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cmcdar
Jun 04, 2017Explorer
LOVE my Hybrid!
Live in it 5 months out of the year. Lightweight to tow and compact to store.
We have stayed in it in 20 degree weather and stayed warm. I use a silver/brown tarp over the tent ends. Silver side up (to reflect heat) in warm weather and brown side up (to absorb heat) in cold weather.
In cold weather I also use reflectix in tent screen windows and a blanket to cover (under the tarp) the tent. We stay toasty warm and NO CONDENSATION.
The tarping system provides added benefits. One is that you can have screens open (and not get wet) while raining in the summer. The second benefit is that I can actually close up in the rain and have the tent stay dry and only the tarp is wet. A third benefit is that it keeps my tent end clean and protected from ultra-violet rays.
This system takes hardly any time to set up and take down.
ALSO - We often spend overnights while traveling long distances, drycamping in Walmarts, Cabela's, etc. There is enough room inside to eat, sleep, and toilet WITHOUT having to open the tent ends.
PS - I am camping in it right now as I write this post!
Live in it 5 months out of the year. Lightweight to tow and compact to store.
We have stayed in it in 20 degree weather and stayed warm. I use a silver/brown tarp over the tent ends. Silver side up (to reflect heat) in warm weather and brown side up (to absorb heat) in cold weather.
In cold weather I also use reflectix in tent screen windows and a blanket to cover (under the tarp) the tent. We stay toasty warm and NO CONDENSATION.
The tarping system provides added benefits. One is that you can have screens open (and not get wet) while raining in the summer. The second benefit is that I can actually close up in the rain and have the tent stay dry and only the tarp is wet. A third benefit is that it keeps my tent end clean and protected from ultra-violet rays.
This system takes hardly any time to set up and take down.
ALSO - We often spend overnights while traveling long distances, drycamping in Walmarts, Cabela's, etc. There is enough room inside to eat, sleep, and toilet WITHOUT having to open the tent ends.
PS - I am camping in it right now as I write this post!
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