What's your 4-season tent?

grnamin

grnamin

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After doing some research, I decided to purchase a convertible MSR Superfusion tent. It's good for 3 people and I can take it on a winter camping trip. My trusty old EMS Pampero tent has proven a bit cramped for my wife, baby daughter, and I. What's your 4-season tent?
 
IF I could afford it, I would get a Mountain Hardwear Trango. No way that's going to happen (unless I drop my knife habit) :(

So, only three-season for me (SD Orion AST for myself, REI Taj 3 for the family)!
 
Mountain Hardwear, REI and Hilleberg make great tents. I think the REI Taj 2 made Backpacker Magazine's Editor's Choice award. The Hilleberg's are expensive, but I like their large vestibules.
 
Did I read right from Hilleberg's website that none of their tents have bug netting?
 
They have.

Copy from Keron 3 product description:

Ventilation
To keep condensation to a minimum, each vestibule has a large adjustable vent backed with fine no-see-um netting. These vents can be operated from both the inside and the outside of the tent. With both the mesh and the cover open you get unobstructed views from within the tent. Full-sized no-see-um nets for ventilation back the entrances to the inner tent. With the vents and the inner tent entrances open you can further improve ventilation
 
Any recommendations on a cheaper tent? I'm not the camping sort of person but I need a tent for camping at the track. It would be just for myself, but 2-4 person would probably be best because you never know if you'll be sleeping by yourself after a night on the town after the races. ;)

Doesn't need to be lightweight because I won't be carrying it on my back. Easy to set up is a plus.

Any recommendations? If not, that 30 dollar 4 person walmart tent might be what the doctor ordered. :)

Mark
 
Checked out the site, and they looked like quality tents, but after years of backpacking, I will never again use a tent that requires outside tension for it's structure. There's simply been too many times camping somewhere that the ground is too soft for stakes, and there are few suitable tie points. The slight extra weight for a dome tent is off set by the ease of setup. Their selection of dome tents is very limited, but I did like the design of 2 of them.

kkimo
 
For a 1-2 person tent, I use a Bibler I-Tent. For a bivy sack, I use a Bibler Tripod. If I was getting a multi-person tent, I would probably stick to Bibler. Biblers aren't cheap, but they are by far the best I've been able to find.

--Mike
 
I have a Hilleberg Nammatj GT. Perfect tent for two in all seasons.

Ted
 
I just bought a Hilleberg Unna, which is a very nice 1/2 person tent. I haven't used it yet, except for two nights in my apartment. :o I was afraid a 4-season tent would be too stuffy for summer camping, but with the tent's vent open and my thermostat set at 70-75 degrees (and no wind, obviously), it was quite comfortable inside. I should be trying it out "in the field" later this month.
http://www.backcountry-equipment.com/tents/hilleberg_unna.php

The Akto seems like the more popular 1-person model, but I agree with kkimo that a free-standing tent is more useful.
 
Originally posted by David Park
I just bought a Hilleberg Unna, which is a very nice 1/2 person tent.
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Ouch! A one half person tent? :D Sorry, I just couldn't resist. Seriously though, in your opinion, would having a second person in the tent be too cramped?
 
grnamin, it depends on how friendly you are with the second person. :D

If you look at the pictures of the tent interior at the site I linked above, you can see that two average-sized people would basically be sleeping shoulder to shoulder in the tent, with little room for anything else. With just one person, there's plenty of room for a backpack and other gear. I've heard that one adult and one child (or a large dog, for people that hike with pets) works fine too.
 
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