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TENT ADVICE - Camping Tent and equipment advice

Camping is one of the best ways to enjoy the outdoors. Choosing a tent and buying camping equipment that is right for you is a pleasure, too, so make sure you know which camping tent is best suited for you, whether a family tent, hiking tents or tent group. CheapTents.com has good advice and guidance to help you in this decision.

What kind of tent do you needa

Choosing among the many models and sizes of tents for provision of many is a difficult task. To begin reducing the number of options, we offer a list of your requirements. The first question should be how many people the tenta If the tent is to be used solo as you're really looking for a tent weighing 1-2.5kg, which immediately eliminates more than half of the models of tents available. Most of the tents where people share, so that's where lies the greatest choice, with weights ranging from 1.75 to 5 kg, the latter being a sensitive upper limit of weight for a tent that is being .

The array of lightweight, space will be trying for at least two campers while the top models of tents may take up to three or even four people in relative comfort. If your tent will be used mainly for the car with only the occasional company in the desert, then the weight is not so important. If you regularly go hiking every gram counts, so an ultralight tent is vital. How many bedrooms you need depends on how orderly you are and how you spend your companions! Sharing small tents can be good in summer but in winter when the nights are long and cold and often stormy spacious tent makes camping much more pleasant. The size of the veranda is also important. In winter, it must be large enough to store all your equipment and spare room for the kitchen too. In fact, two porches are found on many winter tents 4 seasons.

When and where you use the tent should be taken into consideration too. Some models (cluster A, surveying, tunnel and cable-stayed or arch only) much better than others in strong winds and therefore more suitable for sites exposed to high levels. A must for the mountaineer, but not for the camper or boat tourer cycle. Not all tents are four models of the season. For winter look steep walls shed snow, but with some gradient depreciate the wind. More important was is to have insect netting doors on inner tent, which is essential if you go somewhere like the Scottish Highlands where midges are endemic.

How easy is the tent upa For purposes of base camp, it's not too important. If you move every day but you need a tent, you can build quickly, especially when it's wet and windy. Consider also, if it is built within the first or last - that inner tents should ideally be kept dry. Finally ask yourself if you like the tent. This is important because you will spend much time in it. Choose a color you like and a form you find attractive. And when you get your new house and trying to check out all the bits are there and then practice, pitching in the garden - the more you practice assembling your tent more. You do not want to get your site the first camp, which inevitably it will be dark and raining, to discover that you do not have enough tents and pegs you do not know which sleeve that goes on pole

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