For the Snow Peak / Parter Steel crowd who wish they could display their superior taste en route..
Clearly that's for the Partner stove crowd. Right up their ally.
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Clearly that's for the Partner stove crowd. Right up their ally.
I will say the same...it was easy.
Except my Kodiak got canvas rot after 4 years.
Yes, always packed it dry or unpacked it if it was wet.
I threw it in the garbage ...
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I have a very large tent from Target, cost about $125 IIRC.
Large as in room for 4 cots, plus standup space, camp chair or 2..
Takes me about 30 minutes to set by myself, fully staked.
It's a 3-season thing I guess; there's a lot of mesh up top, with a rain fly to go over it.
During cooler times, I put the rain fly on without the sticks that hold it up off the mesh, so all the mesh is completely covered.
Works.
I have a 2-burner Coleman stove.
I like to take a large propane tank with 1 of those stick things that mounts a Coleman lantern on top & has a hose tap to send gas to the stove.
I have a couple of adjustable-leg stands, they're great to hold the stove. https://www.amazon.com/Lite-42067-Projection-Discontinued-Manufacturer/dp/B000298U7O
Without a projector on top.
Each leg adjusts individually, so that's nice since I don't camp in paved parking lots.
Now that the kids don't go with me, I take a much smaller tent.
It's labeled as a "2-man tent", but that's only accurate if the men are "very" close. Very, very, close.
Being small beta males (like every "male" model on every website) probably helps, as would sharing a single sleeping bag.
No, I don't have rescue dogs.
Or a beard.
My car is a 2001 Grand Cherokee, so that counts as old.
Large as in room for 4 cots, plus standup space, camp chair or 2..
Takes me about 30 minutes to set by myself, fully staked.
It's a 3-season thing I guess; there's a lot of mesh up top, with a rain fly to go over it.
During cooler times, I put the rain fly on without the sticks that hold it up off the mesh, so all the mesh is completely covered.
Works.
I have a 2-burner Coleman stove.
I like to take a large propane tank with 1 of those stick things that mounts a Coleman lantern on top & has a hose tap to send gas to the stove.
I have a couple of adjustable-leg stands, they're great to hold the stove. https://www.amazon.com/Lite-42067-Projection-Discontinued-Manufacturer/dp/B000298U7O
Without a projector on top.
Each leg adjusts individually, so that's nice since I don't camp in paved parking lots.
Now that the kids don't go with me, I take a much smaller tent.
It's labeled as a "2-man tent", but that's only accurate if the men are "very" close. Very, very, close.
Being small beta males (like every "male" model on every website) probably helps, as would sharing a single sleeping bag.
No, I don't have rescue dogs.
Or a beard.
My car is a 2001 Grand Cherokee, so that counts as old.
I have a family of 5 and on car camping trips its just easier to use 1 large tent. Our old Eureka cost about $200, had almost 20ft poles, and was a general pain in the balls to set up.
My wife bought a "pop up" tent off Amazon for maybe $50. I laughed but I was wrong. The thing is great. Bathtub floor, adequate rain fly, big enough for the whole family, able to stand up in, and sets up/breaks down in seconds. After 3 years its starting to show its age. Guess I'll have to "invest" another $50.
Also using a propane Coleman camp stove, though I may ditch it and just keep my white gas version since it it packs up completely within itself, even with extra fuel. Oh, and using and OLD Coleman camp table I saved from thw landfill and refurbed.
I'm into gear that just plain works.
My wife bought a "pop up" tent off Amazon for maybe $50. I laughed but I was wrong. The thing is great. Bathtub floor, adequate rain fly, big enough for the whole family, able to stand up in, and sets up/breaks down in seconds. After 3 years its starting to show its age. Guess I'll have to "invest" another $50.
Also using a propane Coleman camp stove, though I may ditch it and just keep my white gas version since it it packs up completely within itself, even with extra fuel. Oh, and using and OLD Coleman camp table I saved from thw landfill and refurbed.
I'm into gear that just plain works.
I had a cabin-style tent while in high school. We went camping several days a month while I was in high school during warm, and semi-warm weather. It was just the thing to do. I set that tent up hundreds of times. That tent lasted me until about 2007, so it was well over 10 years old. I think I paid $75 for that tent at Tractor Supply (was Quality Farm and Fleet). That was the best tent I've ever had and it only took minutes to set it up. Under 5 minutes for sure, but closer to 3 minutes. It had the exo-skeleton pole frame. It even survived the wind/rain storm of the 2005 MAR where everyone's tent got destroyed. It was a great tent.
