Stop a Tent Leaking: Seams, Fly and Floor
Waking up to a wet sleeping bag ends a trip early. What makes it frustrating is that a leaking tent …
Tents & Shelter
Family tents, instant and cabin models, truck bed tents, canopies, tarps and stakes, with the sizing questions answered before you order.
Truck Bed Tent: Measure Your Bed Before You Buy
Almost every bad truck bed tent story starts the same way. Someone orders a tent that says it fits their …
Truck Bed Camping: The Setup That Sleeps Warm
Sleeping in a truck bed sounds like the simplest form of camping there is. You already own the platform, it …
Tent Stakes for Hard Ground, Sand and Mud
The stakes that come in the bag with a family tent are the cheapest part of the tent, and on …
Tent for a Family of Four That Still Fits the Car
Two adults and two kids is the most common car camping headcount in the country, and it is also the …
Ten Person Tent for Big Groups and Their Gear
Ten person tents get bought for two reasons. Either a genuinely large group is sharing one shelter, or a family …
Pop Up Tent: Fast Pitch, Slow Pack Down
A pop up tent is the only shelter that genuinely sets itself up. You take it out of the disc …
Instant Tent: Sixty Second Pitch That Holds Up
The pitch for an instant tent is simple and mostly true. The poles are already attached to the tent body, …
Inflatable Tent or Poles: Which Survives Wind
Inflatable tents replace poles with sealed air beams. You lay the tent out, connect a pump to a valve, and …
Family Camping Tent: Room, Rain and Setup Time
A family tent gets judged on three nights a year and lives in a garage for the other three hundred …
Eight Person Tent: What Eight Really Sleeps
An eight person tent almost never sleeps eight people. It sleeps five or six comfortably, four luxuriously, or eight in …
Camping Canopy: Shade That Survives a Gust
Nothing ends a camping weekend faster than a canopy going airborne. It happens in the same way every time: someone …