Trying to decide on a 3-person tent for both kayak camping and campground camping. I live in the high desert of northern NM at 7000-ft. elevation, so summers are warm, and we often get strong winds and afternoon thunderstorms. I am currently considering the following: Mountain Hardware Light Wedge 3 Mountain Hardware Hammerhead 3 Marmot Swallow-3P I learned that the Swallow is being discontinued, so the MH's are at the top of my list. Recommendations? Experience? Many thanks! -merlin *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Merlin Emrys wrote: > Trying to decide on a 3-person tent for both kayak camping and > campground camping. > > > > Recommendations? Experience? > > Many thanks! > > -merlin In the warm South I love my two person Sierra Designs Meteor Light Tent. I use it alone and love all the room. I used it for a week straight in the Everglades and it kept me dry and stayed well ventilated. It works well in cool weather too. But its not the size you want. I did a search on the tents I was interested in but added the word "review" to the search. I think I read well over 100 reviews on the tent I purchased. I was pleased that many of the reveiws lived in the same region as me. I havent regretted my purchase and put it down to reading all those reviews. Campmor typically has great prices on last years models. REI can have good sales and are easy to deal with after the sale. Good luck searching and have fun doing it. Jim et al Jim et al *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
We recently purchased and REI Tajah 3 person. My son and I used it on our last trip and it worked great. One night of 25mph gusts and hard rain was the worst weather we saw and it held up great. Plenty of room and storage plus two doors. Happy camping Bob *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
> I am currently considering the following: > > Mountain Hardware Light Wedge 3 > Mountain Hardware Hammerhead 3 > Marmot Swallow-3P > > I learned that the Swallow is being discontinued, so the MH's are at the > top of my list. Can't comment on those choices (I'm in a Eureka Mountain Pass 2XT) but I'd like to ask why you put the Swallow on the bottom of the list seemingly just because it's being discontinued. I might have been inclined to put it at the top, thinking that if the differences between the 3 were slight and I might have bought the Swallow anyway, that I'd be able to potentially find a great deal on it when it's discontinued. Just a thought..... I'm certainly no tent expert. Rick *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
I have owend a number of different ones over the yrs. ultimately I would love to have a Hilleberg Nammatj 3GT. pricey but seems worth it. http://www.hilleberg.com/Catalog/ michael *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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