Re: Self Support tents. The best tents, with the best warranties (hardly need this because made so well) are Moss. You do pay a premium for these premium tents. I have one for family car and flat water touring. It was purchased 17 years ago for ~$500 and is now sold for way more than that. At the other end of the scale I use a knock off of the Megamid for self support river trips. If you are not familiar with this shelter it is simply a square piece of cloth with a center pole and a zipper in one side for ingress and egress. No windows, and no floor. Good for foul weather and winter camping because it is easy to cook and sit inside. If real wet, sandy or snowy, a ground is a must for your Thermarest and bag. I found mine in Wyoming River Raiders catalog. It was only $50, but came with a steel center pole. I replaced that with an aluminum pole, (~3/8" and shock corded). It weighs next to nothing. John *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
oops - sorry to be such a pain...new aol....pressed wrong button and it was sent before I finished my little bit of sarcastic wit: I was just going to say that this guy ($550 - 50 tents) does not believe in any middle of the road compromise. It reminded me of an uncle in England. He was on the Board of Natwest Bank and always had new, fancy cars - Aston Martin, E-type Jag etc. But when he just needed to go down to the shops he would put on his bicycle clips and pedal away. I'd be terrified of dirtying or damaging such an expensive tent. sk *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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