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I'm going in September/October on my own, any tips or advice on tent would be useful. Thanks in advance
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This looks like a reasonable tent. Should do the job.
http://www.summits.co.uk/acatalog/Vango_Typhoon_200.html
I'd imagine it starting getting a little nippy (and windy) around that time of year. It may get a bit bulky carrying a sleeping bag and a mattress around also.
When I cycle tour I prefer something like this.
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Kakadu-1-Man-Canvas-Camping-SWAG-Ultimate-TENT-NEW_W0QQitemZ160133233324QQihZ006QQcategoryZ123351QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
I just throw in the appropriate sheet or blanket. They roll out in seconds, on just about any surface. They also sit on the top of the pannier rack quite well. Warm and very wind resistant.
Good luck and happy camping.
This looks like a reasonable tent. Should do the job.
http://www.summits.co.uk/acatalog/Vango_Typhoon_200.html
I'd imagine it starting getting a little nippy (and windy) around that time of year. It may get a bit bulky carrying a sleeping bag and a mattress around also.
When I cycle tour I prefer something like this.
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Kakadu-1-Man-Canvas-Camping-SWAG-Ultimate-TENT-NEW_W0QQitemZ160133233324QQihZ006QQcategoryZ123351QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
I just throw in the appropriate sheet or blanket. They roll out in seconds, on just about any surface. They also sit on the top of the pannier rack quite well. Warm and very wind resistant.
Good luck and happy camping.
is a nine pound tent to heavy for backpacking?
Tony Evett
i'm going backpacking and want to keep my pack light and i purchased a tent for $90, it was the columbia hood river tent...i need something big enough for two people, the tent weighs 9 lbs...is this too heavy? its a two day hike
Answer
For a two day hike you'll be OK but 9lbs is heavy for a backpacking tent for long trips.
The lightest single person tents weigh less than 2lb...the Coleman Raid I use is good value for one of those....and lightweight two person tents weigh from a bit less than 2 1/2lb upwards.
Around 5lb is a good compromise for build strength and lightness for a two person tent of reasonable price. Very light but strong two person tents like the Vango Force Ten Helium 2 are available at high prices and Coleman do some very good ones which handle rough weather but are reasonably light and will last for many seasons without costing a fortune.
Two small lightweight tents are normally better than one big one unless you want to be cozy together as in b/f g/f camping or for married couples.
You can put two small ones together with the entrances facing each other, cover the whole lot with a sheet of polythene or a lightweight groundsheet or tarpaulin, and have a tent with two bedrooms and an eating or sitting area between them for a total weight of less than 8lb and having good waterproofing and shelter from the extra cover as well as a lot of extra space, with the weight shared between the two people.
A two person and a small one person tent pitched that way make a bedroom and storeroom tent, eg for the rucksacks, drying clothes, or storing a bike under cover.
The tarpaulin is strongly pegged out all round leaving an entrance at one side and helps to reduce wear and tear on the tents and provides more protection for them in a high wind or heavy rain.
Each person carries their own tent, one carries the tarpaulin and the other carries the stove and pots, the food weight is shared, and then the weight of the basic living stuff is nicely distributed between them.
With side entrance tents it works out to a compact squarish shape with a covered area between the tents as deep as the tents are long.
With end entrance tents you get a long thin arrangement with a covered space between the tents that is only as deep as the tents are wide and you need a very long tarp or you could put the tents side by side and extend the tarp over the front to make a covered porch area and then you have private bedrooms that don't face each other.
If you knock two poles into the ground between the tents you can fix a drying line for clothes onto them or use them for a bicycle stand which is out of the way but easy to get to and a line over the top of them makes a ridge line to support the tarp.
A whole load of arrangements is possible with two small tents pitched together.
Side entrance tents are easier to get in and out and they air out nicely with the whole side of the tent opened up.
It's easier to get stuff in and out of them and easy to get to the whole floor space from the outside for getting the flooring sorted , sleeping bags laid out etc, and the zips allow a much more versatile arrangement for the entrance, which can be be a top window all the way along the tent , small door at one end, totally open, a small ventilator, however you want.
Have a good trip.
For a two day hike you'll be OK but 9lbs is heavy for a backpacking tent for long trips.
The lightest single person tents weigh less than 2lb...the Coleman Raid I use is good value for one of those....and lightweight two person tents weigh from a bit less than 2 1/2lb upwards.
Around 5lb is a good compromise for build strength and lightness for a two person tent of reasonable price. Very light but strong two person tents like the Vango Force Ten Helium 2 are available at high prices and Coleman do some very good ones which handle rough weather but are reasonably light and will last for many seasons without costing a fortune.
Two small lightweight tents are normally better than one big one unless you want to be cozy together as in b/f g/f camping or for married couples.
You can put two small ones together with the entrances facing each other, cover the whole lot with a sheet of polythene or a lightweight groundsheet or tarpaulin, and have a tent with two bedrooms and an eating or sitting area between them for a total weight of less than 8lb and having good waterproofing and shelter from the extra cover as well as a lot of extra space, with the weight shared between the two people.
A two person and a small one person tent pitched that way make a bedroom and storeroom tent, eg for the rucksacks, drying clothes, or storing a bike under cover.
The tarpaulin is strongly pegged out all round leaving an entrance at one side and helps to reduce wear and tear on the tents and provides more protection for them in a high wind or heavy rain.
Each person carries their own tent, one carries the tarpaulin and the other carries the stove and pots, the food weight is shared, and then the weight of the basic living stuff is nicely distributed between them.
With side entrance tents it works out to a compact squarish shape with a covered area between the tents as deep as the tents are long.
With end entrance tents you get a long thin arrangement with a covered space between the tents that is only as deep as the tents are wide and you need a very long tarp or you could put the tents side by side and extend the tarp over the front to make a covered porch area and then you have private bedrooms that don't face each other.
If you knock two poles into the ground between the tents you can fix a drying line for clothes onto them or use them for a bicycle stand which is out of the way but easy to get to and a line over the top of them makes a ridge line to support the tarp.
A whole load of arrangements is possible with two small tents pitched together.
Side entrance tents are easier to get in and out and they air out nicely with the whole side of the tent opened up.
It's easier to get stuff in and out of them and easy to get to the whole floor space from the outside for getting the flooring sorted , sleeping bags laid out etc, and the zips allow a much more versatile arrangement for the entrance, which can be be a top window all the way along the tent , small door at one end, totally open, a small ventilator, however you want.
Have a good trip.
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