camp-n-family wrote:
DutchmenSport wrote:
So whyโd you by a new big @ss fiver instead of a tent??
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To give the OP something to think about. Since they came back with a second post indicating they were just going to get another tent instead. Sometimes playing Devils Advocate get's folks to think. I'm just agreeing with them for all the reasons a tent is easier, better, and cheaper.
So, playing Devil's Advocate, how about all the reasons against a tent?
First, when it rains, you are always wet. Try as you may, you just can't get dry when it's raining and you are in a tent.
Then there is that hard ground to sleep on, and the older you get the harder it gets. And the colder it gets.
So, that means lugging along a cot, or an enormous air mattress, or mats for the ground, plus warm sleeping bags, blankets, pillows.
It means when you need bathroom facilities, you have to get up in the middle of the night and make a trek to the woods, or the bathhouse, which is closer???? Getting dressed to do so, an if it's raining, well... there again ... no where to get warm and dry when you return.
Talking about rain? Putting that tent up when it's wet with rain or dew. I've seen multiple occasions were tent camper take their tents and turn them upside down so the bottoms will dry out so they can pack up and go home.
OK, so with a tent, you have to drag your food with you in separate containers, drag them in and out of your vehicle, set up your camp kitchen and hope you didn't forget anything. If you forgot something, like utensils, you are scrambling for a stick to stir the beans and a wide leaf to use as a plate and you learn to eat Chinese style using 2 twigs for Chop Sticks!
Of course there's the wind factor. With it's windy, tents feel like they may just blow over, and sometimes they do.
There's really no privacy, can't turn a light on at night inside the tent because your shadow casts on the wall of the tent and every person in the campground can see you blowing your nose, or worse!
Then, they have no sound proofing at all. Every whisper you make can be heard clear across the campground.
When you are able to finally get everything packed up and return home, you have to store all that stuff some where. If you are an apartment dweller, where in the world do you put all that stuff?
You have to pack, unpack, plan, store, and prepare for every single item you take with you. You have anticipate rain, sun, wind, heat, and cold. Just how much stuff can you pack into the back of the family SUV? And in time, that packing and unpacking gets pretty old.
Well....
How about all the reasons both are good???