But if you follow Garrett's logic it was a shitty tent as the name brand was something like Mountain Granger or something. It was off-brand. The company had not proved itself to be a good company.
I don't have a good pic of the tent, it it's the green tent in this pic.
But if you follow Garrett's logic it was a shitty tent as the name brand was something like Mountain Granger or something. It was off-brand. The company had not proved itself to be a good company.
I don't have a good pic of the tent, it it's the green tent in this pic.
I had a similar tent from Columbia. Basically hung under an easy-up. The winds at Mormon lake ate it. I still have it, but you can read a newspaper through some of the walls now :-\ Ozark Trail sold a similar tent for a while too.
Mine is more like the one with the maroon fly in the pic.I had a cabin-style tent while in high school. We went camping several days a month while I was in high school during warm, and semi-warm weather. It was just the thing to do. I set that tent up hundreds of times. That tent lasted me until about 2007, so it was well over 10 years old. I think I paid $75 for that tent at Tractor Supply (was Quality Farm and Fleet). That was the best tent I've ever had and it only took minutes to set it up. Under 5 minutes for sure, but closer to 3 minutes. It had the exo-skeleton pole frame. It even survived the wind/rain storm of the 2005 MAR where everyone's tent got destroyed. It was a great tent.
But if you follow Garrett's logic it was a shitty tent as the name brand was something like Mountain Granger or something. It was off-brand. The company had not proved itself to be a good company.
I don't have a good pic of the tent, it it's the green tent in this pic.
Except it has "bump-outs" on both sides and the back.
I've had it for close to 15 years now.
Granted, I'm not an Urban Overlander, so I don't use it more than a couple times a year.
It has a brand, I just don't know what it is... what's Target's house brand for outdoorsy stuff? It's that.
The Coleman stove is the same age, and it just works.
Can someone boil water faster in their Turbo-Jet Ultra-Hip Rocket Pack Boiler?
Probably.
I'm generally not in a big hurry when I'm out in the woods, so not really a thing for me.
Those fucking camp chairs, though...
Crazy comfy. Also from Target. About $10.
I have 4, similar vintage to the tent.
I've got an Easy-Up that I can put in front of the front door of the tent.
Nice little shady spot.
It doesn't match the tent, though, so I'm sure the Urban Wannabes would make fun of me.
Oh, wait. They don't.
Probably because their Subaroos can't get to where I camp.
I'm not one of these assholes with a $200 chair but have had plenty of the $10 variety shit out on me. The rivet or joints on the legs always shear off. I picked up a sturdier one a few years back (with metal joints) for $30 or so and wish I'd have bought 5
Yup, they are fine while they last, but those joints & rivets are awful quality.
If you weigh like 120lbs or less though, it might last you a decent amount of time.
Most camp chairs suck. Best one I've gotten was from Menard's for ~$35. Its basically an ARB chair. Solid armrests and doesn't squeeze your legs together when you sit in it. The cupholder sucks though. It's really bad. Almost spills my beer!
The bag it came in sucked and has ripped but the chair is going strong. My wife insists she doesn't like the chair but she's always trying to sit in it. Wish I would have bought a couple more when they were still selling them.
Ive had this Kijaro camp chair for at least 4-5yrs.. Its by far one of the most comfortable camp chairs Ive sat in.. Just recently one of the rivets let go.. I replaced it with a nut and bolt, good to go! I believe I paid $35?
https://kijaro.com/products/beachsling/
https://kijaro.com/products/beachsling/
I don?t know about their chairs. Have to ask Garrett, I?m sure he knows someone?s cousins brothers uncles nephew who has them and he saw them sitting in the corner and is now an expert on Snow Peak chairs.
I like this style chair for camping. It does not pack away like other smaller foldable chairs, but they?re sturdy and comfortable and I like the table for things.
https://www.amazon.com/Kamp-Rite-Directors-Chair-Table/dp/B0757B49TG
they're not getting to where i camp.
the Rangies obviously had no issue, and my Grand Cherokee doesn't either.
it's the last section of basketball sized loose rocks that'll stop them.
Although, if they were wearing Filson jackets, wore really nice wrist watches, and had Snow Pack camping gear, they could probably just make the rocks move out of their way by the sheer awesomeness of their apparel & accessories.
This.
I'm about 175#, never had an issue.
But I don't "plop" into any chair, under any circumstances.