For the past four years I have been using a Walrus model, “Two-Star” I think, that was discontinued a couple of years ago. It has held up really well and gotten us through some pretty foul weather. Two winters ago my then five year old son and I were caught in a really big North Atlantic storm on the Outer Banks. We got through a night of screaming winds and driving rain with no problems. The tent was contorted out of shape by the strong wind, but popped back into shape as the wind died down. The only moisture that got through was from a small tear in the top of the fly incurred in a previous outing (tree limb came down). A little duct tape and it was waterproof again. I can point to an interesting comparison. A year or so ago I took this same tent and a larger four-person Eureka (can’t remember the name) on an expedition to the islands off Bajia de Los Angeles in Mexico. We had a couple of days of those raging winds the area is famous for. The low profile Walrus weathered it with no problem. The higher profile Eureka was crushed by the winds; a pole broke and the wall of the tent was torn. Andy carljohn_at_usc.edu *************************************************************************** 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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