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On the search for an Ideal, light touring tent
Bird:
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I've had 2x 9x9 canvas tents... brilliant, put up in minutes, packed in in 10... bit bulky but nothing like my RV1 I use now, or the Blackwolf tent I have now - but all 3 are amazingly fast to put up.
Paddler Ed:
Bell tent?
https://soulpad.com.au/products/soulpad-3000-ultralite
Not that common over here, but used a lot for Glamping set ups.
You might need to go to the 4m diameter one to get is so you have the space for a double/two single mattresses side by side.
Alan Loy:
I fell in love with tourer pyramid tents as a 14 year old on a school trip to central australia and still think they are the best travel tent as you only need 4 pegs and 1 pole. They are a traditional tent so I guess that's why they're made in traditional fabrics. I notice that Freedom and Southern Cross are still making these tents. They are high quality products but are expensive and don't have a vestibule. They are still made in canvas so not light.
Southern Cross have a "lite 9"
"With a smaller overall height of 2150mm and a smaller roof frame of 600 mm square. It means that this tent packs up into a bag of 750 x 750 x 150, with a weight of 14 kgs. With these features it makes a light tent with the capacity to sleep 2 -4 people. "
The design of these tents is fairly straight forward does anyone know what it would cost to have one made in a more modern fabric
moeite:
have a look at the Macpac Wanaka https://www.macpac.com.au/equipment/tents/camping-tents/wanaka-camping-tent/114089-IPB00-OS.html . It's NOT cheap but I can tell you that it IS durable. It packs down small and light and can be erected really quickly.
I've had a Macpac Minaret for over 30 years and it's had a LOT of use and apart from a bit of fading it's still almost as good as new.
boobook:
Thanks so far everyone. It does seem that a light canvas touring tent is winning. I can't figure out why someone can't make one with the same material as say Black Wolf or Oztent so it is waterproof without a fly.
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