Because we frequently camp on shingle, rock, and sand, my wife and I would like a self-supporting tent that requires as few stakes for the fly as possible. We have a Eureka four-person Alpine Meadows that has lots of room, but we are dissatisfied with it because it is too big to fit into some spaces, takes up too much space in my kayak, and because the fly tends to sag against the inner tent when it rains. Our current favorite to buy is the Moss Triton, a three-person dome tent with a low profile, three equal-length poles for quick setup, a built-in vestibule, and two enormous windows on either side of the door for starry nights. We will probably also get a Moss "Wing" tarp for the kitchen area. Unfortunately, the tent is a bit pricey at $500, and we just missed a Galyan's sale that knocked $200 off the price. Sigh. We are waiting for another sale before we buy. I wouldn't put a cot into it or any other backpacking tent, however, for fear of what it might do to the floor. What's wrong with a Thermarest? A pet peeve when tent shopping: Why do so many tents have side entrances that force the innermost sleeper to crawl over the outermost sleeper when making a pit stop in the middle of the night? A side door automatically disqualifies a tent for us. Chuck Holst *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net ***************************************************************************
Does anybody have the URL for the Moss Tents web site? Chuck Holst wrote: > Our current favorite to buy is the Moss Triton, a three-person > dome tent with a low profile, three equal-length poles for quick > setup, a built-in vestibule, and two enormous windows on either > side of the door for starry nights. We will probably also get a > Moss "Wing" tarp for the kitchen area. > *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net ***************************************************************************
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