Mec base camper 6-person tent

Sleep the whole squad or stand up and stretch out on solo trips. These supersized tents are overflowing with mesh storage pockets, so everyone knows whose gear is whose. Duffle style and backpack style carrying bags ease your load while walking from car to camp.

Easy to set up and pack away, the Mineral King 3 is a lightweight, two-door tent with a generous footprint and a sturdy dome shape. Spacious and easy to pitch, this dome tent also has other features most families need: two large doors, roomy vestibules, and an affordable price. The tradeoffs: bulky fiberglass poles and flimsy stakes. With nearly 60 square feet of floor space plus two large vestibules, the Tungsten 4 is roomier than our top-pick tent for couples. It also costs more, though, and is less forgiving of a careless set-up. It has a partial rain fly, but only one door and no vestibule. This dome-style tent has nearly vertical walls, high ceilings, and a single vestibule the size of an actual mudroom.

Mec base camper 6-person tent

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Find your home away from home for multi-day backcountry trips or family camping weekends on warm summer nights. First up when choosing a tent: the size of your crew. Family of four? Just you and your partner? Or going solo? Luckily, MEC has a wide range of tents and shelters, so you can set up camp in the great outdoors with the whole family or with an ultra-light solo set-up. Look for tents with waterproof floors and flies the roof of your tent to feel safe, snug and dry during a storm. Our tents are so much more than just simple shelters. Current Offers new 4 More.

Mec base camper 6-person tent

Most adventurers say there is no such thing as a tent good both for backpacking and car camping. Backpackers want packability, lighntess and reliability. I am not suggesting it will outperform a backpacking tent in its weight or packability, and I am not saying it will provide as much comfort as a spacious car camping tent.

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Further reading. Two large vestibules add nearly 40 square feet combined—that is, Given the right conditions anything will leak. The partial fly does a great job of keeping rain out of the upper, mesh areas, and cleverly placed vents maintain airflow so it never feels too stuffy. In terms of how the two tents feel, the Marmot Tungsten 4 is more geared toward hunkering down and providing stalwart defense against wind, rain, and sun. It takes two people about four minutes to set up the Base Camp 4. Number of vestibules: two. Claimed packed size: 24 by 11 inches. Before you lay out your footprint and tent, make a reasonable effort to remove from the site any small stones, sticks, and briars that could puncture the tent floor. Simply put, it was the most effective, user-friendly tent in any situation we encountered. It features a large front-facing porch-style vestibule, which can accommodate a table and multiple chairs without blocking the entry. Some testers, though, thought the tent was stuffy when the fly was fully closed and the sun was out. Other good tents. Sweep out before packing. Budget pick.

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Unlike our top pick, the Tungsten 4 is coated with flame retardants. But unlike the Mineral King 3 and the Tungsten 4, the mesh on each Base Camp tent starts high on the walls—more than 4 feet from the ground. As for poles, Howe explained to us that each material has its advantages and drawbacks: Aluminum poles are far lighter and slide together more easily but cost more, while fiberglass-and-steel poles are often trickier to fit together and can leave splinters in your palms. It has a partial rain fly, but only one door and no vestibule. The product line, including its tents, should remain available through the end of The Mineral King 3 has a full rain fly, which you can roll up halfway or completely remove for epic stargazing. The tent has two small, internal pockets—fewer than on any of our other picks—and a loop at the ceiling center to hang a small, lightweight light. Underneath the fly, the Mineral King 3 has a full mesh dome with a waterproof, tape-seamed bathtub-style polyester floor. And we studied the offerings of big-box stores including Costco, Sears, Target, and Walmart. It is oddly relevant work for testing aluminum tent poles. Another two hanging pockets plus loops for a ceiling hammock provide simple yet effective interior storage.