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<blockquote data-quote="Spurhunter" data-source="post: 5071676" data-attributes="member: 5695"><p>I have lots of experience in tent camping year round. I used a canvas tent for 3 years, bought a camper, sold camper, bought another canvas tent. Campers are wonderful, but I couldn't pull my boat and camper at the same time, so the camper was useless for fishing.</p><p></p><p>1) Spend the money and get a canvas flex bow tent. Teton Mesa or Kodiak Canvas are the two I've owned. Each has pluses and minuses I'll go into in greater detail if you get serious about spending the money. They are heavy and relatively expensive, but worth it X1000. Benefits of flex bow: Other than driving the stakes in the ground it takes one man less than 5 minutes to erect. Benefits of canvas: no condensation, breathable, durable, and the BIGGEST benefit is they hold in heat. I run a buddy heater off a 20 pound propane tank down to 30*F and it stays toasty warm inside. Below 30* I use 2 buddy heaters or a Big Buddy. You can opt for a super warm sleeping bag and skip the heater, but in the morning you're not going to want to get out, and it causes me to have sore throat the next morning. I just like to be comfortable. Like I tell people, you can rough it and still be comfortable.</p><p></p><p>2) Get a ground tarp for your tent and camp on a high spot. It will make packing your tent away at the end of your trip so much easier, because the bottom of the tent will be dry and clean.</p><p></p><p>3) Do not sleep on the ground in winter or on an air mattress. They will freeze you to death. Get a comfortable cot. I use an REI Kingdom Cot. It's big, bulky to transport, expensive, but worth it for the comfort.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Spurhunter, post: 5071676, member: 5695"] I have lots of experience in tent camping year round. I used a canvas tent for 3 years, bought a camper, sold camper, bought another canvas tent. Campers are wonderful, but I couldn't pull my boat and camper at the same time, so the camper was useless for fishing. 1) Spend the money and get a canvas flex bow tent. Teton Mesa or Kodiak Canvas are the two I've owned. Each has pluses and minuses I'll go into in greater detail if you get serious about spending the money. They are heavy and relatively expensive, but worth it X1000. Benefits of flex bow: Other than driving the stakes in the ground it takes one man less than 5 minutes to erect. Benefits of canvas: no condensation, breathable, durable, and the BIGGEST benefit is they hold in heat. I run a buddy heater off a 20 pound propane tank down to 30*F and it stays toasty warm inside. Below 30* I use 2 buddy heaters or a Big Buddy. You can opt for a super warm sleeping bag and skip the heater, but in the morning you're not going to want to get out, and it causes me to have sore throat the next morning. I just like to be comfortable. Like I tell people, you can rough it and still be comfortable. 2) Get a ground tarp for your tent and camp on a high spot. It will make packing your tent away at the end of your trip so much easier, because the bottom of the tent will be dry and clean. 3) Do not sleep on the ground in winter or on an air mattress. They will freeze you to death. Get a comfortable cot. I use an REI Kingdom Cot. It's big, bulky to transport, expensive, but worth it for the comfort. [/QUOTE]
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