Ah, the wonder of looking over tents. I can find light ones, that might fit me, then I read the reviews that they leak like a sieve.
Find one I can afford, weighs 6-7 pounds. But sleeps one and a half people.
The two person Gander Mountain tent I bought for $50 is okay. Can't put it up in the rain unless I can figure out a way to attach the rain fly to the top of it at home... the top 1/3 of it is a mesh screen to keep out insects. And the side windows are not completely blocked if the rain fly is stretched tight. The rear window has a zipper window. The front doesn't have a vestibule, but I can live without it. I have two waterproof tarps, one thin one; one is 8' x 10' and the thin one is 6' x 8'. these are to put under the tent.
The bottom of the door zipper looks to me like it would leak. The side/upper of the door zipper looks like it would be okay, unless the wid driven rain came from the left side of the tent, as viewed by looking at the front of the tent from the front.
Okay, enough ranting.
Looking for a 2 person tent, one can sit up in at one end. I'm 6' 2" tall. noseeum mesh to keep my blood inside my body. With a rain fly, but I can put up the tent without the fly no it doesn't wind up a swimmng pool in the rain. A vestibule is nice, but I never really used one in the past. Waterproof tub bottom. Waterproof material in the tent. I prefer a maimum weight; including pegs, pole, and fly; at most 4 pounds.
Here is the tough part: a maximum of $180. I might be able to save up and spend $200.
Any suggestions ?
Thanks.
Find one I can afford, weighs 6-7 pounds. But sleeps one and a half people.
The two person Gander Mountain tent I bought for $50 is okay. Can't put it up in the rain unless I can figure out a way to attach the rain fly to the top of it at home... the top 1/3 of it is a mesh screen to keep out insects. And the side windows are not completely blocked if the rain fly is stretched tight. The rear window has a zipper window. The front doesn't have a vestibule, but I can live without it. I have two waterproof tarps, one thin one; one is 8' x 10' and the thin one is 6' x 8'. these are to put under the tent.
The bottom of the door zipper looks to me like it would leak. The side/upper of the door zipper looks like it would be okay, unless the wid driven rain came from the left side of the tent, as viewed by looking at the front of the tent from the front.
Okay, enough ranting.
Looking for a 2 person tent, one can sit up in at one end. I'm 6' 2" tall. noseeum mesh to keep my blood inside my body. With a rain fly, but I can put up the tent without the fly no it doesn't wind up a swimmng pool in the rain. A vestibule is nice, but I never really used one in the past. Waterproof tub bottom. Waterproof material in the tent. I prefer a maimum weight; including pegs, pole, and fly; at most 4 pounds.
Here is the tough part: a maximum of $180. I might be able to save up and spend $200.
Any suggestions ?
Thanks.
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