Not really worried about the weight.
More about durability really
And trying to keep the heat in.
I have never used a synthetic tent with a stove.
But would imagine the 10oz cotton would hold heat a bit better?
Who hunts out of a hot tent?
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More about durability really
And trying to keep the heat in.
I have never used a synthetic tent with a stove.
But would imagine the 10oz cotton would hold heat a bit better?
I found a 9x12 Canvas roof, Nylon sided gander mountain tent @ garage sale about 10 years ago.
$10.
I bought a stove jack for it and been using it almost every season.
You can squeeze 3 cots in but its really perfect for 2.
its light, and you can set it up by yourself if needed.
$10.
I bought a stove jack for it and been using it almost every season.
You can squeeze 3 cots in but its really perfect for 2.
its light, and you can set it up by yourself if needed.
I use a canvas wall tent with a metal pole frame. 11x14, with a hole in the roof for a chimney.
I'm getting to the point where I no longer use it when I'm hunting alone. It's getting heavier every year to set up. I even went so far as to replace the straight pipe with heavy wall ABS, which worked well but didn't reduce the weight enough to really make a difference.
There are three things I always do to keep the tent comfortable.
The first is to throw a large plastic tarp over the tent and over the area in front of the door.
This helps to keep the heat in, when it's cold and keeps the canvas dry/mildew free when it comes time to pack it up. Much lighter as well. That canvas, can soak up a lot of water.
The next thing I do is throw down a ground sheet, usually a heavy poly tarp, to keep the ground moisture from evaporating into the tent and cots/sleeping bags.
Step number three, put down some old carpet on top of the ground sheet, especially beside the side of the cot you get out of to take a pee in the middle of the night. Good place to strategically position a pair of Crocs/slippers as well.
Putting a plastic tarp that's large enough to properly cover the tent and leave a decent size atrium in front, also gives a great DRY SPACE and a place to build an outside fire to sit around. The stove, inside the tent is better for hanging clothes around to dry.
Setting up a wall tent for only a couple of days, isn't what they were intended for and the set up/take down takes up a lot of valuable hunting/fishing time.
I find the wall tent handy, because I can fit it into the box on the back of my SXS quad, along with a pontoon boat and load the whole issue into the box on my old 93, 250 turbo, Dodge, with enough room left to load a game animal.
All of this means I don't have to hook up and drag a trailer, which is just something else to go wrong, when things go wrong.
I've tried the super light synthetic tents and don't like them much. Ok in the case of an emergency, but nothing beats canvas, if you don't have to carry it on your back.
I've had it for 2 years. 5 sided shape is decent for 2 guys, 2 cots and 2 light weight chairs + gear. If your in one of the corners in your chair you wont need to hunch (I'm 6' 3'') you use a piece of timber for the center pole 7' to 8' in length so enough room to stand up and move around. Also loops around the top to run paracord to hang your hunting gear out to dry. There is a 4 sided Arctic fox 2 available which frees up a little more space.
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What about something like a montana range tent? I think you can set them up with an overhead branch or cut an inside support.
My experience with synthetic tents is that condensation appears to be way more than with canvas, they don't hold the heat as well and get spark holes from a fire close by or a wood stove to easy. Most also have no fire retardant treatments.
Their only advantage is weight and better mildew resistance.
Their only advantage is weight and better mildew resistance.
I've got a 9x12 Egyptian cotton tent I bought off a buddy for $200.
Have only used it for one moose trip. No stove jack yet as I haven't really found a late season use for it.
I usually just sleep in the back of my truck. If I feel compelled to make a November mulie hunt this year I might get a stove jack and an airtight.
Most canvas wall tents can be set up in a similar manner. The metal frame is often sturdier and quicker to set up.
Lately I've been using an ordinary plastic tarp, especially during the summer/early fall, over the box of my pick up.
Picked up a set of those flexible/jointed frame inserts at a local surplus store and put the ends into wooden inserts for the stake holes on the edge of the box.
Throw a 14x16 tarp over the whole thing, and the whole box is available for a couple of cots and a place to stay dry or warm up.
The large tarp makes it easy to close one end and either create an atrium over the tailgate or can be closed to keep the bugs out.
Won't hold heat worth a darn but a small propane cooker will warm it up sufficiently to dry out wet clothes. It's great for one person and a bit tight for two, but gets the job done without a lot of set up/take down time. It all folds down into a small enough package that there is lots of room for the boat, actually stores in the boat during travel, or in the box of the quad, with a pontoon boat.
I replaced the plastic tarp with a canvas tarp on one late fall hunt and covered it with the plastic tarp. It held the heat quite well but the floor of the box was always cold, even with a carpet runner. A good sleeping bag is a must under such conditions. Can't use a stove either, other than one of those propane heating/cooking units.
When using any type of combustion heat in those conditions, adequate ventilation is a definite must.
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