Best Pop-up Shelter

[icefishing21]

frabill!

[Burnham]

couldnt even get my eskimo QF3 up today by myself cuz of the wind, managed to get one anchor down but that was all.. i was in maybe 25 mph gusts, and i couldnt keep it down. fought it for a miserable half an hour. fishin out of the drivers seat of the car wasnt too bad, still stayed warm....with 2 people i would have been able to get the house up for sure, i was by myself tho. i do like my eskimo otherwise

[shizzy]

One criticism of the pop-up style portables w/o floors such as the Clam Base Camp is that they don't handle well in heavy wind. I'm kind of a fair weather ice fisherman, so I don't expect to be out in 30 mph winds anyways....How does the Clam Base Camp hold up in moderate winds like 10-20 mph? Any advice or experiences would be great.

the QF3 comes with 6 anchors. 4 for the corners and two to tie off the sides

[BigWadeS]

Rui -- I got the Clam Base camp and absolutely love it. It is so light and compact for traveling and especially when walking out. The shack heats up nice and has pockets under each window with vents as well. This thing literally sets up and tears down in 5 minutes, so easy. With any wind however, you need to stake it down or else it will blow all over, the ice anchors that come with it are very good and go into the ice very quickly, they come with the ropes, but for me those are a pain so I use bungee cords. The material is nice and thick so in +15-2-mph winds I couldn't notice it at all, until I walked outside. The other vantage point for me is I am 6'5" and I can stand up in there without ducking and without hitting my head. Let me know if you have any other questions.

[Meyer8043]

Tried to set up the clam base camp today in a stiff wind and was almost impossible one of the corners tore by the anchor, not impressed with the pop up shacks. It's pretty much always windy on the ice, if u want to be able to fish when it's windy a pop up is not for u. I staked the corners b4 i set it up and still had problems, the rope tie downs are a joke. With no wind they go up like a charm and are really nice but with a 10+ wind good luck.