Just Bought a Tent

[Moondance]

this is the REAL deal right here.

Oh cool

They even come with a pocket in the front:silly:

 

[Mouthfulloflake]

OK, back to tent searching..

I found a couple i like.

Kelty Green River 6, and the Kelty pavillion 6.

anyone know what the difference between these two tents is?

http://www.kelty.com/kelty/products.php?type=8&cat=62&id=143&image=320

http://www.kelty.com/kelty/products.php?type=8&cat=62&id=150

I love the full rain fly, and the vestibule ( front porch) Not digging the $300+ price though...

 

[Mouthfulloflake]

I like this one too, but its SO big 14x12!

http://www.coleman.com/coleman/colemancom/detail.asp?product_id=2000000144&categoryid=11020

 

[Mark44]

Are we back to this again????????????

Mark44

 

[Mouthfulloflake]

yes, I havent made my mind up yet!

 

[Moondance]

I like this one too, but its SO big 14x12!

http://www.coleman.com/coleman/colemancom/detail.asp?product_id=2000000144&categoryid=11020

But it has to be to accomodate the queen throne.

 

[guiness92]

When we went to Lanier in "06 we needed one. Here is a tent that we picked up at target for real cheap, it was only like 70 bucks. Its an Eddie Baur brand tent so its not a top of the line one, but it is very nice, big, and easy to set up. It can fit alot of people and has a screened in front porch area. The pic doesnt show a good view of it but its the only one I have of it lol.

 

[Mouthfulloflake]

I saw that one, I think its a "greatland" brand there also.

I couldnt find a birdseye dimension view to see how a queen mattress fits in side.

Wenzel makes a tent very similar layout ( two angled rooms towards the back) and it wouldnt accomodate a queen bed effeciently.

Its got all the features I want though, back door, screen porch.. a little skimpy on the rain fly coverage, and the reviews were less than stellar.

When we went to Lanier in "06 we needed one. Here is a tent that we picked up at target for real cheap, it was only like 70 bucks. Its an Eddie Baur brand tent so its not a top of the line one, but it is very nice, big, and easy to set up. It can fit alot of people and has a screened in front porch area. The pic doesnt show a good view of it but its the only one I have of it lol.

 

[guiness92]

Well the rain cover works very well, when installed properly lol. We absolutely love the tent and my wife is pretty picky. She also will not sleep on the ground, so we had a queen size air mattress on top of a gold up bed frame and it fit in the one room in the tent with room left over to change and stuff.

 

[Mouthfulloflake]

I suspected that from teh reviews, folks dont know to seam seal, or how to properly guy the fly out.

are there doors in the back of the tent?

can you give me a basic idea of the size shape of the tent floor? ( NOT the screen porch)

Well the rain cover works very well, when installed properly lol. We absolutely love the tent and my wife is pretty picky. She also will not sleep on the ground, so we had a queen size air mattress on top of a gold up bed frame and it fit in the one room in the tent with room left over to change and stuff.

 

[Shonuff]

Looks like the Pavillion is just a Lexus vs. the Green River 6 Toyota.

I can't imagine the difference is worth it.

 

[Mouthfulloflake]

thats what I am wondering, its SLIGHTLY different, but not $250 different to me.

I might just get a larger $50 from wally mart, screw it!

 

[Moondance]

thats what I am wondering, its SLIGHTLY different, but not $250 different to me.

I might just get a larger $50 from wally mart, screw it!

If you're screwing it, does it really make a difference where or how much :dunno:

 

[Mouthfulloflake]

ok, in the grocery store, for $3.50

there, see it DOES make a difference.

 

[guiness92]

Its basically a 2 room 1 porch layout. Its 16' w x 15' d

There is a room seperator too so you can make it one big room or 2 seperate rooms.

The center height is 6' 6"

Here is a rough Layout. You can access the screen porch from the 2 rooms too.

I dont remember if the rain cover covers the porch or not, if it doesnt it's pretty easy to fab up something that does.

 

[Mouthfulloflake]

Hey thanks, that helps!

Now from your photo, the porch looks almost as large as the tent area.

so in my drawing, is this distance in red, around 8ft? ( thats more than half of the front to back distance)

 

[guiness92]

Yeah thats about right. The porch is pretty big, its the only flaw to the tent that we saw at first which made us hesitant to buy it, but the rest of the area is very big, and we ended up using the porch way more than we thought we would. Like I said earlier too, you can easily fab up a cover for the porch then it can actually act as another room.

 

[Mouthfulloflake]

I gotcha, the tent we have now is 9x9, and its crowded, those rooms look like smaller than 9x9 each, so I will have to decide if thats actually an improvement over our current thing ( other than the porch)

I think Ill just leave the wife at home and bring my hammock.

 

[guiness92]

That sounds like the best option yet lmao

 

[guiness92]

If you were closer I'd just give you the tent for a while, we cant use it for another couple years since we have the baby now, now we are on the lookout for a cheap rv :17: