Here in Florida, ventilation is critical. I only purchase tents that have awnings over the windows (like the cheap dome tents). for solo I have a Coleman Apex which weighs lbs., packs in a small dry bag and sleeps two in a pinch. For two, I have an older Kelty (forgot the model) which has three alu poles and a 4th eave pole to support the fly. This tent is also compact, weighs about 7 lbs and packs in a 9" hatch. I'm able to leave the door and windows partially open and not get rain in the tent due to the peaks in the fly. The colors are reasonable and wont make the tents act like a Dutch oven in the Florida sun. cya *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Oct 18 2000 - 09:50:42 PDT
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