My current tent

Car Camping

I have had this Outdoor Works Summit 3-man tent for about ten years now.  I had to buy this tent because the canvas tent I used to use developed mold after one wet camping trip and I forgot to dry it out.  The canvas tent was heavy and hard to set up too.

This Outdoor Works Summit tent has withstood heavy rain and wind.  The sleeping area is 7'x7', made for three people.  I have had three people sleeping cozily in it but I think it's much more comfortable when there are only two.  In the picture, my tent is to the left.  The sleeping area has a mesh wall.  What you see is the outside rain cover.

Under the rain cover, there is vestibule outside of the sleeping area.  The vestibule is great for storing your backpacks and other gears, keeping them out of the rain.  When there are only two people in my tent, I would bring my backpack into the sleeping area, so it would be easier to access camping equipment or more clothes at night, should I need to.

I like this tent a lot.  I do find it a bit long to set up.  It has three poles--two to create the arches over the sleeping area and one to create the arch of the vestibule.  It would take me maybe ten minutes to set things up.  In the rain, that might be too slow.

The tent is not too heavy.  I can take it with me while doing interior camping.  Compared with much more expensive tents designed for solo camping, this is heavier and is harder to set up though.

Well, it will do for now.