Which Tent?

[anchor man]

The wife and I are looking at buying a larger size tent, something around 14x10. Are the Eddie Bauer brand tents from Target any good? Any suggestions on which brands are good for under $200?

Thanks

[sunnyj]

I just got a "Jeep" brand tent at sams club. 12X16 I think. It has a front porch with the entry on the side with huge screens on the front. The side entry is realy nice, its smaller than the front entrys and you don't let in as may bugs. The dang thing even comes wilth shelfs that hang in the corner. It comes with a carrying case with wheels which is nice because the sucker is heavey. The ony thing I dont know about is the floor, its nylon so i'm not to sure about water when you dont have an elevated tent pad. We had a nice tent pad and it rained 2 inches the weekend we used it and every thing stayed dry

good luck, there seems to be a ton of options out there.

ps. cost was around $130.00

[GoodToGo]

Anchor, I'm looking at selling our big tent, it's 14x10, three room tent by Redhead. It's used, but not much. I'm in Wadena. If interested email me at pkchris at uslink dot com.

[Eric Wettschreck]

I have an eddie bauer tent. It's survived pretty much everything mother nature has thrown at it and I stayed dry.

[tomfromblaine]

Just picked up a coleman tent Rock Springs model with screened in front area, made exclusively for target $149.00 17x14 havent used it yet but all the rest of the tents I've had we got wet at some point, been in a few colemans don't ever recall getting wet. check out their web site they show some pretty extensive testing, they also show the model I purchased. hope this helps

[hawkeye43]

just make sure the rain fly goes all the way over the sides of the tent. does little good if the fly stopes half way up the side

[nytelyter]

remember that with eddie bauer you are paying for the name my family has grown up with coleman stuff still a good name and what says camping more than coleman cant beat it

[marine_man]

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Just picked up a coleman tent Rock Springs model with screened in front area, made exclusively for target $149.00

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Tom - you may want to take your receipt back into target this week and get a few bucks back.. I see the Rock Springs tent that you have is now on sale for $114

How do you like the tent? Have you set it up yet? I'm starting to seriously consider this one after my issues with the Gander Mountain Condor (see another post in this forum).

Thanks!

marine_man

[Mike Richards]

JUst my experience: I have used a wenzel tent the last 5 years. The model i have is the mammoth. Its 14x10 cabin style and tall enough that there isnt a spot that you cant stand up in. This tent has survived major storms and always stayed dry. Took some heat from my friends for buying such a big tent, they call it the TajMaTent. I did this year after 5 years order new poles from the company for 46 dollars as some of the ridge poles are begging to sag a little but well worth it considering the use i have gotten.

[smallieobsession]

I gotta put in a plug for the Gander Mtn Grizzly Den 8 I believe it is called. It is the 10X12 dome style. I bought it at beggining of last year and have probably used it 30 plus days/nights so far in all kinds of weather - sun and heat - rain and wind - cold and damp, etc....and it has been a great tent, always dry, stands up to the winds, etc.... If you watch the sales you can get one for 150-160. One of the things I like aboiut it is that I am 6'7" and not only can I stand up in it but I can also get in and out without having to basically get on my knees like with some other tents that are not as tall. It has the fiberglass poles but I think I would prefer aluminum if they were avail but if you take care of the fiberglass they should be fine.

Good luck on the purchase

[fishermann222]

I use the cabelas alaskan guide 6 man tent. I spend all summer camping and use this tent camping and hunting all over alaska also. It has seen 60 mph winds, a foot of snow, and pouring rain. Never had a problem with it. It is so tough, that when duck hunting with it, our dogs come right in it after hunting and have done so for 2 years and have never even caused the slightest rip or tear on the floor. This tent is amazing.

[Swimmer]

Is that the one with the cool tunnel leading to the seperate vestibule? Always wanted that one.

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Anchor Man

There are lots of good tents out there, as mentioned above, but to answer your question, we give 2 thumbs up to Eddie Bauer tents! We bought ours at Target 4 years ago and love it. After 2 days of thunderstorms in Canada last month, lots of other people in the campground had their stuff hanging all over to dry. Not us!

[fishermann222]

yes it is swimmer, it has a seperate deluxe vestibule which allows you to cook out of the wind,snow,and rain. expensive but priceless to own in my book.

[bucketmouth64]

Don't know if this will help, but KARE11 is doing and EXTRA tonight at 10 pm about places to camp, and camping equipment.