The ridge line is a critical, but fairly simple part of the tarp setup. I started with a 50’ length of reflective paracord. Some people use a 30′ long line, this one may become shorter in the future.
Some people don’t like paracord, but it’s a known quantity for me and I’m not convinced that the alternatives are significantly better.
My ridge line starts with a bowline. The bowline never gets untied.
Not a review, as I haven’t actually slept in it yet. These are my initial thoughts after unpacking and setting it up in the backyard.
First off, I got this tent on clearance at $75. List price is $250. I’m going to give a seventy-five dollar tent a lot more slack than one costing more than two hundred dollars. I bought this tent for the kids. They are both getting into scouting and I wanted a tent that they could carry and set up.
First off, it’s heavy. It weighs eight pounds. This is not suitable for a through hike of the AT. That being said, it’s perfect for car camping especially if you have a small car, or trips where you have to walk in from a distant parking lot (music festivals).
Continue reading “Poler two man tent – First impressions”For some reason I started shopping for backpacking tents. But I couldn’t find one I liked. They all had one or more fatal flaws –
But I think I may have found the perfect solution.
Continue reading “Still another tent (but not really)”As much as we love the ger, it’s too cumbersome for shorter trips or space constrained sites. I decided we needed a modern family tent, because the wee ones are too wee for separate tents.
Modern Anachronist 