FREE GUIDE
How to actually choose your tent
The tent most people think they should buy is almost never the one they actually need. This free guide is the short list of things I look for, an honest look at every tent I own, and the one tent I would point you to right now, built from a lot of wet, windy nights in Tasmania.
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Why picking a tent does your head in
Most tents are pretty good these days, so that is not the problem. The problem is you are shopping for the trip you daydream about, not the trips you actually do. You buy for the one big adventure, then most of your nights end up being a different sort of trip altogether. This guide sorts it out.
What's inside
- The four things I won't budge on in a tent, and why each one matters when the weather turns.
- An honest, tent-by-tent rundown of every tent I own, what I like and what I don't.
- A simple side-by-side comparison of weight, pitch, doors and what each tent is best for.
- Which tent to reach for on which kind of trip, from long solo missions to wild group multi-days.
- The one tent I would tell you to buy if you could only own one.
Who it is for
This is for hikers who freeze at the tent wall, in the shop or twelve tabs deep online, and want a clear way to choose the tent that fits their real trips instead of their dream trip.
About
I am Mowser. I have owned a fair pile of tents over the last few decades and dragged most of them into wet, windy Tasmanian country. This is how I actually choose one, tested in the worst weather this island throws at me.
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Walk dry out there. Cheers, Mowser