Tent Input

[Bud B.]

The Guide Gear Lodge Tent.


Anyone tried it? Feedback?

[wooddamon1]

I'm interested too, looks like a neat tent for the money.

[ronp]

Cool looking tent.  Where are they sold?

[Bud B.]

Sportsman's Guide. Currently less than $75

[Mike Vines]

Just my opinion, but when it comes to outdoor goods, you get what you pay for.

[Recurve50 LBS]

Originally posted by Mike Vines:
Just my opinion, but when it comes to outdoor goods, you get what you pay for.

I'll second that.

[heydeerman]

I have a Cabelas Outback Lodge tent. I paid a lot more money than this one even though I got it from their Bargain Basement last year. The first time I set it up, 2 days later Hurricane Sandy hit Ohio and it was poured on for 3 days and nights. Not a drop in side except for going in and out. I thought for sure it would blow over in that wind but it held up with no damage.

[JAG]

I've got a Herder tent, from Davis Awaning and tent.  Love it. Also Primitive Panther has a good single pole tent.  As said before, you get what you pay for.  
If you're only gonna use it for a weekend trip, or only ocasionally, go for the cheaper one.  But if you stay a week or more at a time, get a quality tent.
Just my 2 cents.
Johnny/JAG

[pete p]

i bought one for the kids and their backyard adventures. didnt last long...to bad too. it looks great but the fabric was pretty thin and tore in 2 places. this tent does not compare to the cabelas outback lodge as far as quality. would be fine for summer camping in warm DRY weather, this tent has no business on a hunting trip. they also had a tipi style tent in their catalog that looked pretty neat when i ordered mine.

[Bud B.]

I rarely sleep in a tent, so high quality isn't my biggest concern. Just affordability and reasonableness. It might get used once or twice in two years. It's worth investigating in my book. Certainly worth a $75 look see. No shipping.

Thanks for the input.

[ChrisM]

It looks good for keeping bugs off and some dew but I would be concerned with rain or wind.

[Archie]

If I'm going to spend around 1/3 of my hunt sleeping in a tent and sleeping bag, I want to be warm and dry.  I don't mind shelling out some extra $$ for a tent.  

To save money, I prefer making my own blunts or small game heads, or buying wool shirts at the Goodwill, stuff like that.

[Bud B.]

Sorry to disappoint you guys but it's bought and on it's way.

I spend more on arrows that get lost and broken. This is worth the gamble to me. As stated, it might get used once or twice in two years. A tarp over my truck bed works well too if this fails.

[jax]

Junk

[huntnmuleys]

I have the cabelas model as well. It's unbelievable. Love everything about it.  A buddy had this same cheapie model as shown here. Not even remotely close to as good.

[DWT]

Buy nice or buy twice.                                                    Ive bought a few things from sportsmans guide and was a club member, some products that were surplus from military were well made but the stuff with their name on it is of inferior quality. I would say buy something else used for the same money and you will be happier.

[Nattybumppo]

Originally posted by Bud B.:
Sorry to disappoint you guys but it's bought and on it's way.

I spend more on arrows that get lost and broken. This is worth the gamble to me. As stated, it might get used once or twice in two years. A tarp over my truck bed works well too if this fails.

Good for you. Just my opinion but most of us seem to believe EVERYONE should take what we do as serious or etc... I hate tents myself. Can't stand to camp out in them. So I might spend a weekend every two years in one. So I agree with you. Buy cheap. Don't like it... Give it to the kids. Spend the money on arrows and heads and a new bow.

[BearCrkBandit]

You definitely get what you pay for, It might be alright for a place with no wind or rain, but you couldn't pay me to take it into the field here in AK

[njloco]

I don't recommend this for everyone, but when it came time for me to buy camping equipment I never thought I'd buy this Kifaru gear, but the more I thought about it and researched it the more sense it made for me, I'm very happy with all of this stuff, all of the camping gear was made by Kifaru.

 

The tent is a Sawtooth, and is about 9' wide by about 13'+ long @ over 7' high. The height and the width do taper down towards the back, it only weighs 4.8 lbs. including the pegs and polls and can fit 4 in a picnch but is really made for two. The wood stove I now have for it works great and will heat it up fast, it weighs 2.8 lbs., that first pack on the left is about 5700 cubic inches and weighs in at less than 3 lbs, These will be going on an elk hunt this September, though I might get a smaller tent.

[Hoyt]

Many years I lived in a tent four to five months a year. All during spring gobbler and all hunting seasons. This was always in a hunting campground so I didn't have to carry around.

I've had many tents..my likes gravitated towards the biggest most reasonable priced..(cheapest) tents, I liked the looks of that one person could erect. Usually 3 rooms like the one in picture. One for eating, one for sleeping and one for junk.

I usually got two to three years out of most, some only one.