#15]

Kifaru tipi and wood stove. Expensive as hell, but by all accounts awesome. I use a cabelas eureka copy for winter camping, its three season, but I make up for it with a sleeping bag that fits the weather.

Posted: 9/17/2009 7:48:41 PM EDT

[#16]

Quoted:

Look at a North Face 4 season mountaineering tent. they will take a lot of wind and snow.

This. I bought a Himalayan 47. "Bomb proof" is pretty accurate. Depends a lot on whether you are looking for a tent you carry in, or drive in.

Posted: 9/17/2009 7:53:19 PM EDT

[#17]

AK tent and tarp

there in anchorage, AK, Ive used them

awesome

Posted: 9/17/2009 8:08:50 PM EDT

[#18]

Quoted:
AK tent and tarp

there in anchorage, AK, Ive used them

awesome

Yep. The arctic oven. Slept in one for several cold nights. Get the little wood stove for it and you are set.

Posted: 9/17/2009 8:17:14 PM EDT

[#19]

I've spent many nights in many different outfitter tents.
Last year I bought one of the Alaknak II tents from Cabela's and for the price I really like it!
It's the 12x20 and is a really nice tent!

Here are a couple of pics on my last outing during a rain storm...

Posted: 9/18/2009 2:13:15 AM EDT

[#20]

This tent will hold from 4 to 5 people, Moose hunting, bear, hunting, deer and turkey, early and late seasons.

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