How To Buy A Tent For Your Needs
Folks around the world can't wait to head out and make a beeline straight to the camping areas and camp. No matter where you go, from Portugal to Australia and even The USA, individuals love to go camping out. For example, use your computer and type in "camping in New Hampshire, United States" or type in "camping in Catalonia, Spain" and you will see for yourself camping out is universal. And the old camping tent is the prefered method for many instead of the RV "lifestyle". Follow along as we will explain how you can select the perfect tent for your needs. Without a doubt, having great camping trips will hinge on your ability on knowing how to buy camping gear and how to buy a tent.
Contemplate Your Basic Requirements When you are tent shopping think about what features your family would want in a new one. The main features you should want is a camping tent with the following: strength, one that is watertight construction and also extremely durable. You always want those qualities and it doesn't matter if your family camp out in the Sahara Desert or the Arctic Circle. Keep in mind the top priority of that tent is to provide shelter. All it takes is a heavy wind or a heavy downpour to find the difference between the camping tent of quality and the cheap one made to take your money at a budget store.
Analyze The Tent Shape You Need Every camping tent will have characteristics that effect usefulness and price. Space, shape, stability and weight are various factors you need to consider. Take a look at tent shape. -Dome Tent: Not particularly stable [especially in bigger camping tents] but a generally fine design for maximizing the height of a tent
-Tunnel Tent: This is a good design to maximize camping tent floor space but not increase the weight
-Vis--vis Dome Tent: A stable design [especially for larger camping tents] and efficient use of floor area
-Frame Tent: An older design fine for large family tents but usually very heavy and difficult to put up
-Ridge Tent: An older design rarely seen in new camping tents. Needs guy lines to maintain structure
-Semi Geodesic Dome Tent: A self supporting camping tent design that is very stable and reasonably lightweight
-Fully Geodesic Dome Tent: A heavy camping tent design due to the extra pole but the most stable design Your camping spot along with the time of year as well as the number of people involved are all factors in determining tent shape. Open terrain and high winds tell you to look at the more stable designs. Some thinking has to go in to the choice of tent shape.
Buy A Tent With A Tub Floor Buy a tent with a "bathtub" floor. If you don't, all kinds of creepy crawlies can join you. I've awakened to find everything from copperheads, to fire ants, to hoards of mosquitoes that ruin a good nights sleep. And you can go even further and find a camping tent that also comes with a fully zippered screen door along with screened windows that can also be zipped up. Unwanted visitors like these dominate your experience of being outside. In addition, a "bathtub" floor that extends about six inches up the walls will make the camping tent waterproof.
Department stores usually carried tents that are typically mass-produced variety, usually with less detailed work. Smaller stores usually deal in higher-quality tents. Look at thread count in the stitching [higher number means better quality] and also look for aluminum or fibreglass poles. You want aluminum. Look for these things and you'll buy well.
Contemplate Your Basic Requirements When you are tent shopping think about what features your family would want in a new one. The main features you should want is a camping tent with the following: strength, one that is watertight construction and also extremely durable. You always want those qualities and it doesn't matter if your family camp out in the Sahara Desert or the Arctic Circle. Keep in mind the top priority of that tent is to provide shelter. All it takes is a heavy wind or a heavy downpour to find the difference between the camping tent of quality and the cheap one made to take your money at a budget store.
Analyze The Tent Shape You Need Every camping tent will have characteristics that effect usefulness and price. Space, shape, stability and weight are various factors you need to consider. Take a look at tent shape. -Dome Tent: Not particularly stable [especially in bigger camping tents] but a generally fine design for maximizing the height of a tent
-Tunnel Tent: This is a good design to maximize camping tent floor space but not increase the weight
-Vis--vis Dome Tent: A stable design [especially for larger camping tents] and efficient use of floor area
-Frame Tent: An older design fine for large family tents but usually very heavy and difficult to put up
-Ridge Tent: An older design rarely seen in new camping tents. Needs guy lines to maintain structure
-Semi Geodesic Dome Tent: A self supporting camping tent design that is very stable and reasonably lightweight
-Fully Geodesic Dome Tent: A heavy camping tent design due to the extra pole but the most stable design Your camping spot along with the time of year as well as the number of people involved are all factors in determining tent shape. Open terrain and high winds tell you to look at the more stable designs. Some thinking has to go in to the choice of tent shape.
Buy A Tent With A Tub Floor Buy a tent with a "bathtub" floor. If you don't, all kinds of creepy crawlies can join you. I've awakened to find everything from copperheads, to fire ants, to hoards of mosquitoes that ruin a good nights sleep. And you can go even further and find a camping tent that also comes with a fully zippered screen door along with screened windows that can also be zipped up. Unwanted visitors like these dominate your experience of being outside. In addition, a "bathtub" floor that extends about six inches up the walls will make the camping tent waterproof.
Department stores usually carried tents that are typically mass-produced variety, usually with less detailed work. Smaller stores usually deal in higher-quality tents. Look at thread count in the stitching [higher number means better quality] and also look for aluminum or fibreglass poles. You want aluminum. Look for these things and you'll buy well.
