Tents For Camping
This article examines the various aspects as to what constitutes a ‘good tent’. Although in the most part, the answer is personal opinion, there are some specific points that can really put a tent into a league of its own in the camping category.
Although many tents claim to be waterproof, very few brands are truly waterproof without the added protection of you sealing the seams yourself once you have the tent at home. This is a common practice which has the added benefit of giving you the opportunity of getting to know your tent a bit better in your own backyard. Even so, there are some brands out there on the market that claim that their tents are ready for the outdoors without you having to do any extra work.
The two basic tent styles for camping are the dome and the cabin style. What are the differences and what do those differences mean to you?
If you are looking for a lightweight, easy-to-assemble tent the dome tent is perfect. These can be assembled via rods made of aluminum or fiberglass or they could be the pop-up type (take a kid with you to help you to close it up and it’s even easier).
Dome tents are the popular choice for many families because of their user-friendliness when it comes to assembling the tent and packing it away. They can also be incredibly small and lightweight. This can be a great advantage if you are packing it onto a car rack or inside the car boot.
Although not often regarded in the same way as a cabin tent, depending on the brand you buy, you could find yourself owning a very practical and strong product. If you move about regularly, dome tents are convenient and quick to assemble making it ideal for family holidays.
Cabin tents have the distinct advantage of being more spacious inside in general due to the square shaped roof and that can make a big difference to your camping holiday especially if you end up having to spend quite some time inside the tent due to rain. Being a tent style that has many years of development behind it, cabin tents are structurally well designed. The straight sides to the walls of the tent also aid towards the quick run-off in wet weather. Cabin tents with angled roofs do not allow rainwater puddles to form on the tent roof causing unpleasant leaks.
Simply due to the mechanisms applied in assembling a cabin style tent, it is possible to use a much heavier and therefore stronger canvas than is possible for the dome tents because the weight need not always be an issue for people who are looking for a hardy, strong tent.
Zips are part and parcel of a tent and if yours goes while you are on a trip it can cost you a great deal of discomfort and fumbling around so check that the zippers are good and strong. No matter how many brands they bring out on the market YKK are still the best zippers, and chances are they are an insight into the quality used throughout the manufacturing of the rest of the tent.
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