Otter Wilderness Series - How's the fabric?

[TimR]

Howdy,

I'm thinking about one of the Otter Wilderness Walleye shelters - my only concern is the durability of the fabric/zippers. Can someone that has had one shed some light on the relative quality of the product. Yes - I realize it is not the Cadillac of the line.

Thanks!

Tim

[HOT SPOT]

Tim- I have the otter widlerness walleye. It is a decent house. If my pocket book lets me I am going to get something better thisa year. I dont like the sled personally, if you got the two chairs that come with it you are very close to each other and the wird hump on the sled makes it uncomforbale.(I like my space) The fabric is better than a lot of the other cheaper houses. Obvuosly its not like the good otters or other high end houses but it works I have fished out of it in -15 with 20 mph winds and I stayed warm with a little sunflower heater and the lantern. Make sure you keep the zipper clean of water/snow and it will operate fine. If you are fishing two people its nice and cozy you dont have a hole lot of room but enough to stay comphy

Good luck!!

[Northlander]

The Wilderness series is a very good house. As said the sled design does take away some room in the house. As far as fabric its better than the old purple or green Otters were. The zippers are fine.

If your looking for a "lower end" house this is a good one.

You can check out all the details and compare houses at www.otter.com

[gunmunky]

This will be my fourth season using the Northern model. I have had no problems with the zippers or poles. The main reason I bought this house was the weight factor. I only had a Van at the time and lifting into the back by yourself was a major concern. I put the Hy-fax runners on last year and that made it pull much easier. It is easy to keep warm with 1 sunflower heater. I am going to insulate it with reflextix this year.